Iran
Explore our coverage of Iran’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
Middle East & Africa
Iran’s attack has left Israel in a difficult position
How does it respond without squandering the coalition that supported it?
Middle East & Africa
One of the Middle East’s oldest conflicts has entered a new era
Iran’s attack on Israel throws out old rules and puts allies in a delicate position
Leaders
Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran
Instead it should try a novel response to Iran’s missile attack: restraint
By Invitation
A Middle East scholar on Israel’s escalating tit-for-tat with Iran
Both governments need to ditch dangerous policies, argues Steven Simon
Middle East & Africa
Iranians fear their brittle regime will drag them into war
Ultra-religious hardliners are gaining power and yearn for confrontation
Middle East & Africa
Will Israel retaliate against Iran, or hold back?
America urges restraint after Iran’s large but futile bombardment of Israel
Middle East & Africa
Iran and Israel’s shadow war explodes into the open
But the Islamic Republic may have miscalculated
Middle East & Africa
Iran attacks Israel, risking a full-blown regional war
Direct drone and missile strikes cross a rubicon
Middle East & Africa
Israel is ratcheting up its shadow war with Iran
That is partly because it is deadlocked in its conflicts in Gaza and on its northern border
Middle East & Africa
With its latest assassination, Israel is testing Iran
It is a dangerous game in a region already at war
Finance & economics
How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
Middle East & Africa
As Iran scares the Middle East, at home its regime rots
Iran’s phoney elections show how the clerics have lost public support
China
Xi Jinping’s chaos-loving friends
Why is stability-obsessed China aligned with Iran, North Korea and Russia?
Britain
Iran is targeting its opponents in Britain
Iran’s regime sees London as both hunting ground and playground
Middle East & Africa
Why Iran is hard to intimidate
US soldiers are a bull’s-eye target for Iranian militias
Middle East & Africa
Shock and awe as America strikes Iran’s proxies
More attacks by the United States on the “axis of resistance” are likely