Iran
Nuclear deals? Sanctions? Proxy wars? This is Vox’s home for explanation and analysis of a key player in the Middle East.
As Trump heads to China, attention and resources are being shifted from Asia to yet another war in the Middle East.
Is the US on the verge of a deal with Iran or a return to war?
Trump’s plan to evade an Iran deadline, briefly explained.
US military vulnerabilities, the Taiwan Strait, and more.
The cognitive trap that’s making us underestimate the Iran crisis.
The Strait of Hormuz, ammunition stockpiles, and cyberattacks: What Vox readers want to know about the Iran war.
The latest on Iran as negotiators head back to Pakistan.
Why this conflict is so hard to end.
The Christian nationalist pastor swaying the Trump administration discusses Trump, Iran, and the pope.
The Strait of Hormuz is reopening. But the war’s impacts on the food economy could linger.
Wendy Sherman helped Obama reach a deal with Iran. She sees several areas where Trump is going wrong.
Wendy Sherman helped Obama reach a deal with Iran. Here’s what she thinks Trump is doing wrong.
What the Iran war is doing to the economy, briefly explained.
How Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump are waging war in Iran.
The central goal of the war is nowhere near a resolution.
The status of US-Iran negotiations, briefly explained.
The 25th Amendment chatter is pointless — but it shouldn’t be.
The president’s new “double sided” deal was triggered by an online ultimatum that could be a war crime — or could be a strategy.
A reporter who covered the Iraq War explains what it can tell us about Iran.
Bombing all of Iran’s bridges and power plants would be illegal.
One of Trump’s longtime allies makes the case against the Iran war.
Trump signaled that he’s ready to wrap up the conflict, but that may not be up to him.
The world’s poorest countries are paying the price for a war they didn’t start.
Gas — and lots of others things — are still getting more expensive.
He’s wanted regime change for 20 years. But not like this.
The MAGA civil war over the Iran war is opening up new and old religious and political feuds.
Are US-Iran negotiations going anywhere?
Why the Trump administration is gamifying war.
It may not be possible to TACO out of this one.
The drone math giving Iran an edge, explained.
Shifting goals and asymmetric leverage make a clean victory elusive — for all countries involved.
And the magic number when owning an EV starts to pay off.
The Mideast energy truce is breaking down.
4 billion people are fed by fossil fuels. The Iran war is showing just how fragile that is.
Iranians are still trying to work, study, and parent under the constant threat of both airstrikes and regime violence.
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are testing the moral and ethical limits of betting.
Antiwar antisemitism is still antisemitism.
The spiraling conflict is a lifeline for Russia’s leader.