Iran
Nuclear deals? Sanctions? Proxy wars? This is Vox’s home for explanation and analysis of a key player in the Middle East.
The president said that “this deal is not built on trust; it is built on verification.”
For a highly technical document, the text is surprisingly readable.
These three things could make or break whether this is a good deal for the world.
And how it’s different from the anti-Americanism in the rest of the Middle East.
“Iran’s ultimate goal is to take over the world.”
There’s a very good chance international sanctions collapse, allowing Iran to get tons of money and build up its nuclear program with impunity.
Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad grew up in a conservative family in Iran. But her natural impulse toward freedom turned her into an advocate for women’s rights.
There is a deeper issue underneath the silly spat.
Russian leaders are convinced the US and Iran are headed for rapprochement.
The big internal Republican fight on Iran, explained.
Here’s why that matters.
Rubio’s push to force Iran to recognize Israel could blow up a bipartisan deal that would give Congress a check on a new nuclear deal. That’s why offering his amendment is a big gamble.
Michael Doran, who sat on Bush’s National Security Council, explains how the deal could make things a lot worse.
Did Congress just kill the deal, or save it?
Would Obama hold Iran to account if it cheats?
Lindsey Graham’s flip-flop on the Iran deal is a little too revealing.
A powerful and committed opponent in a position of influence.
The disagreements about specific provisions of the deal are really about a broader debate over the nature of the Iranian regime itself.
The breakthrough seems to have come when both sides realized US success and Iran’s success were not mutually exclusive.
A proposed bill would let veto-proof supermajorities in Congress block an agreement they don’t like.
The deal really will empower Iran to do bad things. The really tricky part is that it’s a problem with any deal.
Obama’s core argument in favor of the Iran deal isn’t about the deal itself. It’s about the alternatives to it.
Finally, an agreement, after days and days of exhausting talks.
This is what Iran will be giving up — and getting — under the new deal.
The country has many tons of oil just waiting to be exported when it gets the chance.
Clear explanations of the issues at the heart of the Iran negotiations.
Are Americans focusing on the wrong issues in the Iran talks?
Watch these floating heads explain the politics of Iran’s nuclear deal.
A look at one of the most important conflicts for today’s Middle East.
A petty — though pretty funny — stunt.
There are three clear ways the Senate Republican letter to Iran could end up doing the opposite of what it was supposed to.
Why is John McCain acting like signing the open letter to Iran isn’t important?
That and more in today’s news roundup.
“Either the senators were trying to be helpful to the Iranians or harmful to the commander in chief.”
To understand the Iran letter controversy, you need to understand how the GOP thinks about Iran — and why it’ll be a huge issue in the 2016 campaign.
The Republican hawk was sending a message to more than just Iranian leaders.
Javad Zarif fires off some zingers.
“It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional system.”