Iran
Nuclear deals? Sanctions? Proxy wars? This is Vox’s home for explanation and analysis of a key player in the Middle East.
President Trump has withdrawn the US from the Iran nuclear deal. Here’s what you need to know.
There’s a suspicion of a possible Iranian attack.
“If I were the North Koreans, and Trump pulled out of the deal with Iran, why should I make an agreement?”
The Iran nuclear deal isn’t dead — yet.
Trump is expected to tell the nation at 2 pm Tuesday that he’s walking away from the historic Iran nuclear deal.
The Iran nuclear deal is working as intended. Trump is on the brink of pulling out of it anyway.
A bite-size primer to one of the most important decisions of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Each side has set red lines that could easily be crossed.
We’ve seen Assad’s defiance, Trump’s flip, and Turkey’s anger.
A short guide to America’s limited military response in Syria.
“Bolton’s approach to war is preventive, and I think it’s extremely dangerous.”
But this could be the last time he extends it.
At least 20 people have died, and the protests show no signs of stopping.
Hint: Trump isn’t helping.
America’s allies are shooting at each other. It could get much worse.
Analysts say the measures could cause Iran to retaliate.
Trump’s big new Iran deal policy is both pointless and incredibly dangerous.
ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, explained.
It wouldn’t be the first time Trump got into money-laundering trouble.
The Best Foreign Language Film winner wasn’t at the ceremony for a reason.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei unleashed a counterintuitive tweet storm Tuesday.
China is in the crosshairs of some of the US’s new penalties.
Director Asghar Farhadi is nominated for a second Oscar in 2017, but won’t attend in protest of Donald Trump’s refugee ban.
They’re meant to send a message, but they won’t unravel the Iran deal.
The Salesman director issued a statement warning of “hardliners” creating an “us and them mentality.”
A 30-year-old, award-winning scientist had a job waiting in Boston. But under Trump’s new executive order, she was sent home.
“When you are going through treatment for something so serious, the last thing you want to think about is your status.”
Here’s what he told us about in November about finding hope amid turmoil.
Foreign investment in the country makes it harder to return to sanctions.
The retired general could push Trump to take a harder line toward Tehran — and Russia.
Here’s what actually happened.
One of Iran’s best known lakes is disappearing. These photos show what’s left behind as the waters recede.
Trump tweeted that Clinton’s emails might have led to Shahram Amiri’s death. His source: “Many people are saying” it.
The belated scandal over the $400 million the US paid Iran in January; hundreds of suspected drug users and dealers killed in the Philippines; President Obama shortens another 214 prison sentences.
It could be the most consequential elected assembly since the founding of the Islamic Republic.
You can’t really understand Iran without understanding the IRGC: why it was formed, what role it plays in Iran’s foreign policy, and why it is so deeply anti-American.