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Iran

Nuclear deals? Sanctions? Proxy wars? This is Vox's home for explanation and analysis of a key player in the Middle East.

Why Iran and Saudi Arabia making nice is a very big deal

By Jonathan Guyer

Iran’s months-long protest movement, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

Why the protests in Iran are so hard to understand

By Jonathan Guyer

Despite its brutal tactics, Iran’s regime fails to contain mass protests

By Ellen Ioanes

Why Iranian women are risking everything by burning their hijabs 

By Jonathan Guyer

After the latest clash with Israel, Gazans’ struggle continues

By Ellen Ioanes

What’s the deal with the Iran nuclear deal?

By Jonathan Guyer

What the Doomsday Clock is really counting down to

By Bryan Walsh

Can the Iran nuclear deal be saved?

By Jen Kirby

Iran has a new president. He could end up being much more than that.

By Alex Ward

Israel’s suspected attack on an Iranian nuclear site complicates US-Iran talks

By Alex Ward

The US and Iran breathed a little life back into the nuclear deal

By Alex Ward

The US and Iran have their first real chance to revive the nuclear deal

By Alex Ward

Biden bombed Iranian proxies to stop strikes on US troops. There was just another attack.

By Alex Ward

How Biden’s best-laid plans for Iran and Saudi Arabia failed in his first month

By Alex Ward

Why Iran rejected the US and EU offer for nuclear deal talks

By Alex Ward

Why Democrats are blasting Biden’s attack against Iranian proxies in Syria

By Alex Ward

Biden launched airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria to “send a message”

By Alex Ward

GOP opposition to the Iran deal is threatening to sink a Biden Pentagon nominee

By Alex Ward

Iran is “considering” joining the US for informal nuclear deal talks

By Alex Ward

What the US offer to talk to Iran means — and doesn’t — for the nuclear deal

By Alex Ward

Don’t expect Biden to reenter the Iran nuclear deal right away

By Alex Ward

Iran expands nuclear program amid heightened tensions with the US

By Cameron Peters

Iran’s execution of journalist Ruhollah Zam, briefly explained

By Cameron Peters

The assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, briefly explained

By Cameron Peters

Mysterious explosions keep happening in Iran. Israel is likely behind it.

By Alex Ward

The US retaliatory strikes on an Iran-backed militia in Iraq, briefly explained

By Alex Ward

Iran’s growing coronavirus crisis, in 3 stunning photos

By Alex Ward

What Iran stockpiling uranium for a nuclear bomb is really about 

By Alex Ward

Iran’s coronavirus outbreak has hit the highest levels of government

By Alex Ward

Why Iran’s coronavirus outbreak may be worse than you think

By Alex Ward

The Senate just voted to check Trump’s ability to take military action against Iran 

By Li Zhou

Trump said no US troops were hurt in the Iran strike. The number is now up to 34.

By Alex Ward

Thousands in Iraq called for US troops to leave the country. But there’s more to the story.

By Alex Ward

Top US Iran envoy: We will kill Soleimani’s successor if another American is murdered

By Alex Ward

Trump downplays US troop injuries from Iran’s attack, calling them “not very serious”

By Alex Ward

11 US troops were injured in Iran’s attack. It shows how close we came to war.

By Alex Ward

How thousands of Iranians went from mourning a general to protesting the regime, in a week

By Jen Kirby

Iran says it’s now enriching uranium at levels higher than before nuclear deal

By Alex Ward

Iran, China, and war: Foreign policy topics to watch for in the January debate

By Alex Ward