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A glimpse of one Iranian’s life in Tehran during the war
Understanding exactly what is happening inside Iran is difficult. The government rarely gives visas to western journalists and closely monitors those…
4 weeks ago
While the war in Iran gets attention, what’s happening in Gaza?
Five months ago, President Trump declared ceasefire in Gaza, having negotiated a deal that includes phased Israeli withdrawal from the territory and …
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Another front in the war with Iran: the Israel-Lebanon border
In southern Lebanon, Hezbollah militants backed by Iran have been firing rockets at Israel in retaliation for Israel’s war in Iran. And Israel has b…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
What four years of war in Ukraine looks like from Russia
Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine recently passed the four year mark. And over that time it has become the deadliest confli…
1 month ago
Does the Iraq war hold lessons for Iran?
As we enter the second week of U.S. combat operations in Iran, NPR’s Leila Fadel considers the similarities and differences with the last time the Un…
1 month ago
The effects of a widening war in the Middle East
A week ago, the U.S. and Israel began airstrikes on Iran, killing the regime’s leader and starting a war that has now threatens to to expand througho…
1 month ago
Who will be Iran’s next leader?; How Ukraine might help defend the Gulf
A panel of clerics in Iran are meeting to decide on the next leader of the fundamentalist regime after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in recent ai…
1 month ago
New information about the bombing of a school in Iran
New details are emerging about the bombing of a girls’ school in southeastern Iran that killed 165 people, many of them students, according to Iran s…
1 month ago
What is the strategy for regime change in Iran and is it working?
Days after Israeli and U.S. air strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel said it had targeted the building where top Irani…
1 month, 1 week ago
What the war feels like in Iran and Israel
The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran continue. Meanwhile Iran is retaliating, firing missiles Israel, but also U.S. allies in the Gulf like Bahrain,…
1 month, 1 week ago