Yesterday
The same alliance from 1979 is happening again. History cannot repeat
Two strange bedfellows are getting together for another round, ignoring the lessons of what results when principles are traded for short-term alignment.
This Month
How global insurers could trigger the collapse of Iran’s regime
Despite years of sanctions, Iran’s oil exports continue through a shadow fleet of tankers. The real choke-point lies not at sea but in the global insurance market that allows those ships to sail.
Why Iran cannot change from within
To understand why repeated efforts to reform the Islamic Republic have failed, you have to understand the doctrine of velayat-e faqih the system is built on.
US bombs blow away Tehran’s grip on the story
Iranians can celebrate the fact that the regime’s two great instruments of survival, coercion and narrative control, are no longer untouchable.
February
Why did the UN still give Iran a platform after the massacres?
The question is no longer whether Iran’s foreign minister speaks in Geneva. It is whether UN determinations carry structural weight or are merely symbolic.
Europe finally bans IRGC. Now follow the money that bankrolls repression
The uncomfortable conclusion is that Western financial systems have functioned, in practice, as the Iranian regime’s offshore balance sheet.
January
‘Progressive’ left must stop making excuses for Iran’s tyrants
To reduce Iran’s history to conspiracy is inaccurate and insulting. It dismisses the courage of people who have paid an extraordinary price for dissent.
