Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. Oman and Iran appear close to a temporary arrangement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, potentially providing both an exit from the current round of fighting and the foundation for a more durable maritime order....
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. A few points on the shocking U.S.–Saudi nuclear deal announced. 1. This reflects a weaker American bargaining position, not a stronger one. The broader context is China. The Biden administration pursued a nuclear...
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. We have seen a major escalation between the US and Iran over the past 24 hours, but it is likely only a prelude to what appears to be coming next week. Tehran continues to respond tit-for-tat, demonstrating that,...
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. For the second time since the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, Washington and Tehran have slipped back into direct military confrontation. The United States struck “80 targets in Iran with...
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. Will Israel restart the war with Iran before the October elections? This is the consensus view emerging within Iran’s internal national security debate over the past week. Several factors are driving Tehran to...
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. I have spent years fighting against Trump’s push toward war with Iran, and I have the scars to prove it. When Trump withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018, I warned that it would eventually bring us to this moment. Ever...
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. It’s important to understand that, contrary to Donald Trump’s quip to Barak Ravid that Netanyahu has “no f***ing judgment,” the Israeli Prime Minister knows exactly what he is doing: With a set of strikes at the...
It remains unclear whether Iran’s effort to establish a new equation in the region has truly succeeded — an equation in which, for the first time, Iran would directly strike Israel if Israel attacks Lebanon. What is clear is that recent events suggest the strategic...
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. Israel has now responded militarily to Iran, defying Trump’s publicly expressed wishes. Israeli commentators have been explicit that Israel could not allow Iran to establish a new regional equation – one in which...
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi's Substack. “You’re fucking crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.” According to Axios, this is what Donald Trump said to Israeli...
