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Haviv Rettig Gur Joins The Free Press
He’s the most insightful interpreter of the modern Middle East. Tune in Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET for Haviv’s first live Q&A.
Bari Weiss
The Making of Modern Iran
Eli Lake dives into the paradox at the heart of Iranian history: how a country that has revolted time and again always ends up governed by kings.
Eli Lake
1HR 8M
The Iranian Opposition Faces Its Darkest Hour
Iran’s brutal regime has arrested hundreds of political opponents—real and imagined—and the worst is likely yet to come.
Jay Solomon
5M
The Iran Strikes and the Trump Doctrine
Donald Trump isn’t a ‘neocon’ or an ‘isolationist.’ He’s a nationalist.
Yoram Hazony
At the Symbol of Israeli Science, a Cost Too Vast to Calculate
Israelis are emerging from the shelters to assess the damage of 12 days of war. At the Weizmann Institute, the cost is impossible to measure.
Matti Friedman
Our Picks of the Week: War, Peace, and TikTok Jacobins
The aftermath of the strikes in Iran. A socialist rises in New York. And much more.
The Editors
Was Iran’s Nuclear Program ‘Obliterated’—or Just Set Back a Few Months?
A leaked preliminary report suggested that U.S. and Israeli strikes had delivered only modest results. Other agencies and experts paint a very different…
Jay Solomon
They Predicted World War III. They Were Wrong.
Tucker Carlson and his allies claimed to speak for the MAGA rank and file on Iran. But they’re at odds with the voters—and reality.
Eli Lake
Ceasefire or Not, Iran Looks for Ways to Reduce the Risk of a U.S. Reprisal
Before its missile launch at the Al Udeid military base, Iran gave Qatar a heads-up, which it relayed to the U.S.
Jay Solomon
The Democrats Go AWOL on Iran
On the most consequential foreign policy decision in years, the party of opposition has nothing to say.
Matthew Continetti
Niall Ferguson: What Comes After Trump’s ‘Surgical Strikes’?
As Kissinger often said, every success in foreign policy is just an admission ticket to the next crisis.
Niall Ferguson
Victor Davis Hanson: Why Trump’s Iran Strike Worked
The surviving command may wish to redirect public ire from themselves onto the theocrats. That may be the only way to end this evil regime and the ruin…
Victor Davis Hanson
WATCH: Is Iran’s Nuclear Program Damaged or Destroyed?
Michael Oren, Jay Solomon, and Matti Friedman join Bari for a full briefing on the state of Iran’s nuclear program.
Bari Weiss
1HR 13M
What Happens If Iran’s Regime Collapses?
Trump says it’s time to Make Iran Great Again. But what’s more likely if the mullahs fall: democracy or anarchy?
Eli Lake
Did Iran Just Sneak Out Critical Nuclear Material from Fordow?
Before the U.S. struck, 16 cargo trucks entered the fortified mountain complex and moved unidentified equipment to another location.
Jay Solomon
WATCH: Tehran Resident Speaks Out Amid Strikes on Iran Nuclear Sites
‘After 46 years of this regime’s hollow bluster, we’re seeing the first light of victory. I feel the same way the French felt on D-Day.’
Tanya Lukyanova
3M
Did Trump Just End a War—or Start One?
The risks of escalation—and mission creep—are real.
Michael Brendan Dougherty
Trump Keeps His Promise on Iran. The World Is Safer for It.
The president warned that he wouldn’t tolerate a nuclear Iran. He meant what he said.
The Editors
Matti Friedman: After the Bombs
American B-2s just changed the Middle East. Now it’s time to return the region to the humans who live here.
Matti Friedman
My Pacifist Grandfather Was Murdered by Iran. Here’s What the World Should Know.
Albert Votaw was based at the U.S. embassy in Beirut when he was killed. Justice has been a long time coming.
Albert Eisenberg
WATCH: The U.S. Bombs Iran’s Nuclear Program
Bari discusses the consequences of the historic U.S. strike with experts from Jerusalem to Washington.
The Free Press
1HR 43M
When Iranian Missiles Interrupt Shabbat Dinner
As missiles rain down on Tel Aviv, every invitation issued to Shabbat dinner and every Frisbee thrown on the beach has become an act of defiance.
Polina Fradkin
This Week in Canada: The Reeducation of Jordan Peterson
Canada is getting soft on crime, signs of a Trump-Carney bromance at the G7, and much more. Brought to you by Rupa Subramanya.
Rupa Subramanya
WATCH: Diplomacy or Military Intervention? A Debate on What Comes Next in Iran
Eli Lake sits down with Dan Caldwell, a "restrainer" and former senior adviser to the secretary of defense.
Eli Lake
48M
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