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Simon Sebag Montefiore
Simon Sebag Montefiore is the author of The World: a Family History of Humanity and The Romanovs 1613–1918. His new book The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East is out in August. He can be found on X at @SimonMontefiore.
Will the Regime in Iran Fall? History Offers Some Clues.
Significant revolutions in world history all have had telltale signs, and we can see them in Iran, writes Simon Sebag Montefiore.
January 10, 2026
Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Intifada Comes to Britain
The Yom Kippur attack in Manchester wasn’t a manifestation of a distant war—it was an attack on British Jews on British soil, fueled by years of…
October 3, 2025
Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Deep Roots of Irish Antisemitism
Ireland’s hostility to Israel, and the Jewish people, is nothing new, as Simon Sebag Montefiore’s family well knows.
December 17, 2024
Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore: After Assad
His bloody reign of Syria has come to an end. What sort of country will the warlord Abu Mohammad al-Jolani usher in?
December 9, 2024
Simon Sebag Montefiore
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