Iran
Why Erdogan wants to help Iran
The Iranian regime remains firmly in the crosshairs of American bombers. As President Trump mulls whether to strike, Turkey is…
The censors are winning
They say you should never meet your heroes, a rule that is not always correct. But I did have a…
Iran is out of good options
Over the last week, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, additional F-15 fighter planes and naval vessels carrying sea-launched cruise…
Iran’s cheerleaders are on borrowed time
Predictions ageing poorly is an occupational hazard for journalists and commentators. But few have gone as sour as those made…
The rule of the Ayatollahs is broken. What happens now?
‘Help is on the way,’ promised Donald Trump to the people of Iran defying the Islamic Republic. In the same…
Iran’s useful idiots: British complicity in Tehran’s terror
It is still unclear what will happen next in Iran. I fervently hope the current protests will cause the tyrants…
Portrait of the week: Digital IDs ditched, unrest in Iran and an app to check you’re not dead
Home The government dropped plans to make digital ID compulsory to work in Britain. Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister,…
Why can’t Democrats speak frankly about Iran?
The manicured grounds of Harvard University are tranquil. Ditto the expensive quads of Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Stanford. All across the fruited…
How Trump can squeeze the Iranian regime
The Iranian people have shown true courage as they protest against the Islamic Republic. As the pressure mounts, some elements…
Can Iran’s protestors keep going?
As Iran enters the third week of nationwide protests, the pace of events has become dizzying. News breaks by the…
The end is drawing near for Iran’s mullahs
As a wave of protests swept across Iran last night, the internet was completely shut down. I have no idea…
Will the Iranian regime finally collapse?
These are tense hours for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader and head of state. Thousands of protesters are flocking to the streets to protest…
The Middle East is once again in flux
The Middle East has long been organised around two competing logics: pragmatic alignment and ideological alignment. Before the 7 October…
What Trump’s coup in Venezuela means for Iran
In a city awash with visual propaganda, one mural in Caracas is especially striking for the western visitor. In it,…
Unrest is spreading across Iran
“If they shut down the internet, you know it’s serious,” said a well-informed observer of Iran to me yesterday morning.…
‘Regime influence’: Trump’s foreign-policy third way
At 2 a.m. on Saturday, President Trump gave a New Year’s kinetic expression to his recently published National Security Strategy and what it means in…
The keffiyeh crew’s curious silence on Iran
And just like that, the left loses interest in the Middle East. In 2025, they spoke of little else. They…
Iranians are risking everything to convert to Christianity
Apostasy – specifically, conversion to Christianity from Islam – is punishable by death in Iran. Suspected Christians are routinely imprisoned…
The mixed legacy of Zbigniew Brzezinski, strategist of the Cold War
Successful initiatives during the Carter presidency regarding the USSR, China and Afghanistan were counterbalanced by a serious misreading of the situation in Iran
Trump could bomb Iran again
President Trump has already warned Tehran that he’ll be back if Iran tries to revive and advance its nuclear programme,…
Come friendly bombs and fall on Iran
It is heartening to see the lefties out marching in defence of mullahs and their enlightened rule of Iran. The…
We should welcome regime change in Iran
On the first night of what Donald Trump has called the ‘12-day war’ between Israel and Iran, someone spray-painted a…
Israel’s attack on Iran has been planned for years
It was clear at the time that what happened on 7 October 2023 would change the Middle East. What was…
Letters: Israel’s attack on Iran was no surprise
Moral support Sir: All of Tim Shipman’s reasons for the PM’s reluctance to support Israel sound outwardly plausible, though, from…
Starmer’s war zone: the Prime Minister is in a perilous position
Sir Keir Starmer was alerted in the early hours of Friday by his national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, that Israel’s…
