Iran
Nuclear deals? Sanctions? Proxy wars? This is Vox’s home for explanation and analysis of a key player in the Middle East.
The rise and fall of the “axis of resistance.”
The economic shock from Trump’s war may only be getting started.
Are Claude and ChatGPT helping the US fight a war?
Four days in, Trump’s Iran explanations aren’t getting any clearer.
Can Trump bomb his way to regime change in Iran?
Trump says the war will protect Americans. Critics see new risks.
The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could usher in a new age of assassination.
What we know about the civilian death toll in the Middle East, briefly explained.
How Trump might finally be breaking the manosphere.
How the war in Iran could cause an economic crisis.
The US can’t just bomb its way to a new government.
The US struck multiple Iranian cities early on Saturday morning.
And five other questions about the latest conflict in the Middle East, answered.
What does “America First” even mean anymore?
The Iran strikes and the danger of an unbound presidency.
The “nationalist international” binding Israel and India.
Want to threaten Iran? You’re going to need a bigger boat.
Is the US really about to attack Iran?
Don’t expect a war to end as quickly this time.
This Iran war may not end as quickly as the last one.
Trump says “time is running out” for Iran’s regime to make a deal.
The Islamic Republic’s current trajectory is unsustainable. But even authoritarian governments sometimes reform.
He’s far from the first president to face this kind of dilemma.
The massacres taking place in an internet blackout.
There’s a new “axis” in town. This time, it might be real.
Fighting in Syria exposes a US-Israel rift.
“Mowing the grass” didn’t stop October 7. Now it’s going global.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is back in Washington for a third visit.
Trump attacked Iran. What he did next was even more revealing.
Every president wants to extricate America from the region’s conflicts. None of them do.
The public doesn’t like it when the president actually does something.
And six other big questions about the bombing, explained.
Donald Trump brings America into Israel’s war on Iran.
America may be about to get involved in another regime change war in the Middle East.
It’s impossible to know how this war will end. But here’s how to make sense of it.
Trump seems to be trying to associate himself with the attacks after the fact.
The odds of both scenarios have never been higher.