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![Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi leaves after laying a wreath at the Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's mausoleum during his three-country African tour, as part of efforts to reduce the Islamic Republic's economic isolation.]()
![Police detain a supporter India’s main opposition Congress party on March 13, 2026, during a protest in New Delhi against price hikes and supply disruptions of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders following the U.S.-Israeli conflict.]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![<p>A man walks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026.</p>]()
By Michael Froman![Palestinians sell bread on a street beneath a destroyed building in Gaza City's Zawiya market on February 18, 2026, on the first days of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.]()
By Michael Werz![Two men sit facing away, looking out toward two ships docked in the water.]()
By Mariel Ferragamo![<p>A person rides on a scooter as smoke rises in the Fujairah oil industry zone following a fire caused by debris after interception of a drone by air defenses, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 3, 2026.</p>]()
By Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn![<p>The Capitol Building after a vote in the House of Representatives on a resolution aimed at stopping the military campaign against Iran, March 5, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2026.]()
By Matthias Matthijs![<p>Men watch from a hillside as a plume of smoke rises after an explosion on March 2, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.</p>]()
By Michael Froman![<p>Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) participate in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq, February 12, 2026.</p>]()
By Henri J. Barkey![<p>Iranian flags hang next to a missile on display during the forty-seventh anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2026.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo, Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow![Iraqi Shiites shout slogans as they carry a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and wave Iran flags during a protest against U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran at a bridge leading to Green Zone where the U.S. embassy is located.]()
By Linda Robinson![<p>President Donald Trump announces that the United States has begun major combat operations in Iran, February 28, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends Eid al-Fitr prayers in Tehran, Iran on March 31, 2025.</p>]()
By CFR Editors- Backgrounder
What Is Hezbollah?
![<p> Hezbollah militants parade through Beirut’s southern suburb.</p>]()
![Timeline: U.S. Relations With Iran]()
By Mariel Ferragamo and Kali Robinson![Plumes of smoke rise over the residential areas of the Iranian capital following airstrikes amid ongoing U.S.–Israel attacks as multiple explosions are heard across the city in Tehran.]()
By Ray Takeyh, Elliott Abrams, Steven A. Cook, Linda Robinson, Max Boot and Elisa Ewers![<p>Two Palestinian youth react to the news of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas from Khan Younis.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo![<p>The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS <em>Abraham Lincoln</em> leads its strike group during a photo exercise in the Arabian Sea, February 6, 2026.</p>]()
By Steven A. Cook![<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19585078 BCX0">President Donald Trump speaks to a joint session of Congress</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19585078 BCX0">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19585078 BCX0">March 4, 2025.</span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![Iranian negotiators walk in formal attire down a hallway.]()
By Ray Takeyh
