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Contrary to conventional wisdom, Iranian foreign policy is not the province of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but rather of a complex set of groups mostly run by clerics. This results in a foreign po…

The crisis following Iran’s presidential vote cast a new light on the country’s hotly contested media space. A crackdown has limited independent reporting but other sources remain as channels for dis…

Backgrounder: The financial levers Washington is applying to bring about a suspension of Iran’s nuclear program.

Religion’s place in the Iranian political system has long been debated among scholars, but a president who blurs the line has refocused attention on the topic