Editorial Cartoons

Trump Bypasses Congress To Go to War

Michael de Adder Jun 19, 2025 Dig deeper

Editorial Cartoons

Mideast Nukes

Dave Granlund Jun 19, 2025 Dig deeper

Military

Lawmakers Push To Limit Trump’s War Powers on Iran

Michael Arria / Mondoweiss Jun 18, 2025 Lawmakers make a bipartisan attempt to rein Trump's authority as the prospect of war threatens to fracture his political coalition. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Middle East

The U.S. Must Not Cave to Israel’s Demands for Help

Trita Parsi / Responsible Statecraft Jun 16, 2025 As Iran mounts an effective response to Israel's war of choice, why should the president now risk U.S. lives to join it? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Middle East

Trump Knew of Israel’s Attack on Iran, Already Threatening ‘Next’ Ones

Jim Lobe, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos / Responsible Statecraft Jun 13, 2025 The president said on Truth Social on Friday morning that 'Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left.' Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Film

Don’t Call It a Payback

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig May 28, 2025 Iran’s Palme d’Or winner “It Was Just an Accident” is a furious triumph about state violence and the limits of revenge. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Middle East

Netanyahu’s Quest To Attack Iran

Dan Steinbock / Informed Comment Feb 19, 2025 The emboldened Netanyahu cabinet is on a war path, mobilizing to attack Iran and lobbying Trump into a plan that could include using the “mother of all bombs.” Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Film

The Center Cannot Hold

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Dec 6, 2024 The personal is political in the Iranian drama “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Middle East

Will ‘Max Pressure’ 2.0 on Iran Trigger a Nuclear Crisis?

Muhammad Sahimi / Responsible Statecraft Dec 2, 2024 The Iranians appear willing to make a deal. If Trump plays it right, he may just get one. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

TD Interview

Intrepid Exile Mohammad Rasoulof Thwarts the Theocracy

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Nov 26, 2024 Iran’s outcast artist on the “gangsters of culture” and making movies under the mullahs’ noses. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Middle East

Biden’s Strategy of Containment Is Failing

Trita Parsi / Responsible Statecraft Oct 2, 2024 If Israel's response to Iran's missile attack sucks us into war, it will be on the administration's hands. Here's why. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Israel and Ceasefire Talks

Dave Granlund Aug 15, 2024 Dig deeper