Explainers
Three Dead, 230 Injured in UAE From Iranian Attacks — The Gulf State’s Full War Toll
The UAE previously declared its airspace free of threats on April 9, coinciding with the start of the US-Iran ceasefire, but it has continued...
Trump Says War Will Be “Over Quickly” Before China Trip — What the Timeline Reveals
Diplomatic deadlines are often the most reliable predictors of diplomatic outcomes. For 69 days, the Iran war has operated in a state of managed...
US and Iran Closing In on a One-Page Memo to End the War — Here’s What’s In It
After 69 days of war, five successive Iranian peace proposals, two collapsed rounds of Islamabad talks, a 48-hour Project...
Iran Has Executed 28 People on Political Charges in 7 Weeks — The Fastest Pace in Recent History
The Iran war's most invisible human cost is happening inside Iran's prisons, not in the Strait of Hormuz. While...
Trump Pauses Project Freedom Citing “Great Progress” on Iran Deal — Here’s What Just Happened
In the space of 48 hours, the Iran war has moved through its most compressed and consequential sequence since...
“Operation Epic Fury Is Over” — But the War Isn’t
Tuesday's White House briefing contained the most consequential legal statement of the entire Iran war: the combat operation launched...
US Pulls 5,000 Troops From Germany — The Iran War’s NATO Fracture Is Getting Worse
The Iran war's impact on the NATO alliance has produced its most visible institutional consequence: the United States is...
Iran Says Hormuz “Will Not Return to Prewar Conditions” — What That Means for Any Deal
For 65 days, the US diplomatic position on Hormuz has been consistent: the strait must "complete, immediate, and safe"...