As the Trump administration puts Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on its sanctions list, Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, discusses whether the U.S. and Iran are ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, about the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding and the priorities for a future peace deal.

On the Thursday, March 19, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: As the U.S.-Israel war Iran intensifies, it’s hard to imagine Iran was once an important U.S. ally. In this special episode, we lay out ...

"Israel feels the job is unfinished and sees no reason not to resume the conflict, so Iran is doubling down preparedness for the next round." Another outbreak of war between Israel and Iran is only a ...

US President Donald Trump said this week that Iran’s new leadership is “less radical and much more reasonable.” Trump and the Pentagon have repeatedly claimed that regime change has happened. “If you ...

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