Iran
Explore our coverage of Iran’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
Finance and economics
How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
Middle East and Africa
As Iran scares the Middle East, at home its regime rots
Iran’s phoney elections show how the clerics have lost public support
China
Xi Jinping’s chaos-loving friends
Why is stability-obsessed China aligned with Iran, North Korea and Russia?
Britain
Iran is targeting its opponents in Britain
Iran’s regime sees London as both hunting ground and playground
Middle East and Africa
Why Iran is hard to intimidate
US soldiers are a bull’s-eye target for Iranian militias
Middle East and Africa
Shock and awe as America strikes Iran’s proxies
More attacks by the United States on the “axis of resistance” are likely
The Economist explains
Why is there so much violence in Balochistan?
Militant groups in the region are a common problem for Iran and Pakistan
Middle East and Africa
Violence spirals as Iran’s proxies kill American soldiers
In an election year Joe Biden is under fierce pressure to retaliate
Middle East and Africa
America and Iran step closer to the brink of war
Tit-for-tat strikes and assassinations turn the ratchet
Middle East and Africa
The Houthis have survived worse than America’s and Britain’s strikes
The Iran-backed group has been hardened by its long war with Saudi Arabia
Middle East and Africa
Iran rethinks its role as a regional troublemaker
The Islamic Republic is preoccupied with its transition to a new generation of leaders
Leaders
Iran’s regime is weaker than it looks, and therefore more pliable
America should deter it from escalating the Gaza war, but also engage with it
Middle East and Africa
Why Yemen’s Houthis are attacking ships in the Red Sea
The risk to shipping from Iran-backed rebels has risen sharply
The Economist explains
What is Iran’s axis of resistance?
The country’s Middle Eastern network of allied militias has grown more powerful
Middle East in 2024
In Iran, 2024 is all about the succession
Ayatollah Ali Khaminei, the supreme leader, makes some calculations
Middle East and Africa
The deadly missile race in the Middle East
Governments no longer have a monopoly on long-range projectiles