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​Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on July 16, 2025.
Analysis

Iran’s next act?

Twelve days of war earlier this summer demonstrated that Iran has little capacity to defend its cities or its nuclear facilities from Israeli and US strikes. But it still likely retains some uranium supplies, so it has options.

As the Israel-Iran conflict dies down, the domestic battles reignite
Analysis

As the Israel-Iran conflict dies down, the domestic battles reignite

It’s been just over a week since US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but the next challenge for all three leaders involved in the conflict is on the domestic front.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on May 20, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Iran rejects US nuclear offer, Musk-Trump divorce goes public, Mongolian PM resigns

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the US proposal for a nuclear deal, but negotiations will continue.

Trump x Khamenei nuclear duet
Puppet Regime

Trump x Khamenei nuclear duet

The US and Iran are holding nuclear talks again: What kind of song and dance is preventing a new deal? #PUPPETREGIME

​An elderly man holds an Iranian flag during an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally marking the anniversary of the U.S. embassy occupation outside the former U.S. embassy in downtown Tehran, Iran, on November 3, 2024, two days before the U.S. Presidential elections.
What We're Watching

Khamenei’s “teeth-breaking” threat and UNICEF’s warning for Gaza

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed a “teeth-breaking” response to recent Israeli strikes on Iranian military sites after Israel admitted striking targets in the Islamic Republic.

Iranian president’s death complicates a “Supreme” problem
What We're Watching

Iranian president’s death complicates a “Supreme” problem

Spoiler: Tehran's foreign policy isn't the main issue.

​An Iranian man walks past campaign posters for the parliamentary election in Tehran, Iran, February 27, 2024.
Viewpoint

Iranian election turnout could set new record low

A cleric who supports the Islamic Republic and the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is sitting next to an Iranian flag during a rally to mark the 45th anniversary of the victory of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution on Azadi (Freedom) Avenue in western Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2024.
What We're Watching

It’s election season in Iran

But will ordinary folks bother going to the polls on March 1?

Iranian military with the logo of GZERO World with ian bremmer: the podcast
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: Iran's role in the Gaza war: is escalation inevitable?

Listen: With all eyes on Israel’s escalating war with Hamas, what’s Iran’s next move? How close is Israel to all-out war with Iran...and how will Israel’s ongoing invasion of Gaza up the ante? On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer asks Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace.

Iran nuclear deal now a toss-up, says International Crisis Group expert
GZERO World Clips

Iran nuclear deal now a toss-up, says International Crisis Group expert

So, is the Iran nuclear deal 2.0 finally happening, or not? Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, says he stopped making predictions months ago. Still, he puts the odds now at 50/50.