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People gather at the Hands Off Iran rally at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Sunday, June 22, 2025.

Iran The global implications of the US strikes on Iran

Pavel K. Baev, Robert Einhorn, Sharan Grewal, Samantha Gross, Ryan Hass, Patricia M. Kim, Elizabeth N. Saunders, Yun Sun, Caitlin Talmadge, Shibley Telhami, Andrew Yeo

July 1, 2025

An Iranian woman waves a country's flag while standing at Azadi Square to watch a live concert in western Tehran, Iran, on June 25, 2025, as a ceasefire occurs between Iran and Israel.

Crisis & Conflict Management The biggest losers in the bombing of Iran? The Iranian people.

Suzanne Maloney

June 28, 2025

A young Iranian woman looks on while protesters shout anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli slogans during a protest to condemn the U.S. attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 22, 2025, amid the Iran-Israel war. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)

Iran The US attacks Iran: Three questions for the day after

Suzanne Maloney

June 22, 2025

The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber approaches an U.S. Air Force KC-10(A) tanker plane over the Missouri sky to receive an aerial refueling after taking off from the Whiteman Air Force Base in Johnson County, Missouri in this October 30, 2002 file photo.

Intelligence Community Intelligence, strategy, and the Israeli-Iranian war

Joshua Rovner

June 20, 2025

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