Opinion: Kent is distorting facts to blame Israel for the Iran war, recycling antisemitic tropes and misrepresenting his wife’s death to fit that narrative

Analysis: ongoing assassinations of senior Iranian political and security officials may deepen cracks within the leadership, but could also strengthen Revolutionary Guard, already bolstered by Mojtaba Khamenei’s close ties to it

First person: No need to exercise, no need to fill up on gas, no need to put on makeup, and no need to make plans for the weekend; there is a silver lining in the unusual situation in which we find ourselves

Analysis: Appointment of Khamenei's son as supreme leader highlights the broader contradictions within the Islamic Republic—between religious authority and political power, between the clergy and the military, and between official narratives and institutional realities