Iran

Five scenarios to consider, even if an agreement is reached next week.

Few relationships are as adversarial as that of the US and Iran. But negotiating with one’s enemy is the most important kind of diplomacy — Canada should take note.

From the review conference in New York, Paul Meyer outlines the treaty’s flaws. Can an ‘outcome’ document fix them?

While the deal is truly remarkable, there are key details to sort out, including how to proceed on sanctions relief. By Paul Meyer.

The agreed inspections, verification and transparency measures will successfully close off all of Iran’s pathways to the nuclear bomb.

Degrading ISIS won’t end the violence in the Middle East. A more fundamental change is required.

The U.S. president’s ability to negotiate on nuclear talks, despite domestic politics, is crucial for his global standing.

Israel and the US agree on stopping Iran from getting the bomb. But will leaving it with limited capability check or facilitate its nuclear ambition?

Netanyahu thinks the deal would pave Iran’s path to the bomb. But negotiations are the only way to avoid nuclear trip wires.

The right to read, write and express one’s thoughts should never be denied because an idea is unpopular. Yet, for thousands of Baha’i students in Iran, their ideas have led the government to ban them from attending university.

Canada must plan for the eventual normalization of relations with Tehran.

Are oil and gas being left out of current conflict narratives? By John Foster.

Could the new deep sea port in Chabahar alter Asia’s trade dynamics?

A new secretary with the right message is an opportunity for the U.S. to recalibrate its foreign policy narrative and strategy.

‘Without journalists, there is no democracy,’ says star of Jon Stewart’s Rosewater.

Is the new film Rosewater the antidote to Argo? Stewart and actor Gael Garcia Bernal talk politics.

An interview with human rights activist Maryam Nayeb Yazdi about her efforts to stop executions in Iran.

Navid Hassibi and Wisam Salih on how the U.S. and Iran can work together to fight ISIS in Iraq.

Kyle Matthews on the treatment and persecution of minorities within Iran.

Ayatollah Masoumi-Tehrani, a prominent imam and scholar, has reached out to the persecuted Baha’i community in Iran.