November 3, 2025

The 12-Day War: Iran's Leaders Face Narrowing Choices

The 12-day conflict with Israel was brief, yet it left a scar. It was a war marked by unprecedented strikes deep inside Iranian territory that jolted the leadership in Tehran into confronting realities they had long sought to avoid.

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May 14, 2020
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Israeli annexation “is a game-changer for us”: Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh on the annexation threat, economic crisis, and COVID-19 in Palestine

May 12, 2020
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Iraq special briefing: The challenges facing Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi

May 12, 2020
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 05: Taxies and vehicles are seen after vehicles with odd and even numbered plates were allowed to hit the road by the Iraqi General Directorate of Traffic as part of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic measures in Baghdad, Iraq on May 05, 2020. Vehicles with odd-numbered plates were allowed to odd numbered days and even-numbered plates were allowed to even-numbered days. (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Balancing relations with Washington and Tehran