Caption
President Donald Trump during a news conference in the White House briefing room on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
Header image
Caption
Iran's heavy water production facility, October 27, 2004, Arak, Iran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
Caption
(TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Caption
Iranian Revolutionary Guards march during a parade commemorating the 31st anniversary of Iran-Iraq war on September 22, 2011 in Tehran, Iran. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
Commentary
Caption
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi (L), July 15, 2015, (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Caption
Lebanese protesters clash with security forces during a demonstration against the ongoing trash crisis in Beirut, August 22, 2015. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)
Caption
(FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)
Caption
Members of the Egyptian Muslim brotherhood gather in front the party's headquarters in Cairo on March 22, 2013. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
