From Israel’s early alliance with the Shah’s Iran to the rise of messianic Zionism and expanding regional warfare, a pressing question has resurfaced amid the 2026 assault on Iran.
By Jeremy Salt In this analysis, Jeremy Salt examines the expanding US-Israeli war on Iran through the metaphor of chess, arguing that Washington and Tel Aviv entered a conflict they fundamentally misunderstood. Framing Iran as a patient and strategically prepared actor, Salt contends that the war has exposed the limits of US power and accelerated […]
By Hanieh Tarkian Hanieh Tarkian challenges Western narratives on Iran, arguing that it has been caricatured to justify aggression. Examining Iran’s social development, scientific rise, and geopolitical role, Tarkian contends that the country has emerged as a central force in the shift toward a multipolar world order and resistance to Western hegemony. The contemporary geopolitical […]
By M. Reza Behnam In this analysis, M. Reza Behnam examines Iran’s modern political identity through the intertwined histories of anti-colonial resistance, the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and unwavering support for Palestine. Arguing that decades of sanctions, war, and foreign intervention have strengthened rather than weakened the Islamic Republic, the piece contends that Iran’s confrontation with […]
By Thinking Palestine Editors For thousands of years, Iran has stood at the crossroads of empire, trade, culture, and conflict. From the rise of ancient Persia to modern struggles over sovereignty, sanctions, war, and foreign intervention, Iranian history has been shaped by resilience, political transformation, and resistance to external domination. c. 3200 BCE–550 BCE — […]
From Gaza to Tehran, from the politics of resistance to the limits of regional diplomacy, a pressing question has resurfaced amid the 2026 war: why was Palestine not explicitly placed at the center of Iran’s ceasefire framework?
By Romana Rubeo From Iran to Palestine, from Ukraine to quiet acquiescence under American dictates, Europe appears increasingly devoid of strategic direction. Worse still, in this critical reading of Europe’s relationship with the Middle East—and with its own future—Italian journalist and intellectual Romana Rubeo argues that the continent is not merely adrift, but actively complicit […]
By Thinking Palestine Editors ‘Iran in Focus’ emerges from an urgent necessity: to confront the “war of words” and strategic framing that have long defined the West’s engagement with the Islamic Republic of Iran. As the Middle East enters a period of unprecedented military escalation, the latest issue of Thinking Palestine, ‘Iran in Focus’, examines […]