ACT LOCAL THINK GLOBAL
Ali Khamenei
Divorce Iranian Style
GAME OF THRONES
With the death of reformist leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, there are few politicians left to act as a check on the supreme leader and his hardliners.
TINFOIL USHANKA
Trump’s charge that Obama and Hillary Clinton co-founded ISIS would sound familiar if you lived in the Kremlin or in a bunker in your backyard.
MERRY PRANKSTERS
The Vermont senator is king of Reddit—but will his Internet popularity translate into real votes?
BBHMM
They’re calling it ‘terror-free’ investing. But is it just a gimmick to appeal to anti-Iran diehards?
Nuke Blowback
Journalists and businessmen are arrested because they’re too close to Europe and the U.S. But their biggest crime may be links to ex-president Rafsanjani.
Influencers
One enterprising Iranian expat family and its allies successfully pushed for U.S.-Iran rapprochement—and now stands to make a fortune from sanctions relief.
Revolution Evolution
The nuclear deal with Iran undermines the power of the those who made fortunes off smuggling and their control of state industries.