The Iran war
Analytical coverage of the Iran war - regime dynamics, proxy networks, escalation constraints, and economic pressure. Our articles, exclusives, WarFronts videos and podcasts on it, in one place.
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The Iran war is shaped by structural forces: the regime's internal coalition, the Strait of Hormuz as an economic chokepoint, decades-old proxy networks, and the constraints any escalation imposes on Washington, Tel Aviv, and the Gulf capitals.
Fronts covers the Iran war as a system. Not headlines and not awareness, but the analytical frame underneath: who actually mobilizes force, how the regime finances itself under maximum pressure, what limits escalation, and where the next pressure points sit.
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- 13 Oct
Analysis· 11 min readInsiderIran Cannot Keep Pretending Mojtaba Khamenei is in Charge
Kyle Moran
- 5 Aug
Analysis· 16 min readFreeThe US Has One Last Option in Iran (Opinion)
Kyle Moran
- 17 Jun
Analysis· 17 min readInsiderIsrael is the Iran War's Biggest Loser
Kyle Moran
- 7 May
Analysis· 12 min readInsiderOperation Economic Fury Is Squeezing Iran. Will Washington See It Through?
Kyle Moran
- 9 Apr
Analysis· 10 min readInsiderThe Implications of Iran's Uneasy Ceasefire
Paweł Wójcik
- 6 Apr
Analysis· 15 min readFreeHow Washington Could Abandon NATO.
Evan Moloney
- 2 Apr
Analysis· 11 min readInsiderIn the New Middle East, All Roads Lead to Ankara
Kyle Moran
- 19 Mar
Intelligence· 20 min readInsiderMeet the MEK: The Iranian Opposition Group Trying to Buy Washington.
Kyle Moran
- 17 Mar
Analysis· 17 min readFreeHow Risk, Not Violence, Closed the Strait of Hormuz.
Evan Moloney
- 13 Mar
Intelligence· 10 min readInsiderThe Iranian Terror Threat
Paweł Wójcik
- 12 Mar
Analysis· 13 min readInsiderIt's Do or Die Time for Lebanon
Kyle Moran
- 9 Mar
Analysis· 18 min readFreeFault Lines in Iraq: How Baghdad’s Many Factions Influence the War in Iran.
Evan Moloney
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The Iran war is shaped by structural forces: the regime's internal coalition, the Strait of Hormuz as an economic chokepoint, decades-old proxy networks, and the constraints any escalation imposes on Washington, Tel Aviv, and the Gulf capitals.
Fronts covers the Iran war as a system. Not headlines and not awareness, but the analytical frame underneath: who actually mobilizes force, how the regime finances itself under maximum pressure, what limits escalation, and where the next pressure points sit.