Co-written with Alexis Grennel for the Atlantic An emphatic advocate of Palestinian rights has won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor by 12 points—a shocking margin that he owes, in part, to the… Zohran Mamdani’s Lesson for the Left

Published by the Atlantic America’s Saturday-night attacks on Iran have amplified an ever more open debate in Tehran over the future of the country and whether Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should remain in power.… ‘Everybody Knows Khamenei’s Days Are Numbered’

Published by the Atlantic Sepideh Qolian, a 30-year-old Iranian labor activist, spent two years in Tehran’s Evin Prison, where she wrote two books, one of them a celebrated prison memoir in the form of a… ‘This War Is Not Helping Us’

Published in the Atlantic News of the Israeli attacks on Iran reached me in the United States just before 5 a.m. Tehran time. The city had been hit in multiple places, and strikes meant for… Iran’s Stunning Incompetence

Published by the Atlantic Having once described Donald Trump as Israel’s “greatest friend ever,” Benjamin Netanyahu must be watching with some consternation as the American president enthusiastically pursues a nuclear deal with Iran. After all, the Israeli… Israel’s Least Bad Option Is a Trump Deal With Iran

Published by the Atlantic Opposition to women’s rights has helped fuel authoritarian movements in Russia, Hungary, Brazil, and the United States. That the same is true in South Korea, which is holding an early presidential election tomorrow, is… The Anti-Anti-Feminist Election