Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Iran, a country with access to nuclear weapons in the Middle East. Never miss an update on terror militia, airstrike activity with Israel or the United States’ involvement.
Iran
The Latest
-
Breaking News White House Aide Ben Rhodes Defends ‘Echo Chamber’ Push for Iran Nuclear Deal
The senior White House aide who spearheaded the push for the Iran nuclear deal is defending his handling of the issue after he suggested in a controversial New York Times magazine profile that he fooled key stakeholders into not questioning the pact. Ben Rhodes was forced to explain himself in a blog post for Medium…
-
Breaking News U.S. Holocaust Museum Says Iranian Authorities Back Holocaust Cartoon Event
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum challenged a claim by the Iranian foreign minister that Iranian government authorities had nothing to do with a Holocaust cartoon contest. “The organizations associated with the contest are sponsored or supported by government entities, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Tehran Municipality, and the Ministry of…
-
Breaking News Robert Levinson’s Son Travels to Iran Seeking Information on MIssing Father
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Driven to desperation by what he said have been the White House’s failures, Robert Levinson’s son traveled to Iran to seek information on his father’s whereabouts. “In late February, I traveled to Iran’s Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, where my father was last seen,” Dan Levinson said in an Op-Ed published…
-
Breaking News AIPAC Still Insists on Iran Sanctions — Claims Mullahs Flout ‘Spirit’ of Nuclear Deal
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee opposes further sanctions relief for Iran, citing its ballistic missile tests and its continued backing for sides fighting in the region. “If Iran wants additional sanctions relief, it must first change its behavior,” the pro-Israel lobby said in an April 7 statement, accompanied by statements from members of Congress…
-
Opinion How Meir Dagan, Israel’s Legendary Spymaster, Became Bibi’s Worst Nightmare
Israel lost a living legend this week with the death March 17 of former spymaster Meir Dagan. He was 71. A career soldier, he retired in 1995 at age 50 with the rank of major general, then began a second career as the country’s top counter-terrorism strategist, serving under four prime ministers as counter-terrorism adviser,…
-
Breaking News Robert Levinson’s Family Rallies For His Release from Iran
(JTA) — The family of Robert Levinson, a Jewish-American man who disappeared from Iran in 2007, held a rally, calling on the U.S. and Iran to work together to get him released. Levinson, 68, of Coral Springs, Florida, a private detective and a former FBI agent, has been missing since disappearing from Iran’s Kish Island…
-
News Iran Deal Feud Looms Over Chicago Congressional Battle
The aftershocks of the Iran nuclear deal, which tore the American Jewish community in two last summer, still ripple politically amid the tranquil, willow-lined boulevards of Chicago’s upscale northwest suburbs. Two Jewish candidates for Congress with almost identical political profiles — except for their positions on the Iran deal — are running against each other…
-
Life Iran-Born Artist Draws Comfortably From Both Nietzsche and Rumi
In the artist statement on her website, Los Angeles-based Angela Larian cites a variety of influences, including Plato’s and Nietzsche’s philosophies, as well as the writings of Persian poets Rumi (13th century) and Hafez (14th century). The blend, says the Tehran-born artist who moved to the United States as a 15-year-old in 1978, is “quite…
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Hitler is trending on TikTok again — and they’re trying to make him seem like a nice guy
- 2
Culture You can buy Sukkot gift boxes that say ‘tuchus’ on Amazon
- 3
Fast Forward Sitcom star encourages non-Jews like her to hang mezuzahs on their homes
- 4
Opinion A maelstrom around Rashida Tlaib shows how broken discourse about the war has become
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
-
Looking Forward An Israeli hip-hop artist remembers a day of hope in Gaza
-
Sports The Jewish Sport Report: How the Chicago White Sox made a bad year even worse for Jewish fans
-
Oct. 7: One Year Later A different closet: Queer Zionists navigate the post-Oct. 7 dating scene
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism