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DECODING: The Iran-US Geneva deal — temporary peace or disguised capitulation?
Analysis· No. 885

DECODING: The Iran-US Geneva deal — temporary peace or disguised capitulation?

On June 17, 2026, in a Geneva conference room, three men signed a document that immediately made front pages around the world. Donald Trump,…

REPORT: Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan — What IAEA Inspectors Will Find, Hope For, and Dread
Reportage· No. 878

REPORT: Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan — What IAEA Inspectors Will Find, Hope For, and Dread

On June 26, 2026, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, publicly declared that inspections of Iranian enrichment sites will…

ANALYSIS: Post-strike Iran — what remains of Tehran's nuclear program
Analysis· No. 858

ANALYSIS: Post-strike Iran — what remains of Tehran's nuclear program

In June 2025, the United States and Israel launched Operation Midnight Hammer — a strike campaign targeting Iran's principal nuclear facilities. Natanz and Fordow…

PROFILE: Rafael Grossi, the man who must verify the unverifiable against Iran
Profile· No. 850

PROFILE: Rafael Grossi, the man who must verify the unverifiable against Iran

It was from Tokyo, on the margins of an international meeting, that Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), spoke…

ESSAY: The Iran-USA 14-point deal — what the text says, omits, and truly threatens
Essay· No. 840

ESSAY: The Iran-USA 14-point deal — what the text says, omits, and truly threatens

On June 20, 2026, after weeks of secret negotiations conducted under American and Israeli military pressure on Iranian nuclear sites, the Trump and Pezeshkian…

COMMENTARY: The Trump-Iran Deal — A "Peace" Without Missiles or Militias That Looks Like Surrender
Commentary· No. 828

COMMENTARY: The Trump-Iran Deal — A "Peace" Without Missiles or Militias That Looks Like Surrender

On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) intended to end the war that Washington and Tel…

COLUMN: Iran-USA in Lucerne — Four Working Groups to Defuse a Century of Mutual Distrust
Column· No. 822

COLUMN: Iran-USA in Lucerne — Four Working Groups to Defuse a Century of Mutual Distrust

There is something irreducibly banal — and extraordinary — about the image of American and Iranian technicians sitting around a table in Switzerland to…

OPINION: The Strait of Hormuz, the global tap Tehran opens, shuts, and monetizes at will
Note· No. 809

OPINION: The Strait of Hormuz, the global tap Tehran opens, shuts, and monetizes at will

There are places on the map that concentrate, within a handful of kilometers, the full weight of international politics and all its anxieties. The…

FACT-CHECK: Trump, Iran and Nuclear Inspections — What Was Actually Signed
Analysis· No. 801

FACT-CHECK: Trump, Iran and Nuclear Inspections — What Was Actually Signed

June 26, 2026. Donald Trump posts on Truth Social a message that, in his own words, confirms that Iran has "accepted long-term nuclear inspections."…

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