The Last Days of the Republic?
On 28 February 2026, Israel and the United States launched strikes across Iran. Whether this marks the beginning of the end for the Islamic Republic — or another crisis it will survive — nobody yet knows.
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The Pahlavis
On 22 February 1921, a Cossack officer named Reza Khan marched on Tehran and seized power. The dynasty he founded lasted fifty-four years. Its heir now calls for revolution from a suburb of Washington.
The Homecoming
On 1 February 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini flew home from Paris and Iran changed for ever. Forty-seven years later, the regime he built is under more pressure than at any point since. It may not matter.
The Shah Who Saved Persia - And Broke His Own Dynasty
On 19 January 1629, Shah Abbas I died after forty-one years on the Safavid throne. He rebuilt a collapsing state into a military and commercial power, then crippled its future by destroying his own line of succession.