Iran’s Regime Is Losing Its Greatest Weapon: Fear NYT | Top Stories By: Abbas Milani 16 January 2026 at 14:00 The bulwark of Iranian oppression is fear. The latest round of demonstrations shows it has been breached. © via Getty Images
Iran’s Regime Is Losing Its Greatest Weapon: Fear NYT | Opinion By: Abbas Milani 16 January 2026 at 14:00 The bulwark of Iranian oppression is fear. The latest round of demonstrations shows it has been breached.
Why Israel Is Wary of Intervening in Iran NYT | Top Stories By: David M. Halbfinger 16 January 2026 at 02:24 Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point. © via Associated PressA photograph posted on social media showing a protest in Tehran last week.