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Normale Ansicht

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  • How Netanyahu Strained the U.S.-Israel Alliance
    Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has long sold himself as the best politician to manage relations with America. Our reporter Mark Mazzetti describes how that alliance is now under strain as support for Israel erodes across party lines.
     

How Netanyahu Strained the U.S.-Israel Alliance

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has long sold himself as the best politician to manage relations with America. Our reporter Mark Mazzetti describes how that alliance is now under strain as support for Israel erodes across party lines.
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  • How Israel Tried and Failed to Change the Iranian Regime
    The U.S. and Israel were united in going to war with Iran to change the regime. Mark Mazzetti, a New York Times investigative reporter, explains how the failure of Israel to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s new leader led the U.S. to narrow its efforts in Iran to just launching attacks with no plan for a new government.
     

How Israel Tried and Failed to Change the Iranian Regime

The U.S. and Israel were united in going to war with Iran to change the regime. Mark Mazzetti, a New York Times investigative reporter, explains how the failure of Israel to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s new leader led the U.S. to narrow its efforts in Iran to just launching attacks with no plan for a new government.
  • ✇NYT > U.S. News
  • How Israel Tried and Failed to Change the Iranian Regime
    The U.S. and Israel were united in going to war with Iran to change the regime. Mark Mazzetti, a Times investigative reporter, explains how the failure of Israel to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s new leader led the U.S. to narrow its efforts in Iran to just launching attacks with no plan for a new government.
     

How Israel Tried and Failed to Change the Iranian Regime

The U.S. and Israel were united in going to war with Iran to change the regime. Mark Mazzetti, a Times investigative reporter, explains how the failure of Israel to install Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s new leader led the U.S. to narrow its efforts in Iran to just launching attacks with no plan for a new government.

Top Pentagon Official Worked Closely With C.I.A. Officer Later Found With Gold Bars

David Rush, the C.I.A. employee, worked on a highly classified China spying program with Stephen A. Feinberg, the Pentagon’s second-ranking official.

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Stephen A. Feinberg in February 2025, during his confirmation hearing to be deputy defense secretary.

C.I.A. Officer Arrested With Gold Once Worked With No. 2 Pentagon Official

David Rush, a longtime C.I.A. officer, appears to have first had contact with Stephen A. Feinberg during President Trump’s first term. Some officials said the two men were not close.

© Tom Brenner for The New York Times

The C.I.A. officer arrested last week with more than $40 million in gold bars in his home had previously worked with Stephen A. Feinberg, now the deputy secretary of defense.

Early War Goal Was to Install Hard-Line Former President as Iran’s Leader

An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.

© Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times

Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran registering as a candidate in the presidential election in Tehran in 2024.

Chinese Firms Plot Secret Arms Sales to Iran, U.S. Officials Say

The effort involves plans to send weapons through other countries in an effort to hide the origins of the shipments.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a high-stakes diplomatic visit with President Xi Jinping of China.

For Iran, Flexing Control Over Waterway Is New Deterrent

Iran’s government could emerge from the conflict with a blueprint to keep adversaries at bay, regardless of any restrictions on its nuclear program.

© Copernicus Sentinel-2, via Reuters

A satellite image showing ships’ movements in a section of the Strait of Hormuz this month.

U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking a More Active Role in Iran War

China may have shipped missiles to Iran, and Beijing is allowing some companies to sell Tehran supplies that can be used in military production, American officials said.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

An anti-U.S. billboard on Sunday in Tehran showing American aircraft captured in a net.

Israel Thought It Could Spur Rebellion Inside Iran. That Hasn’t Happened.

President Trump’s hopes that an Israeli plan to ignite an internal uprising against Iran’s theocratic government could bring the war to a swift end have so far been dashed.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

The aftermath of U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran on Saturday. Three weeks into the war, American and Israeli intelligence assessments have concluded that the theocratic Iranian government is weakened but intact.

How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War

In the lead-up to the U.S.-Israeli attack, President Trump downplayed the risks to the energy markets as a short-term concern that should not overshadow the mission to decapitate the Iranian regime.

© Benoit Tessier/Reuters

In response to Iranian threats, commercial shipping has come to a standstill in the Gulf, and oil prices have spiked.

In War’s First Week, a Punishing Military Campaign With No Coherent Endgame

The U.S. and Israel have pounded Iran’s leadership and undercut its defense capabilities, but President Trump has offered wildly different explanations for what he hopes to achieve.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

A huge plume of smoke has rose in the sky after US-Israel airstrikes in the west of Tehran, on Tuesday.

As Trump Considers Second Iran Attack, It Could Be Deadlier Than the First

20. Februar 2026 um 15:58
Within days of the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities last year, all sides agreed to a cease-fire. This time could be different.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

A missile display at a celebration in Tehran this month.

Iran’s Missile Program Tops Israel’s Concerns as Netanyahu Meets Trump

11. Februar 2026 um 10:04
President Trump is focused on Iran’s nuclear program, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees a more immediate threat from Tehran’s rapid rebuilding of its ability to launch missiles at Israel.

© Menahem Kahana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Israeli air defenses intercepting Iranian missiles over Tel Aviv during the military conflict last June.

War Threats and Ambiguous Evidence: Trump Again Confronts Iran

There is little sign that Iran has made significant progress in reconstituting its nuclear program, leaving questions about the timing and motive behind potential plans for further attacks.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

Little has happened in the past six months to indicate that Iran has made significant strides toward rebuilding its capacity to enrich nuclear fuel and fashion a nuclear warhead.
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