Israel must keep those who seek to destroy it from breaching its borders.

Overthrow of the regime is now the goal.

No island of stability.

The contest could determine the next supreme leader.

But also a referendum on the regime’s legitimacy.

The good guys lost.

A penchant for conspiracy theories, contempt for the West, and readiness to shed blood for the regime.

Misunderstanding Iran’s political process.

Some moderates may have won, but it means little change in foreign policy.

Only if his conditions are met.

A historical perspective.

Ali Khamenei’s “near-pathological obsession with Jews and Israel.”

We haven’t intervened because we want to placate Iran.

Hating Israel lies at the heart of the regime’s ideology.