Iran's Female Ninjas File a Lawsuit: Not Every Iranian Is Out to Kill Us
A spat between Reuters and Iranian state media reveals, and maybe worsens, how the West and Iran mistrust one another. More »
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Max Fisher is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.
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