--- title: Ali Vaez | TIME description: Ali Vaez directs the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group canonical: https://time.com/author/ali-vaez/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/ali-vaez/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ali Vaez ## Ali Vaez _Ali Vaez directs the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group_ ## Ali Vaez *  Jun 15, 2026 ### [America and Iran Have an Agreement. And 60 Days to Prevent the Next War](https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/america-iran-peace-agreement-prevent-next-war/) The long-awaited agreement between the United States and Iran does not settle their disputes, but th... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 15, 2026 ### [For Trump, a Path Forward on Iran That Goes Beyond Bombs](https://time.com/7346661/trump-iran-military-strikes-diplomacy-sanctions/) There is only the slow, uncertain task of granting Iranians leverage over their own future and the m... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 14, 2025 ### [The Grim Reality of the Conflict in Iran](https://time.com/7294202/grim-reality-conflict-iran-israel/) "Is there a path out of this deepening crisis? Perhaps, though not a particularly promising one." [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/ali-vaez/","name":"Ali Vaez"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/ali-vaez/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/ali-vaez/"},"name":"Ali Vaez","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ali Vaez directs the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group","url":"https://time.com/author/ali-vaez/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```