With Iran’s theocracy under strain, a new history shows that its rise was mainly a stroke of bad luck.

In the wake of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, Tehran has created a new “Defense Council,” the Islamic Revolutionary ...

Cyrus the Great, who reigned in the 6th century BCE, is not merely a figure of Iranian pride. He is a towering symbol of ...

One month after Israeli strikes cripple Iranian air defenses, Khamenei turns to old playbook with new power center. It took ...

Following the 12-day conflict with Israel, Tehran is confronting a lot of difficult issues that could determine the future of ...

In a phone call with Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed the urgent need for united ...

Rarely in modern history has a military offensive been as loudly and persistently foreshadowed as the June 2025 Israeli and ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to the supreme leader, as secretary of the ...

Iran has executed two men in separate cases, accusing one of spying for Israel and another of being a member of the Islamic State group ...

MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Associate Professor of International Affairs at Texas A ...

President Massoud Pezeshkian delivered a stark warning during a cabinet meeting on the same day, citing an energy ministry report that revealed the crisis was more severe than publicly acknowledged.

Several Iranian activists have published statements calling for a transition beyond the Islamic Republic. What might awaken a ...