Iran

Populist Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demanded this week that Abdul Mahdi call an early election to quell the biggest mass…

The decisions announced by the U.S. State Department reflect an effort to increase pressure on Iran by putting wider swaths…

Russia underscored its role in the political future of Syria as the Moscow-backed Syrian constitutional committee met for the first…

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia and Iran reaffirmed their strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity…

Music teacher and self-described political dissident Homayoun Zaran fled Iran for Afghanistan six years ago in search of a quieter…

Hurt by tighter U.S. sanctions, Iran – a key member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) –…

Iran has begun deploying missiles in Yemen in order to strike Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. Prime…

The Iranian air force on paper is one of the biggest air arms in the world. Its order of battle…

Tabriz, Iran, nestled in the crossroads of Europe and Asia, has lost many of its historic treasures over time. Enough…

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani can be forgiven for feeling a twinge of envy as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish…

This week’s bulletin from the Saudi government congratulated the new Japanese emperor, condemned a truck bombing in Afghanistan and noted…

Israel’s nuclear arsenal is the worst-kept secret in international relations. Since the 1970s, Israel has maintained a nuclear deterrent in…

Amnesty International has condemned Iranian authorities for cutting off the fingers of a man convicted of theft. The rights group…

The United States on Friday asked foreign governments to submit detailed reports on humanitarian exports to Iran, a step observers…

The Least Iranian Place in Iran As my Tabriz-bound flight waited on the tarmac in Shiraz, I looked through my…

(UNITED NATIONS) — Iran executed seven child offenders last year and two so far this year even though human rights…

A policy of appeasement will not work with Iran and the only way to get Tehran to the negotiating table…

Iran and the United States are as close to direct conflict as they have been for three decades, since Operation…

Albanian police said on Wednesday they have discovered an Iranian paramilitary network that allegedly planned attacks in Albania against exiled…

The Azerbaijan Museum, located centrally not far from the Blue Mosque, houses some impressive pieces and deserves the hour or…