Iran

Pro-Iran factions are pushing for the move just as the Islamic State is starting to hit back.

Tehran’s military is advancing ever farther into outer space—and the threat is bigger than Washington is letting on.

A U.S. withdrawal has opened the door to a possible political settlement, but success will depend on regional powers and the country’s neighbors.

This week, the world marked International Women’s Day, and the U.S. State Department canceled an award for a Finnish journalist who criticized Trump.

While Western activists defend the right of Muslims to wear the veil, Iranian women are fighting for a bigger cause: choice.

Trump’s favorite foreign-policy doctrine has failed.

Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif protested his weakness—and became stronger than ever.

Javad Zarif’s gambit paid off, but his attempt to be a bridge between Tehran and the West has become virtually impossible in the Trump era.

The foreign minister’s fall from grace was a long time coming.

If accepted, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s resignation may open the door to a new Iranian radicalism.

The Islamic Republic’s corruption is draining the country of its most precious resource: water.

The kolbars brave subfreezing temperatures and border guards’ bullets to carry heavy loads over the mountains in an unemployment-plagued region that Iran’s government has all but forgotten.

Riyadh’s reckless behavior foments widespread mistrust of its plans to buy nuclear reactors.

The march to war against Iran is echoing the drumbeats of America's last major Middle Eastern invasion.

Monica Witt fled to Iran and was indicted for espionage—alongside an Iranian hacking luminary.

Things will only get worse under Trump’s sanctions, but China, India, and other countries are still defiantly buying oil.

On the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, a former political prisoner assesses the prospect of change in Iran.

Here's how.

In his first hundred days on the job, Adel Abdul Mahdi has hit entrenched political roadblocks to choosing cabinet ministers and changing a system of political patronage.

One previously unreported incident from 2017 illustrates the risks of Trump’s latest plan.