Israel blames Iran for lethal attack on Japanese-owned oil tanker off Oman
Analysts said the attack bore all the hallmarks of tit-for-tat exchanges in the "shadow war" between Israel and Iran, which has seen vessels targeted in waters around the Persian Gulf.
As Iran faces 'water bankruptcy,' drought exposes past problems and future threats
Analysts say the underlying causes go back decades — and will rattle the country for much longer than this summer's drought.
Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad said Wednesday she was shocked by an Iranian plot to kidnap her from her New York home as Tehran stiffly denied the allegations contained in a U.S. Justice Department indictment. The White House strongly condemned the plot, which came to ...
Japanese foreign minister considering visit to Iran in August
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is planning to visit Iran to build ties with its new government led by a conservative hard-liner, diplomatic sources said Friday.
U.S. strikes on Iran-backed militias test Ebrahim Raisi and nuclear talks
The latest U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia groups come at a delicate time for Washington and Tehran.
Iranian, Israeli and U.S. hard-liners muddle nuclear deal prospects
The optimists say the coming few weeks could be critical for both the Biden and Rouhani administrations to revive the nuclear deal.
The end of Iran's Islamic republic
It was less an election than a chronicle of a death foretold — the death of what little remained of the constitution’s republican principles.
Iran vote points to hard-line goal of long-term power
Recent election results effectively bring all arms of the state under the control of hardliners suspicious of the West, analysts and officials say.
Iran elects hard-liner as nuclear talks enter critical phase
Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi swept to a landslide win in Iran’s presidential election, potentially setting Tehran on a more hostile course toward the West.
Ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi elected Iran president as rivals concede
Raisi has won 62% of the votes counted so far, an election office chairman said as the count continued, with no turnout figures released yet.
The U.S. military is rapidly adjusting its global footprint as it pulls out of Afghanistan entirely and sees a greater threat from China in the Asia-Pacific region.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran have agreed to extend an understanding to monitor Tehran's activities by one month, the IAEA said Monday.
