Weakened by war and diplomatic deadlock, Iran’s clerical elite stands at a crossroads: defy pressure to halt its nuclear ...

Former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani criticized his government's Middle East strategy on Thursday in comments published by ...

In the wake of the United States' military's strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, authorities in that country have detained ...

Since this summer’s humiliating Twelve-Day War, Iran’s regime has shown no signs of collapse. Containment is the best option.

Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 "suspects" during the country's 12-day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement ...

Two were seized after Israel and the United States attacked Iranian targets in June, and two others have been held since 2024 ...

HASAN T. ALHASAN is Senior Fellow for Middle East Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. EMILE HOKAYEM ...

Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a professor at Princeton University, quietly retired from the school as it faces the loss of tens of ...

The Pentagon says the U.S. military remains "well postured" to defend Israel and American forces in the region.

Iran’s top security official arrived in Beirut Wednesday as tensions between the two countries escalated following the ...

In the Middle East, however, the United States has had to intervene repeatedly in internal and regional conflicts that undercut stability and containment—even after the Soviet Union passed from the ...

Japan stands at a pivotal moment, where diplomacy and strategy must converge to navigate rising tensions from the Middle East ...