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A senior advisor to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Larijani has moved quickly in his new role, traveling to Moscow, Baghdad ...
Former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani criticized his government's Middle East strategy on Thursday in comments published by ...
The Pentagon says the U.S. military remains "well postured" to defend Israel and American forces in the region.
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The Limits of America’s Iran Policy

Since this summer’s humiliating Twelve-Day War, Iran’s regime has shown no signs of collapse. Containment is the best option.
Hezbollah and Iran have emerged bruised from separate conflicts with Israel in November and June, respectively. Now, Beirut’s ...
Weakened by war and diplomatic deadlock, Iran’s clerical elite stands at a crossroads: defy pressure to halt its nuclear ...
Two were seized after Israel and the United States attacked Iranian targets in June, and two others have been held since 2024 ...
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a professor at Princeton University, quietly retired from the school as it faces the loss of tens of ...
HASAN T. ALHASAN is Senior Fellow for Middle East Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. EMILE HOKAYEM ...
By the 1990s, Israeli intelligence was growing increasingly concerned that Iran was escalating and trying to develop a nuclear bomb—a red line for Israel, the only nuclear power in the Middle East.
Moscow’s failures will resound beyond the Middle East. Whether the result of Putin’s conscious decision not to intervene or ...
A senior Western diplomat said Iran’s rulers were vulnerable as never before, and any defiance was a gamble liable to ...