Iran has built parallel military infrastructure across Syria and Iraq over decades, creating a shadow empire that security ...

In December 2004, Jordan’s King Abdullah first warned the world of the emergence of a Sh’ia crescent that could destabilize ...

Trump celebrated the apparent destruction of Iran's nuclear program by the U.S. and Israel, and urged Tehran to make peace.

The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran early Sunday over its nuclear program, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as its people increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need ...

In the weeks since Israel’s expansive 12-day war, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rarely been seen in public. That absence has inevitably led to speculation over the 86-year-old’s ...

Secretary Ali Larijani said on Monday that the United States and Israel used Iraqi territory to attack Iran during the 12-day war last June. Larijani received in Tehran on Monday Iraqi National ...

Nowadays, a range of slogans are being raised about the upcoming elections. Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ...

Rarely in modern history has a military offensive been as loudly and persistently foreshadowed as the June 2025 Israeli and American strikes on Iran’s nuclear program. For more than three decades, ...

With its proxy network in shambles, Tehran officially welcomes agreement, even as Khamenei adviser says it could augur a ...

Since then, its threat has shaped and justified global conflict. Both Iraq and Iran have been accused of seeking the bomb, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shirvin Zeinalzadeh, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) In the weeks since ...