LONDON − The exiled son of Iran's last shah − Persian for "king" − before he fled the 1979 Islamic Revolution called for Iran's theocratic regime and its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to "step down" and "face justice." Reza Pahlavi, 64, was ...

Iran’s nuclear program has been a long-standing problem. Many US presidential administrations have struggled with it, as have many international organizations and foreign governments. To help makes sense of it all, below is a chronology of key highlights ...

Update: President Trump announced the U.S. launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, including Fordo, on Saturday, June 21. Read the latest here. Iran has two known underground nuclear enrichment sites, the one Israel attacked on the first day ...

Three prominent rappers have been arrested and face possible execution. Iranian rap music has become a vehicle for criticism of the regime amid ongoing protests in the country, placing several rap stars in the crosshairs of government forces. The protest ...

Iran has been added to President Donald Trump’s expansive hit list, along with Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Greenland.

Since the successive Israeli and US air strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites in June, much of the fevered and highly politicized public debate has focused on whether the attacks have “obliterated” Tehran’s capability to build nuclear weapons or only set ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) Representative in Iran Sivanka Dhanapala lauded the Islamic Republic of Iran for “generously hosting one of the largest refugee situations” in the world. “The Islamic ...

The Israeli military targeted Iranian nuclear facilities, research scientists and senior military commanders in dozens of preemptive airstrikes early Friday morning in what it dubbed "Operation Rising Lion." The strikes — which the Israel Defense Forces ...

Iranian officials blame the U.S. and Israel for the current unrest, claiming that they have supported “terrorist” teams that have infiltrated the protests, killing both protesters and government personnel to stoke more violence. Some experts call the crisis the most serious challenge to Iran’s clerical rule since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.