Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He is a powerful figure in the Middle East ...

Iranian dissidents—who once defied the Shah and then the clerics—have united against foreign attacks and have called for a ...

Critics argue Reza Pahlavi’s monarchical ambitions and ties to Israel undermine his claims of advocating for democracy.

On 16 January 1979, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, fled to sanctuary in Anwar Sadat’s Egypt. Less than four weeks ...

I don't know." Ask a Persian? "Why no, my friend! I hate poetry! It's so antiquated!" "Oh. Do you know any good poems?" "Yes, ...

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed US President Donald Trump's declaration that their countries ...

A coup remembered After being appointed as the prime minister of Iran in 1951, Mossadegh moved to nationalise the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, then controlled by the British, who had long funneled ...

June 23, 2025 The U.S. military attacked Iran's nuclear sites with bunker-buster bombs on June 21. 2025.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans ...