1967 — Iran takes possession of the Tehran Research Reactor supplied by America under the "Atoms for Peace" program. 1979 — U.S. ally Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, fatally ill, flees Iran as popular ...

The Iranian revolution of 1979 saw the US-backed rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi collapse almost overnight, to be replaced with an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The impact of ...

The strategic and spiritual resonance of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply woven into Iran’s identity. It represents a profound geographic constant in Iranian history. This narrow waterway has served as ...

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and ...

After months-long delays, Tehran is in the midst of organising a six-day, multi-city funeral for late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, amid tight security and fragile US-Iran talks over Hormuz, nuclear and ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Arthur I. Cyr is the author of “After the Cold War – American Foreign Policy, Europe and Asia.” Chaos characterizes the Middle East, and that has been true for most of the very long ...

Why Iran's flag has caused some controversy for fans attending the World Cup in North America.

INGLEWOOD, California, June 21 (Reuters) - Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei believes his team's unbeaten start to the World Cup will be written in their footballing history after a turbulent build-up marked ...