Authorities in Iran ordered government offices and banks across much of the country to close Wednesday as surging summer ...

Even before the conflict, Tehran estimated it needed more than $500 billion in foreign investment just to modernize outdated ...

In other words, how did the Islamic Revolution of 1979 come to be, and why did its leaders endure? The revolution was ...

Vital reservoirs are shrinking, authorities are scrambling to reduce demand and stave off catastrophe and residents are ...

More than a million Afghans have returned from Iran this year, according to the U.N. — either forcibly deported or pressured ...

Iran's state media says the country has founded a new defense council after attacks in June by Israel and the U.S. A report ...

The Supreme National Security Council is responsible for laying out the country's defence and security strategy.

Two were seized after Israel and the United States attacked Iranian targets in June, and two others have been held since 2024 ...

Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Iran nuclear deal agreed in 2015, sanctions can be reimposed on Iran's ...

In the wake of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, Tehran has created a new “Defense Council,” the Islamic Revolutionary ...

Visitors attend an exhibition called “In Women’s Words,” which displays works by modern Iranian women artists. The works are ...

Pegah Banihashemi A few weeks after the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, several published statements have called for a referendum and a transition beyond the Islamic Republic. One of these, signed ...