The retired 76-year-old professor of political science was already serving an 18-month sentence for criticizing the Iranian regime. He came out on medical furlough—only for Tehran’s prosecutor to ...

He sought to better understand the political upheaval he had helped bring about, and so he wrote his thesis on the Iranian Revolution. He returned to teach at the University of Tehran in 1990 and ...

This year, against the backdrop of Ramadan and rising discontent, the celebrations took on an unmistakably political tone.

For Saddam, the 1979 Iranian Revolution represented an opportunity. Having watched the overthrow of the U.S.-backed shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, and the diplomatic crisis that was triggered ...

The theocratic regime is at its weakest point since it hijacked the 1979 revolution that overthrew the Shah, and the mullahs ...

A letter U.S. President Donald Trump wrote to Iran’s supreme leader in an attempt to jump-start talks over Tehran’s rapidly ...

Iran has grappled with a series of setbacks. Hamas and Hezbollah, Tehran’s long-standing nonstate regional allies, have been ...

In his second term, President Donald Trump has doubled down on the cruelty and xenophobia of his first administration.

On this bonus Battle Lines episode, Roland Oliphant speaks with Reza Pahlavi, the son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of ...

As the 2026 World Cup approaches, the much-anticipated showdown between Iran and Qatar transcends the realm of football; it is a pinnacle confrontation of technology and intelligence. This article ...