The following is the Dec. 30, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Iran: Background and U.S. Policy. From the report ...

As the world concerns itself with the fate of Ukraine, the turmoil in the Mideast, and rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait, ...

They signalled the failure of Iran’s national-security doctrine. The strategy that Mr Khamenei pursued for decades has fallen ...

The fate of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran and an Iranian engineer imprisoned in Italy on a U.S. warrant have grown ...

However, with the collapse of the Islamic Republic’s hegemonic project, the Middle East is poised for significant changes. The immediate fallout will be most visible in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, where ...

From the largest war in Europe since World War II continuing in Ukraine to a series of escalations upending the Middle East, ...

Israel must strike Iran now, hitting high-value targets within the Islamic Republic, in order to provide the second Trump ...

Tensions between Iran and the United States are likely to be one of the first major foreign policy challenges for the incoming Trump administration. Tehran’s recent moves have brought Iran closer ...

Richard Nephew is Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University at the Center on Global Energy Policy and an Adjunct Fellow ...

IRNA said Monday that Sala had been detained on December 19 after “violating the laws of the Islamic republic of Iran.” “Her case is currently under investigation. Her arrest was carried out ...

Sala, an Italian citizen, entered Iran on December 13, 2024, with a journalist visa, and was detained on December 19, 2024, for breaching the laws of the Islamic Republic, the official IRNA news ...