Like other conflicts in the Middle East, Iran’s troubled relations with the US and Israel — and with Iranian Kurds — have their roots in imperialism, writes.

Gaza reveals a broken balance of power between Muslim and non-Muslim worlds — a civilizational gap spanning centuries.

The Islamic Revolution of 1979, which toppled Iran's Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was one of the most significant political ...

The Iranian government announced Sunday that it had formed a new National Defense Council for handling the country's affairs ...

a bright line runs through Iran’s domestic movement for democratic change: on one side, frank opponents of the regime, and on ...

For decades, Iran has been an adversary of the United States. Scott Anderson examines the Iranian revolution of 1979, the upheaval that deposed the reigning monarch and transformed the country from a ...

Real peace is an uphill battle while the Progressive “useful idiots” can be counted upon to force truces or ceasefires, which ...

Both peoples share a legacy of resistance to despotism, a reverence for liberty and a belief in governance rooted in the consent of the governed.The post America and Iran: A ...

In his new book, King of Kings, Scott Anderson chronicles the upheaval that deposed Iran's reigning monarch — and the blunders by American policymakers that played a key role in the outcome.