As Iran was a constitutional monarchy before the revolution, theocratic elements were effectively grafted on top of the existing republican ones, such as the parliament, executive, and judiciary. Iran ...

Since 1979, the US has been in perpetual economic, military, and political combat with the Iranian state. The only difference ...

Her aunt, Yasna*, 64, left Iran just months before the 1979 revolution to attend university in the United ... The Western Wall is part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound’s exterior wall. Muslim ...

The Iranian regime's weakened situation is not necessarily a sign that the regime will fall, but one that could mean trouble ...

Shiite Islam offers Iranians a standard it views as just. Iran calls itself an Islamic republic. Many Iranians may appreciate ...

EMERGING from a carpet shop in Iran’s beautiful and ancient city of Esfahan, I was engulfed by a group of jostling young men. Like a desert mirage, as quickly as they had arrived they were gone.

The exiled son of Iran's last shah, known to his supporters as 'crown prince,' says he's ready to take over. But Iran's opposition is splintered.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made a rare public appearance after several weeks, attending a religious ...

Today, Israel defends itself not with any animosity toward Iranians but in solidarity with them. Operation Rising Lion is a ...

Reza Pahlavi has a famous name but whether he has enough support inside the country to rise to power is unclear.

Iran has carefully cultivated an image for itself in the Arab street and the larger Muslim world as being a morally upright ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appeared in public for the first time since the conflict with Israel began, ...