The Iranian military has the capability to blockade the Strait of Hormuz if necessary, says Iran's naval commander.

Deep beneath the Zagros Mountains, an ancient oceanic plate is tearing apart, dragging the Earth’s crust with it. What was ...

Minutes after a magnitude 4.5 earthquake hit Iran on October 5, 2024, rumors swirled that it wasn’t natural—claims that ...

Tension is escalating between the U.S. and Iran over its nuclear ambitions. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks upend months of signals from Tehran that it wanted to negotiate over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.

This week's Farda Briefing looks into U.S. President Donald Trump’s seemingly reluctant return to his "maximum pressure" ...

Getting the United States involved in a war with Iran would fly in the face of everything Trump has said over the last decade.

As geopolitical tensions in the region continue to ramp up, Tehran’s growing missile capabilities will pose more and more ...

NICOLE GRAJEWSKI is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School. She ...

With nearly 90 million people, advanced military technology and control over critical strategic chokepoints, Iran’s resilience is anchored in its demographic strength, strategic geography and ...

With nearly 90 million people, advanced military technology and control over critical strategic chokepoints, Iran’s resilience is anchored in its demographic strength, strategic geography and ...

But whether it succeeds or not remains to be seen. “Russia and Iran’s partnership has almost certainly been driven by mutual security and economic interests, with both states growing closer ...