Thus, the 1979 regime succeeded in blending national and Islamic elements. However, this success does not appear permanent.

Current protests in Iran are reminiscent of the uprising in 1979 that forced the exodus of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and put ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran has long been accustomed to challenges, relentless pressure and widely believed misrepresentations about it.

In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold ...

With demonstrations in dozens of cities across Iran, Ali Khamenei and his regime are faced with a dilemma.

"The Russians, at the moment, are losing massive amounts of their soldiers thanks to the Ukrainian defense," NATO Secretary ...

For at least a decade, the conventional wisdom has been that direct attempts at regime change by the United States have ended in disaster. And for good reason. In Afghanistan, the very same Taliban ...

Across continents and decades, these ‘praetorian guards’ have acted as both shield and sword, protecting rulers while enforcing fear. Their names change, their uniforms differ, but their mission remai ...

Its security forces have brutally defended the Islamic Republic, but the protests show that many Iranians consider it ...

The driver, a man who was not identified, was detained “pending further investigation,” police said in a statement Sunday ...

Los Angeles police responded after somebody drove a U-Haul box truck down a street crowded with marchers demonstrating in ...

Activists say the death toll from nationwide protests in Iran has surpassed 2,000 people. This level of violence around ...