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"Today, you can get in a car in Tehran and get out in the Dahia, Beirut." Five years and two months after Gen. Qasem ...

Iranian cargo ships allegedly carrying chemicals to make missile propellent are setting sail from China to deliver the ...

With careful planning, a transition commission has the potential to inspire confidence and contribute to a more democratic ...

3D Render of a Topographic Bathymetry Map of the Gulf of Mexico. All source data is in the public domain. Color texture: Made with Natural Earth. http://www ...

A 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers aimed to give Iran relief from crippling Western sanctions in exchange for limiting its nuclear programme to prevent it from developing a ...

Iran’s top diplomat said Tehran is ready for any future Israeli attacks on the country, warning that such action could spark a wider conflagration, in comments aired Saturday. Foreign Minister ...

Abedini was detained at Milan's Malpensa Airport on December 16, 2024, at the request of U.S. authorities who have accused him of defying sanctions and transferring sensitive drone parts to Iran's ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. One of the many complex foreign policy problems that Donald Trump will inherit ...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been detained in Iran since Dec. 19 on charges of breaching Islamic law, her plight sparking outrage and a flurry of diplomatic activity involving Rome ...

ROME—The case of Cecilia Sala, the prominent Italian journalist detained in Iran, is becoming a test for Italy’s government, which finds itself caught up in Iran’s shadow war with the U.S ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran executed over 1,000 prisoners in 86 prisons across the country in 2024, according to a report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). The report says the ...