The history of Iran, with its many twists and turns, is like watching the story of human civilization itself unfold over ...

Iran and Israel were not always enemies, but the relationship has been hostile for decades. The rivalry grew out of the 1979 ...

With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and ...

On the Thursday, March 19, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: As the U.S.-Israel war Iran intensifies, it’s hard to imagine Iran was once an important U.S. ally. In this special episode, we lay out ...

Iran and its proxies have been kidnapping and killing Americans since 1979. US embassies stormed, bombed. Service members, diplomats murdered.

In an effort to justify his war on Iran, President Donald Trump turned to history. He begins with 1979, the year the Islamic Revolution deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and replaced him with the ...

Most people aren’t aware, but Iran’s population includes Black Iranians who are among the most overlooked communities in the world. Africans migrated across the Indian Ocean centuries ago through ...

The war in Iran, which President Trump now signaled is under a cease fire, is the most unpopular war in American history.

Everyone is so concerned with how the war with Iran will end that few people have considered how it started. That consideration would reveal that the conflict has deep historical roots and that the ...

In an effort to justify his war on Iran, President Donald Trump turned to history. He begins with 1979, the year the Islamic Revolution deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and replaced him with the ...

Protesters from the Iranian diaspora in the U.S. gathered in Washington, D.C. as the war in the Middle East broadens. Many say they are aligned with the U.S. and Israel and explain why they want to ...

Despite military success in 'Operation Epic Fury,' the US faces surging gas prices and a more radical Iran, raising questions ...