Treasury officials announced the sanctions Tuesday, alleging that two organizations sought to stoke divisions among Americans ...

Cecilia Sala could be used as "political leverage" after an Iranian citizen was detained by Italy, a US state department ...

Iran's state media say an Italian journalist has been arrested on charges of violating the Islamic Republic's laws ...

Iran confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, state news agency IRNA said citing the Iranian Ministry of ...

The case of an Italian journalist being held in Iran is "complicated", but Rome hopes to bring 29-year-old Cecilia Sala home ...

Italy's foreign ministry says an Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian police ...

Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested on Dec. 19, but news of her detention only became public on Friday. The reason for the arrest ...

The arrest comes as regimes increasingly resort to seizing Westerners for leverage.

But with Bashar Assad gone and other proxies across the Middle East severely weakened by Israel, the Islamic Republic's influence and stability are now under threat. Skip next section More on ...

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting; the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology; the police force and Basij militia; and local municipalities and village heads. These institutions are being ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the toppling of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was the result of a plan by the United States and Israel.

Iran itself has also become increasingly vulnerable. Several influential Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers have been killed in air strikes in Damascus and Beirut in recent months.