Jon Lee Anderson reports from Damascus. Plus: the insidiousness of the entrepreneurial economy; fear and hope on the subway; ...

Contrary to claims of weakness, Iran remains a formidable actor with robust defense capabilities and significant geopolitical ...

Nationwide protests against Iran's religious authorities sparked by the death in 2022 of Mahsa Amini have led to "profound changes", Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said Sunday.

With the end of the final US-led coalition force in Iraq, the Iranians may feel they have a golden opportunity. But ...

For more than a decade, Mr. al-Assad remained in power, employing vicious means to do so while enjoying an obscene amount of ...

Former national security adviser John Bolton claimed during an interview that the decision to revoke Secret Service ...

LA Opera's Kelli O'Hara concert and BroadStage's shows are among the complimentary offerings for Angelenos dealing with ...

British guitarist John Sykes, best known for his work with rock bands Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died aged 65 “after a ...

Directed by Mina Morita, the play—an emotionally-absorbing drama with sprinkled bits of comedy—is, at its core, a poignant ...

Iran is holding nuclear talks with France, Britain and Germany in Switzerland. Iran has in recent years increased its manufacturing of enriched uranium, and it is the only non-nuclear weapons ...

Italy this Sunday has freed an Iranian national held on a US warrant days after the release of an Italian journalist held in Tehran. The Iranian citizen Mohammad Abedini is wanted by Washington ...

As he steered U.S. foreign policy with a reset moral compass, Carter’s 13-day talks resulting in the 1978 Camp David ... fueled discontent in Iran that sparked revolution. That led to the ...