The Iranian military has the capability to blockade the Strait of Hormuz if necessary, says Iran's naval commander.

Under Trump's orders, the U.S. has reimposed sanctions aimed at crippling Iran's economy, and their effects are already being ...

Candidate Afifeh Abedi tells Newsweek she plans "to take on a more specialized role in foreign policy issues and women's ...

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a protégé of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who came to power in 2021, pushed the program forward. Raisi died in a helicopter crash in May. Iran's reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian ...

Iran launched plans to switch its currency to the toman in 2021, replacing the rial by removing four zeros in a bid to mask inflation. But the plan stalled. Now, the government is hoping to revive ...

We’re under way. Asked if they would support or oppose a preemptive strike on Iran by Israel, in the wake of Iran launching over 100 ballistic missiles at Israel, both JD Vance and Tim Walz ...

Should the deal come up — and it may, because of Iran’s missile test this week — it will be interesting to see if the debate devolves into a rehash of the Iraq War, which was opposed in real ...

Iran's attack on Israel on Tuesday is expected to figure prominently in JD Vance's line of attack on Tim Walz in this evening's vice-presidential debate. The Trump-Vance ticket has railed against ...