Carter’s advisors viewed Khomeini as a stabilizing figure and an ally to American interests — a catastrophic misjudgment.” ...

The U.S. State Department said that Jafarzadeh's group was a part of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK), which killed U.S. citizens in Iran in the 1970s and supported the takeover of the U.S ...

When it comes to Iran, many Americans understandably ask, “Why should we care?” After decades of strained relations, it’s a ...

During the 1960s, he served in the Special Forces and the Counterintelligence Department of the Imperial Iranian Army. In the 1970s, he was President of the Equestrian Federation of Iran and ...

Prior to the late 1970s, Iran was ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a constitutional monarch who pursued rapid modernization, including expanded women’s rights, mass education and secular ...