Despite claims of “victory,” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is trying to manage a narrative of defiance after recent US ...

The Trump Doctrine echoes George Washington’s warning against getting overly involved overseas, but with it, the U.S. also remains willing to defend national interests.

With President Donald Trump ’s decision to intervene in the Iran- Israel war, Iran, a country 6,500 miles away from Washington, D.C., has once again taken an outsize role in the story of an American ...

The journalist Tim Weiner investigates the mishaps that ensued when American intelligence scrambled to remake itself after the fall of communism.

Key Points – Hopes for a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear crisis are collapsing as the Trump administration’s hardline position appears to have been rejected by Tehran. -President Trump ...

Some U.S. officials talked about an “axis” of authoritarian nations, but the American and Israeli war with Iran has exposed ...

A senior scholar of Iran and the broader region, he is author of the forthcoming book “Force Without Authority: America’s Wars in the Middle East and South Asia” (Oxford University Press, 2026).

Israel’s surprise attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 13 launched a 12-day war in which Israeli jets pounded Tehran ...

It remains to be seen how long the ceasefire will hold, but the Iranian regime is unlikely to end its nuclear program anytime ...

Now that a ceasefire is in place with Israel, the Islamic Republic again has turned its attention to cracking down on dissent at home.

Washington should avoid a real fight with serious great power rivals anytime soon—until the Pentagon can make real changes to ...

Most Trump voters contacted by ABC News support strikes on Iran and say they trust Trump to protect American interests while keeping the U.S. out of a prolonged conflict.