In 2021, Akehurst was asked if he regarded the UN as antisemitic because the Security Council, of which Britain is a member, ...

On 16 January 1979, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, fled to sanctuary in Anwar Sadat’s Egypt. Less than four weeks ...

Iran's late Shah's son advocates for democratic transition, revealing military defections and offering to partner with ...

It was only four years ago that China inked a $400 billion, 25-yearlong strategic partnership with Iran, focusing on trade, ...

Joy Reid was quick to correct conservatives during a panel discussion on “CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip” on June 24, ...

In 1947, the ‘Agreement on Aid to Turkey’ was signed. With this agreement, the training and equipment of the army would become dependent on the United States. The next stage of the process, which ...

Fear of communism’s spread, particularly via Iran’s Tudeh Party, believed to be the first organised Communist party in the Middle East. “Although they did not regard Mossadegh as a Communist,” ...

Shah of Shahs (1982) by Ryszard Kapuscinski is a reporter’s account of the days leading up to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It paints a vivid picture ...

President Trump has put the United States in a position to finally rid the world of Iran’s ayatollahs. But if he (and Israel) rule out regime change in Iran, we will revert to the same circumstance of ...

Reza Pahlavi is the son of Iran’s last shah, or monarch, and is a plausible candidate to lead a future transitional government. The 64-year-old lives in exile in the U.S., and is popular among the ...