Israel, theUnited Arab Emiratesand Bahrain have signed landmark agreements to establish formal relations, ending a decades-old taboo in Arab diplomacy as power and priorities shift in the Middle East…

The seemingly dormant conflict between Tehran and Washington returned to the fore again this week when U.S. President Trump implicitly confirmed reports that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard…

Despite the world’s plead to stop the execution of the young Iranian wrestling champion Navid Afkari, the Authorities in Iran went forward with the execution accusing Afkari of "voluntary…

According to Lebanese media reports, French officials have met with Hezbollah officials on Wednesday, one day before the extended deadline to form a government in Lebanon. The French deadline was on…

For four decades, successive Republican and Democratic administrations resisted answering the question of whetherthe United Stateswould come toTaiwan'sdefence ifChinamounted an armed attack…

With every year that the 9/11 attacks recede into the past, it seems easier forthe United Statesto move on from terrorism. That impulse has become all the more appealing in the wake of COVID-19, a…

InAugust 2016, shortly after I was arrested by theIranian Ministry of Intelligence, one of my interrogators asked me what I thought of the antagonism betweenIranandthe United States. I told him…

The 2016 election revealed how susceptiblethe United Statesis to disinformation, cyberattacks, and attempts by foreign governments to subvert the democratic process. Foreign groups sought to…

Not a single day passes by without horrific news of human right violations viciously practiced by Iran’s police, intelligence and security forces with total impunity. Amnesty international…

Not a single day passes by without horrific news of human right violations viciously practiced by Iran’s police, intelligence and security forces with total impunity. Amnesty international…