Iran strengthens ties with Russia as the U.S. engages Putin and Tehran, putting Moscow at the center of global diplomacy.

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Political rivals blame each other as Iranians are further squeezed by sanctions that are unlikely to be lifted soon.

The rest of Iran remains mired in poverty. Public expressions of criticism or calls for economic relief are met with violent IRGC suppression of such heretical talk. It gets worse. Iran has long been ...

One of the most well-known figures of those regions around this time must be Stenka Razin. Terrorising the Caucasus, Don region, and northern Persia, this pirate-turned-rebel leader led one of the ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I'm looking into how ...

Iran has confirmed a deal with Russia to build eight NPPs, develop small modular reactors, and also limits on IAEA ...

Iran has built parallel military infrastructure across Syria and Iraq over decades, creating a shadow empire that security analysts fear will grow stronger as the U.S. withdraws.

Video showing a MiG-29 fighter jet flying over Tehran has emerged just days after Iran’s air force took delivery of Russian-built aircraft, raising new questions about a military buildup in the wake ...

Rear Adm. Ali Shamkhani oversaw a brutal crackdown on women, but traditional notions of Islamic morality were little on ...

Just six months after the Trump administration said it would begin drawing down U.S. forces in Syria, the U.S. confirmed this week it will also begin reducing the number of U.S. forces in Iraq under ...