A visual timeline of Iran’s history from 600 BCE to 2020, presented year-by-year. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:11 Ancient era 0:31 Achaemenid era 1:07 Greek Occupation 1:20 Parthian era 2:32 Sasanian era ...

Among close followers of Iran, the late historian Richard Nelson Frye is a household name. Beyond that world, however, he is little known. As Iran and the United States fight a widening war, Frye’s ...

In February 2026, the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and targeting nuclear and military infrastructure. A Pakistan-mediated ceasefire and June MOU halted ...

For more than three decades, the United States has treated Middle Eastern diplomacy as an exercise in writing the terms for others. Iran’s emerging regional strategy is challenging that privilege. The ...

Iran's Islamic revolution was not just an Islamic revolution. A diverse set of factions, from Marxist-Leninists to religious nationalists, participated in overthrowing the monarchy. But their hopes ...

A man and a woman flash the victory sign as they sit on their motorbike in front of a banner with graphic depicting the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei kissing head of the late ...

With the prospects for diplomacy between the United States and Iran uncertain, it may seem premature to contemplate the postwar future. After all, following the June 17 memorandum of understanding, ...