DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia rallied Sunni allies to its side in a growing diplomatic row with Iran on Monday, deepening a sectarian split across the Middle East following the kingdom's execution of ...

TEHRAN – Two members of Iran’s volunteer security forces have been killed in an armed attack in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the Quds Base of the Islamic Revolution Guards ...

The ten days of Shia lamentation for Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, end this year on July 6th, with Ashura. They are always filled with anguish but this year that is even more true. In ...

In December 2004, Jordan’s King Abdullah first warned the world of the emergence of a Sh’ia crescent that could destabilize the region’s Sunni states. Initially discounted by numerous analysts, his ...

A Sunni-Jewish Alliance? The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg predicts that Sunni Muslims will ally with Israel against the Shia Muslims of Iran. Sunnis make up the majorities of all Arab states, except ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said it broke up one of the “biggest terrorist plots” ever on its soil by Sunni extremists planning bombings in Tehran and elsewhere, emphasizing that the Shiite power could be ...

Two members of the Basij (volunteer) forces were assassinated by terrorists while they were on a patrol mission in the southeastern Province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Saturday.

The executions follow the 12-day Iran-Israel war in June, which ended with Tehran vowing that it would target its enemies at home and abroad.

* Iran arrests Jundollah leader Abdolmalek Rigi * Says he linked to U.S., British, Israeli spy agencies * Judiciary official says Rigi deserves execution (Adds byline, quotes, background) By Parisa ...

Oct 18 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 29 people, including several senior Revolutionary Guards commanders, in southeastern Iran on Sunday, Iranian media reported. State television said a Sunni ...

Iraq will hold parliamentary elections on November 11, with analysts saying Iran will be watching closely as it hopes to ...