The outcome of any U.S. action (or inaction) in Tehran could change the course of history in the Middle East—and beyond. It’s ...

The 1979 Iranian Revolution was one of the most stinging US setbacks of the Cold War era. A longtime ally that the United ...

The revolutionaries stormed the U.S. embassy and seized our diplomatic personnel in November 1979. If that wasn't enough of a national embarrassment, a dramatic rescue attempt by the U.S. military in ...

Men and women across Iran are risking their lives to protest the Islamic Republic’s theocracy. 38 years of Islamist terror and torture have produced a society that cannot even provide its people with ...

The shah of Iran faced a secular opposition that wanted to restore constitutional government. Washington continued to back his dictatorship as it faced mass protests, paving the way for Ruhollah ...