While the first three parts of the series explored the history of Shiite Islam and how the lack of an earthly imam formed ...

After the 12-day war in June, the issue of who will succeed Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ...

The remnants of an ancient community face a new age of anxiety after decades of uneasy coexistence with the mullahs’ regime.

Saddam Hussein could have changed everything. In an ironic twist, the Iraqi dictator responsible for countless deaths across ...

The world may be witnessing Khamenei’s attempt to restore his image—though whether he, or someone else, is behind it remains ...

The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the public face of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, won over many supporters in the West despite his brutality. His image as a Muslim saint was in large part the result ...

In one of the most memorable scenes in “Pulp Fiction,” a film replete with memorable scenes, a Los Angeles gangster, ...

Iran's resumé against America since the 1979 revolution includes taking hostages, playing a role in the Beirut embassy bombings, funding Taliban and Iraqi proxies and assassination attempts.

Two frontrunners have emerged in the succession discussions, the five insiders said: Khamenei's 56-year-old son Mojtaba, long ...

Iranian ayatollahs issued fatwas saying insults or threats against the supreme leader from "a government or individual" will ...

The top Shiite leader said any 'individual or government' threatening the Islamic community are 'waging war against God.' ...

The Islamic Republic has a history of targeting minority ethnic groups, especially the Kurds, when it feels threatened.