Follow live updates after Trump announced the U.S. has struck three nuclear facilities in Iran, joining the conflict that ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin after U.S. strikes on ...

Only 65% of the missiles launched by Iran in the last 24 hours were intercepted by the country’s iron dome system versus ...

By Stanley Reed Reporting from London As fighting between Israel and Iran intensifies, the major oil producers around the Persian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia, have been racing to load tankers ...

Voice of America’s Persian-language operations are back up and running as the US government tries to beam information into Iran amid the widening conflict between Israel and Iran. Voice of ...

In the early days of Israel’s attack on Iran, U.S.-operated Radio Farda, which broadcasts in the Persian language in Iran, debunked a state media report that an Israeli pilot had been shot down ...

Amid the G7 summit in Calgary, President Trump abruptly walked out mid–chocolate soufflé to deal with “urgent security matters.” The real reason? To green-light what insiders say is a ...

Middle Eastern oil that loads outside the Persian Gulf and at least one Malaysian grade are suddenly more popular with Asian buyers as the Israel-Iran conflict threatens to imperil the passage of ...

As the largest consumer of Iranian crude, China might intervene to restore the flow of oil through the Persian Gulf. Houthi rebels could increase their attacks in the Bab al-Mandab, another ...

Yet within Iran’s history lies a powerful example of Persian leadership at its finest. Cyrus the Great (c 600—530 BCE) founded the Achaemenid Empire, establishing one of history’s most ...