There is a segment of society yearning for reform and more liberal attitudes towards religion and life, yet the Shia Islam ...

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As tensions between Iran and Israel increased, many top Iranian officials changed their locations for safety. But every time ...

J UST OVER a week ago it seemed as if Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, might be part of a breakthrough with ...

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Ali Khamenei was a midlevel cleric who clawed his way up the political hierarchy.

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Vali Nasr on how a decades-long power struggle with Israel ended in war — and what a failed Iranian state would mean for the ...

As Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls for regime change in Iran and US President Trump considers backing it militarily, ...

Court found the board guilty of suppression and concealment of material facts, rejecting its claim on a private imambara.

Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini — the architect of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and Iran’s first Supreme Leader -- has his ...