When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) initally seized large parts of Iraq, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was replaced and Iran, with whom al-Maliki had close ties, seemingly suffered a reduced level control over Baghdad. Now Tehran is trying to increase both its overt and covert involvement...

Reyhaneh Jabbari, a 26 year old Iranian woman, was hanged Saturday after international pleas to spare her life were disregarded by the Iranian government. The Telegraph reports: Reyhaneh Jabbari was hanged at dawn in Rajaie Shahr prison outside Tehran after spending seven years behind bars. She was the 967th person...

Lawmakers from both Congressional chambers and both parties continued on Wednesday and Thursday to blast the Obama administration over reports – explicitly outlined on Sunday by The New York Times – that the White House will seek to freeze out lawmakers from helping to shape a nuclear deal with Iran. The...

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported Wednesday on the ongoing protests in Iran against acid attacks against women that “apparently occurred because they were not properly veiled.” Hundreds gathered in front of the parliament building in Tehran on October 22, while eyewitnesses said hundreds came to the Justice Ministry building...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and  the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) leaders are embroiled in a war of words over some of the key issues that put Tehran at the top of the West’s agenda. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is trying to bridge the divide between the parties. Iranian websites...

Top Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday blasted the Obama administration for reportedly planning to circumvent Congress in securing a nuclear deal with Iran that would reduce sanctions on the Islamic republic, after controversy erupted in the wake of a New York Times column assessing that “President Obama will do everything in his...