Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s humiliating episode at Egypt’s Al-Azhar University – which came during a recent Cairo visit and saw the Iranian leader publicly upbraided by Sunni figures – may have been symptomatic of structural barriers blocking a restoration of Egyptian-Iranian ties. The two countries have been at odds since...

The Gulf Cooperation Council has announced a “total rejection” of what GCC head Abdellatif Zayani is describing as another Iranian attempt at “interference in the internal affairs of Arab states.” The criticism comes in response to a proposal made by Iran’s Deputy Minister for Asian Affairs Abbas Araghchi, conveyed through Iranian media, proposing...

Iran has begun to install advanced IR-2m centrifuges in the country’s Natanz facility, after declaring its intention to do so weeks ago. The technology is an upgrade from the current generation of centrifuges that the Islamic republic employs in the facility and will increase the pace and efficiency of nuclear enrichment...

The latest round of talks between Iran and the UN’s nuclear watchdog have ended without progress. Officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency will now pause “to reflect” on the situation: “We will work hard now to try and resolve the remaining differences, but time is needed to reflect on...

Talks between the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog and Iranian officials – aimed broadly at increasing the transparency of Iran’s atomic program, and specifically at securing access for investigators to Iran’s military facility at Parchin – have again ended without a deal being reached. Iran is widely suspected of having conducted work related...

A top Iranian military official was reportedly killed by Syrian opposition forces Tuesday while traveling between Syria and Lebanon. Gen. Hassan Shateri, identified by Iranian opposition groups as a member of the Quds Force, the foreign arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, is thought to have been the chief IRGC leader in...