Recently there have been rumors of President Trump changing the name of the Persian Gulf to the “Arabian Gulf,” causing great concern and even anger among millions of Iranians. At the same time, there ...

Musa, strategically located in the Strait of Hormuz, are far more than simple stretches of land surrounded by water: they ...

Since the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, no Arab state has dared to confront Israel militarily. The wars have not disappeared -- they've simply changed hands. Since 2006, Iran has taken the lead in ...

The Persian Empire, founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great, became one of history’s most powerful and influential empires. At its height, it spanned three continents,covering parts of ...

TEHRAN, Iran — I’ve worked for The Associated Press as a photographer since 1999. A lot of what I cover involves either Iran’s government or its relations with the West, but I also try to shoot on the ...

Against the backdrop of escalating tensions between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reinforced its military presence in the Persian ...

David McCloskey keeps writing spy thrillers – and the plots keep coming true. In the opening of his latest novel The Persian, ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a “modern Hitler” on Tuesday and vowed to create the conditions for regime change, as Iran’s exiled crown ...

A century ago, during the time of “The Great Gatsby,” our town was populated by newly arrived families of European origin. When F. Scott Fitzgerald penned his masterpiece, it was literally his take on ...

The Shahnameh, the world's longest epic by Ferdowsi, narrates Iran's ancient past. New translations are introducing its ...