Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defined his rule and Iran’s place in the world through his hostility to Israel and the US. Last ...

Iran-watchers believe that there is an almost unprecedented window of opportunity following the series of critical setbacks that have impacted on the mullahs’ regime in the past year, with the virtual ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He is a powerful figure in the Middle East ...

The Iran-Israel attacks also marked the latest military escalation in the West Asia region since the latter's strikes on Gaza - the result of Hamas' October 7 terror attacks - began in 2023 and ...

Iranian dissidents—who once defied the Shah and then the clerics—have united against foreign attacks and have called for a ...

Minutes has been covering the geopolitical situation in Iranian for almost five decades. Here are some of the reports we've broadcast.

The U.S. has not publicly called for regime change in the current Israel-Iran conflict, but over 70 years ago, it played a ...

The last heir to the Iranian monarchy urged Western states on Monday to accept that the collapse of the current Iranian ...

“The future of Iran lies not in the shadow of old thrones or turbaned tyrants. It lies in the hands of the Iranian people — ...

On 16 January 1979, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, fled to sanctuary in Anwar Sadat’s Egypt. Less than four weeks ...

Critics argue Reza Pahlavi’s monarchical ambitions and ties to Israel undermine his claims of advocating for democracy.

Iran’s exiled crown prince says a revolution in his homeland can be led not from the streets of Tehran, but in an ...