Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

How Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is using Islamic concepts to challenge the power of the clerics.

Iran claims it has sent a monkey into orbit. The international community responds.

Iranian leaders don’t believe that the U.S. or Israel will attack them, and history says they’re right.

Singh’s trip to Iran, as well his itinerary there, is bound to upset the United States.

The real roots of Iran’s nuclear program lie not in physics – but in Iran’s own sense of history.

Finding a nuclear deal with Iran doesn’t mean marginalizing human rights. Indeed, reducing fear of aggression will allow more space for debate on domestic political change.

Iran’s leadership may be hoping that Beijing and Moscow will step in and help it with the West. But it’s not in their interests to do so.

There are increasing signs that a breakthrough over Iran’s nuclear program could be in reach. But don’t expect Barack Obama to clutch at it yet.

The weekend talks on Iran’s nuclear program were hailed by many as progress. But the American right doesn’t see things that way.

With the U.S. in a presidential election year, don’t expect a major breakthrough at the talks that have started on Iran’s nuclear program. But compromise may come next year.

There’s much pessimism surrounding this week’s scheduled talks over Iran’s nuclear program. But a quid pro quo approach offers a solution.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is determined to break the impasse over Iran. But does Japan’s government welcome his initiative?