New report reveals Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei operates a "state within a state" through a hidden 4,000-person ...

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Amirhossein Saedi’s father had urged him to stay home. The protests sweeping Iran were growing more dangerous by the day, and the 19-year-old computer science student was still recovering from illness ...

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has entrusted Ali Larijani, the top national security official, to ensure the Islamic ...

Kasra Aarabi of United Against a Nuclear Iran says the regime's durability lies not in Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as an individual, but in the institutional machinery surrounding him.

Despite Ankara’s official denial, Turkey may well move to establish a buffer zone in western Iran if any of these potential ...

After ordering the largest American military buildup in the Middle East since the onset of the Iraq War, President Donald ...

Military analysts believe the facilities are designed to protect weapons from air strikes and allow launches with limited warning. The system is operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC ...

Former CENTCOM deputy commander Bob Harward outlines what he says would be top US military priorities inside Iran and says ...

General Dan Caine has cautioned against a potential US military strike on Iran, highlighting inadequate munitions and lack of ...

A former commander in the Revolutionary Guards Corps and the current head of the Supreme National Security Council ...