In that 1969 interview, the last Shah of Iran voiced his support for Bahrain's separation from Iran, despite his previous claims of sovereignty over the oil-rich archipelago. Mohammad Reza Shah's ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran executed over 1,000 prisoners in 86 prisons across the country in 2024, according to a report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). The report says the ...

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., are both calling for the destruction of Iran's nuclear program. "I don't think diplomacy works," Graham declared during an interview on ...

Iraq looms as a complex test for the new Trump administration. Will it be a hawk that pries loose a weakened Iran's grip or an isolationist that withdraws the remaining American troops ...

(credit: WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY/REUTERS) Its predecessor, the shah’s SAVAK, was disbanded on the eve of Khomeini’s return to Iran. Yet Khomeini in exile had been insightful enough to cultivate ...

Not even Princess Diana, who became Princess of Wales in 1981, gave companies her official seal of approval when she held the title Rachel Burchfield serves as digital editor, royals at PEOPLE.

Later, the CIA Director confirmed the Shah’s concerns, stating, “Had we shown more vigilance, America’s policy during Iran’s turmoil could have been different” [Turner, Newsweek ...

If this happens, the honor will be "a first for anyone holding the title Princess of Wales since the days of Queen Mary, who issued warrants before her husband, George V, ascended the throne in 1910." ...

After leaving office, Carter said he tried to balance strategic and humanitarian considerations in his relationship with and treatment of the shah. Prominent U.S.-based Iranian supporters of Iran ...

Iran has confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, state news agency IRNA said, citing the Iranian Ministry of Culture. Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday that ...

In World War II, the Soviet Union and Britain invaded Iran, which still evokes painful memories in Tehran. Tensions ran high in the Cold War, when Tehran was a U.S. ally under the Shah of Iran.