From the 1979 revolution to today’s protests, Western predictions of Iran’s collapse have repeatedly misunderstood the ...

The lessons of the 1970s matter now more than ever.

From Moscow to Washington, big power politics have returned to the global stage. It would be easy to dismiss the actions of the last few years as large nations doing what they have always done, but ...

Eighty years after its declaration, the 11-month Republic of Mahabad remains a defining symbol of Kurdish political aspiration, cultural revival, and enduring national consciousness.

Iran's rulers have been shaken by mass protests with many calling for regime change. Is that realistic and what might that ...

Musician, who'd exited the group after the success of "Wind of Change" in the Nineties, had been battling cancer ...

The German rocker was also a member of Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock band.

Tell me what is your nightmare and I will tell you who you are!” The quip attributed to Freud may be apocryphal, but I think it contains a grain of truth. I don’t know what your nightmare is, but I ...

Ideally, that would be on American soil, with U.S. teams offering continuous support in designing implementable arrangements for the governance of Gaza and its reconstruction. The United States must ...

RFE/RL interviewed Alex Vatanka, director of the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute in Washington, about possible US ...

Writers often try to gild their tawdry times or dignify their flawed leaders with lofty literary analogies — notably, America as the New Jerusalem; Lincoln as Moses leading his people through the ...

As the Islamic Republic massacres protesters, exiles are dismayed by the lack of sympathy from the American left.