While the first three parts of the series explored the history of Shiite Islam and how the lack of an earthly imam formed ...

MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Associate Professor of International Affairs at Texas A ...

Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. Then the Islamic Revolution swept the country.

Shiite Islam offers Iranians a standard it views as just. Iran calls itself an Islamic republic. Many Iranians may appreciate ...

The son of Iran's last shah offers to lead the country's democratic transition, warning that the Islamic Republic's survival would bring more bloodshed.

The Islamic Republic once again dragged Iran into a war that was not ours. The missiles that flew between Tehran and Tel Aviv in recent days were the inevitable consequence of 46 years of ...

Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran was a monarchy under the Pahlavi dynasty, with Reza Shah (1925–1941) remembered as a respected modernizer who fostered ties with nations like Israel and ...

Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has urged Iranians to rise up and bring about the end of the Islamic Republic, which he believes is on the brink of collapse.