In the recent Iran-Israel conflict the Islamic Republic of Iran was able to withstand the combined onslaughts by ...

While not colonised by European empires, Iran's oil reserves meant it became a key focus for British and Western imperial ambitions.

Rasti Delizo is a global affairs analyst, veteran socialist activist and former vice-president of the Bukluran ng ...

Later, when the present Union of Socialist Soviet Republics was formed, it took over the execution of various treaties which had been negotiated by individual constituent republics.

On a gastronomical tour through the former Soviet republic, Gary Shteyngart learns that resistance comes in many flavors.

The Islamic Republic has a history of targeting minority ethnic groups, especially the Kurds, when it feels threatened.

Iran relations highlight differences between the countries’ views, but others have presented real opportunities for ...

Russia’s education minister on Wednesday accused fellow former Soviet republics of presenting what Moscow deems to be a distorted and overly negative portrayal of the Soviet Union and Russia in ...

In the early days of Israel’s attack on Iran, U.S.-operated Radio Farda, which broadcasts in the Persian language in Iran, debunked a state media report that an Israeli pilot had been shot down ...

In this essay, Olena Solodovnikova looks at the Soviet heritage of murals in today’s Ukraine and how younger artists try to revisit the tradition.

CHICAGO | The professor opens a cardboard box and gingerly picks up a few hunks of dried clay -- dust-baked relics that offer a glimpse into the long-lost world of the Persian empire that spanned ...