After an unprecedented challenge to the theocratic regime, the Revolutionary Guards appear to be consolidating their position ...

Iran’s top prosecutor called Donald Trump’s claims about halting the hangings of 800 detained protesters “completely false.” ...

House deadlocks on Venezuela, defense bill passes, ICE protests surge. Here’s your Friday morning brief for January 23, 2026.

As Donald Trump weighed striking Iran this week, municipal workers in Israel were wearily reopening public bomb shelters that ...

Evocative news stories, the use of raw power, and minimal casualties all appeal to Trump—and a strike on Iran could supply all three. Since the target of these operations would not necessarily be the ...

Over the last few weeks, the Iranian regime has faced remarkable challenges—and displayed remarkable unity. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets to protest the Islamic Republic ...

Should the U.S. send in troops?

In the wake of spiraling tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s violent crackdown of protests, analysts ...

While Iran’s current protest movement was sparked by economic collapse, its momentum has revealed ideological disagreements ...

The president and his national security advisers contemplated striking Iran but backed away as costs loomed and Middle East allies lobbied for restraint.

Four of the six GCC states—Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, and Oman—oppose any US military strike that ...

"The conditions in Iran today are not comparable to those that precipitated the downfall of the Shah and the triumph of the ...