The arrests of four Iranian-Americans have created a chill among those in Iran working to open up civil society and led to disagreements over U.S. support for those efforts.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, Iranian foreign policy is not the province of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but rather of a complex set of groups mostly run by clerics. This results in a foreign po…

Backgrounder: The financial levers Washington is applying to bring about a suspension of Iran’s nuclear program.

Iran’s Supreme Leader remains the regime’s ultimate authority but controversy surrounding the country’s June 12 presidential election has raised new questions about the role and power of the head of …

This publication is now archived. Who is running for Iran’s presidency?Seven candidates are vying to succeed Mohammed Khatami as president of Iran, including frontrunner and former president Akbar Ha…