Shortly after I landed in Baghdad for the first time in January 2004, US intelligence services intercepted a letter from Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s deputy, to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq.

CNN has brand new reporting from inside Iran. The country is marking 37 years since the death of the islamic republic’s founder, Ayatollah Khomeini.

President Trump has boldly, if erratically, maneuvered the United States into a classic security dilemma on Iran. According to reports of the interim Memorandum of Understanding being negotiated with Iran,

Iran aimed at Bahrain and Kuwait, but the attacks were shot down or failed, the U.S. military said. The U.S. launched what it called “self-defense” strikes in Iran.

President Donald Trump’s ability to shock and outrage Washington elites is a superpower when it comes to solidifying his political base.

Iran’s government is holding an estimated 15,000 political prisoners and has executed at least 39 people since February 2026, according to human rights groups.A

An interim deal promises to meet a lot of Iranian demands, but it won’t solve the problems of peace.

Iran would reject a U.S. ceasefire offer and has laid out its own list of conditions for ending the war, state media in the Islamic Republic said. The Fars News Agency state media outlet said there have been increased U.S. efforts to put a ceasefire into ...

As reports emerge of a possible new phase of confrontation between the United States and the Islamic Republic, one reality is becoming increasingly clear: the ruling system in Tehran still does not fully believe President Donald Trump is prepared to go ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on the 4th that the United States would ultimately prevail over Iran, whether through diplomatic agreement or military means. Trump made this statement while meeting with reporters at the White House that afternoon,