The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has issued a rare call to Iranians to get in contact as potential informants, signaling a potential ramp-up of American efforts to gather military and civilian ...

Iran says it temporarily closed parts of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most crucial shipping lanes, for a military drill and missile test.

The day before nuclear talks were set to resume, Iran conducted live drills in the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway for ...

Hassan Khayati has translated the book into Persian and Qoqnoos Publishing House in Tehran has brought it out in 350 pages, Mehr reported. Over a decade ago, American art critic Arthur Danto announced ...

Reporters say relatives in Iran have been questioned and persecuted in an effort to curb coverage of unrest Exiled Iranian journalists working for the BBC have been warned their movements are being ...

Over one million liters of contraband fuel were confiscated from the vessels, and the 15 foreign crew members were handed over to judicial authorities to face trial. The vessels had been trafficking ...

Iran seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, state television reported, claiming the vessels had been smuggling fuel. Fifteen crew members on board the two tankers are "in ...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Thursday that it had seized two “fuel-smuggling” vessels near Farsi Island, off the coast of Bushehr province in the Persian Gulf. In a statement, ...

MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — Iran seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, state television reported, claiming the vessels had been smuggling fuel. The report did not provide a ...

Shipping in the Persian Gulf dipped sharply Wednesday as tensions with Iran intensified amid signs the U.S. was positioning military forces for a potential strike, according to maritime intelligence ...

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article mischaracterized Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s most recent call for anti-government protests. The Persian service for President Trump’s overhauled Voice ...