Explore the comprehensive history of Iran from 600 BCE to 2020. The video covers key periods, including: - Ancient era - Achaemenid era - Greek Occupation - Parthian era - Sasanian era - Arab ...

Iran has a long history of underhanded diplomacy when it comes to its nuclear program. For decades, the country has sought to enrich uranium — the key building block to a nuclear weapon — leading to ...

May 11, 2026: For most of the last two decades, China has preserved a delicate balance in its military relationship with Iran, often offering indirect assistance instead of arms sales. That approach ...

US President Donald Trump’s threats against Iran since the war began have targeted not just the country’s military capabilities, but its entire civilisation. In recent days, he has threatened that ...

President Donald Trump’s maritime blockade is the latest attempt to test a thus far unproven theory of the Iran war — that superior US might will inevitably break the Islamic Republic. The strategy is ...

Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Amirhossein Khorgooe / AFP / Getty; Maximillian Mann / The New York Times / Redux; Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty. It’s hard to think of a time when the United States ...