Oil prices surged on Friday and were on track for a third straight week of gains as traders focused on potential supply disruptions from more sanctions on Russia and Iran. Brent crude futures gained $2.

Behrouz Esbati said he partially blamed Russia for the fall of Assad's government, in a rare break from Iran's official line on Syria.

Iran is reeling from a cratering economy and stinging military setbacks across its sphere of influence in the Middle East. Its bad times are likely to get worse once President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House with his policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran.

Our planet is the closest it has ever been to a global nuclear holocaust, the scientific community has warned over the past two years.

Inside the secret operations of Iranian company Sahara Thunder, revealed and visually reconstructed from more than 10,000 leaked emails.

Like any newly elected American President, Donald Trump must all too soon address international affairs that have been much ignored in the election.

For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally in Syria. But an important general has offered a remarkably candid view of the blow to Iran, and its military’s prospects.

Iran and its proxies and allies — from Syria to Lebanon to Gaza — have taken a beating in military engagements this year.

Oil prices surged on Friday and were on track for a third straight week of gains as traders focused on potential supply disruptions from more sanctions on Russia and Iran. Brent crude futures gained $2.

Under the proposed “comprehensive strategic partnership” between Moscow and Tehran, we are likely to see the Iran-Russia relationship strengthen over time, not just on a conventional level but in terms of Moscow’s support for Iran’s proxy forces.

Vladimir Putin’s Russia is embroiled in war and plagued by systemic decay — and Donald Trump can exploit its weakness to end its campaign of global instability.

Israel must strike Iran now, hitting high-value targets within the Islamic Republic, in order to provide the second Trump administration with leverage over the New Eurasian Axis and to end the radical clerics' rule.