This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo) This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo) FILE - In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, ...

Religious minorities in Iran are facing more persecution, human rights watchdog organizations warned in a recent report. Some ...

The drumbeat of war between the U.S. and Iran seems to have quieted after indirect talks in Oman, but the threat remains. For a rare view from Iran and its perspective, special correspondent Reza ...

Ibn Battuta explored the world by moving through a vast, interconnected Islamic civilization that stretched from West Africa to China. Shared religion, legal systems, trade routes, and patronage ...

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier now deployed off Iran in formation during Rim of the Pacific exercises in July 2022. [Photo: Canadian Armed Forces photo by Cpl. Djalma Vuong-De Ramos] The US ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday, as Tehran ...

U.S. special envoy for peace missions Steve Witkoff along with Jared Kushner and Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), visited the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea ...

MUSCAT/DUBAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Iran's top diplomat said on Friday that nuclear talks with the U.S. mediated by Oman were off to a “good start” and set to continue, in remarks that could help allay ...

MUSCAT, Oman — Iran's top diplomat said on Friday that nuclear talks with the U.S. mediated by Oman were off to a "good start" and set to continue, in remarks that could help allay concern that ...

Iran has described the first round of official talks it has had with the U.S. since missile exchanges last summer as a "very good start," in a sign of slightly easing tensions in the Middle East. Both ...

Muscat, Oman — Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman on Friday, negotiations that appeared to return to the starting point on how to approach discussions over Tehran's nuclear program ...

WASHINGTON — Top Trump administration officials do not yet have clear guidance on what President Donald Trump would hope to accomplish with military action in Iran as U.S. and Iranian officials were ...