To American intelligence, the shah of Iran looked to be an unshakable monarch. How did they get it so wrong?

In 1980 I was invited along with a cohort of historians to attend a conference at Harvard on “Knowing Your Enemies”. We soon ...

One of the often-universal themes in this wonderful book is how autocracies that outstay their welcome are often replaced by ...

The future of Iran is uncertain, but rising instability both inside and outside the country could give leaders like Reza Pahlavi the chance to push for democracy.

Operation Midnight Hammer revives the shadow of 1953, as Iran braces for the consequences of another American intervention.

Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince and son of the late Mohammad Reza Shah of Iran, attending the Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony 2023 in Yad Vashem. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST ...

Deposed in 1979 by the Islamic Revolution, Pahlavi’s father was Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In the wake of the Shah’s ouster rose a steadfastly anti-American terrorist state, where there had ...

Iran ceasefire holds after recent strikes, Sen. Steve Daines argues that only a new Iranian regime that recognizes Israel's ...

Iran's top spy agency on Monday accused the United States and Israel of plotting to install a puppet government in Tehran led by the exiled son of the last Iranian monarch.

A tall man who bears a striking resemblance to his father, the shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who ruled Iran from 1941 until the 1979 revolution, Pahlavi has been on a frenetic diplomatic tour of ...

Iranian demonstrators burn a representation of the U.S. flag during a rally commemorating anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and ...

On Aug. 19, 1953, the CIA toppled Iran’s democratic prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh and installed the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, an event whose consequences continue to haunt U.S.-Iran ...