When President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, some Russian hardliners were cautiously optimistic, hoping ...

As Iran’s second supreme leader, he brutally crushed dissent at home and expanded Iran’s footprint abroad, challenging Saudi ...

A trove of messages, photos, and videos sent and received by a Russian officer and examined by Schemes and Systema, RFE/RL's Ukrainian and Russian investigative units, provides granular evidence ...

We should be deeply disturbed about what follows the targeted assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone to leaders of four Arab Gulf states on Monday, offering to use Moscow's ties to Iran to ...

The situation in the Middle East continues to quickly evolve after the United States and Israel attacked Iran over the ...

Iran's closest allies, Russia and China, have not offered material support to it, exposing the hard limits of its "strategic" partnerships.

A shaken world reacted with anger and confusion — and more involvement than expected, in some cases — Monday as the ...

As Israel unleashed a sweeping military response to the brutal Oct. 7, 2023, assault by Hamas, it aimed punch after punch at the power of Iran, the group’s longtime sponsor, and its other proxies and ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin reached out to Arab Gulf leaders, offering Moscow's mediation to restore Middle Eastern ...

The killing of Ayatollah Khameini is a huge blow to Russia. But Moscow may stand to benefit as the US reduces its military capacity to support Ukraine and oil prices rise ...