H E WAS KILLED by an Israeli air strike in Lebanon last year. Yet the face of Hassan Nasrallah, formerly the boss of ...

Iran's influence in Iraq has led some American observers to criticize the Iranian government as meddling in Iraqi affairs. Still others see Iran as a potential ally in stabilizing Iraq.

As U.S. troops depart Iraq, many observers assume the country will fall into lockstep with its powerful Shiite neighbor to the east, Iran. But, at least in the short term, other countries in the ...

Iran’s once-indomitable influence in Iraq is waning, new public opinion data shows. The rise of Iranian influence can be traced to the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

What role might Iran may play in bringing peace to Iraq? Ali Ansari, author of Confronting Iran: The Failure of American Policy and the Next Great Conflict in the Middle East, talks with Scott Simon.

Iran's influence in Iraq is not always welcome, but throughout our journey, we saw that it's clearly growing, much of it the natural result of two neighbors with ties that go back 2,500 years.

Iran partisans in Iraq often cloak their militias’ existence in the mantle of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s fatwa (religious declaration) that led to the creation of the hashd al-shaabi, the ...

Michael Pregent, a long-time military and government adviser on the Middle East, was the featured speaker at an Institute of World Politics-hosted discussion on Iraq's government and Iran's ...

American supporters of the Iraq war could hardly have been pleased when they saw Iranian... Iran's influence in Iraq no surprise The Hour Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Iraq holds elections in May, and Iran is working hard to influence the outcome. Tehran seeks to consolidate its proxy militias that give it muscle within Iraq and, as with Lebanese Hezbollah, can ...

As U.S. troops depart Iraq, many observers assume the country will fall into lockstep with its powerful Shiite neighbor to the east, Iran. But, at least in the short term, other countries in the ...