The Kurdish factor: Can it reshape Erdoğan’s political future?

The Iranian president’s meeting with the supreme leader has halted the campaign for his resignation and given the government political breathing space. Yet the appointment of Mohsen Rezaei to the Supreme National Security Council points more to a...

The Mecca agreement strengthens deterrence against Iran and Iran-linked forces, while also reflecting concern about Israel and doubts over the reliability of United States security guarantees Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defence...

Tehran, which once vowed to prevent a U.S.-backed transport project from emerging along its northern border, is changing tactics. Instead of trying to block the Trump Route, Iran is seeking to develop a parallel corridor through Armenia and Georgia...

Masoud Pezeshkian’s denial that he intends to resign was supposed to project stability. Instead, it exposed the depth of the struggle between Iran’s civilian administration, religious conservatives and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. On 4...