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Iran, known as Persia until 1935 and now officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is the second-largest nation in the Middle East by population. Iran shares a border, along with historical and religious ties, with Iraq.

Iran has been a quasi-theocracy since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which deposed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. Democratically elected President Hassan Rouhani is head of the republic, but divine leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei controls the military, the judiciary and the state broadcasting services. Shiite Islam is the state religion of Iran, with Sunni Muslims constituting a very small minority of the nation.

Iran continues to face international criticism for not adhering to the requirements of United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding its nuclear facilities and its uranium enrichment program.

Keep up to date on breaking news in Iran and explore our extensive archive below.

The charge was the first explanation for the arrest in April of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian program coordinator for the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

Such an agreement, if completed, would amount to the most prominent commercial transaction between an American company and Iran since antinuclear sanctions were lifted six months ago.

By RICK GLADSTONE

Supreme Court Rejects Puerto Rico Law in Debt Restructuring Case | Libyan Fund Claims Goldman Sachs Exploited Its Financial Navet

The detention of the Canadian-Iranian professor, who researches women in the Muslim world, shows a shift by hard-liners, analysts say.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

A nationally televised speech by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seemed to signal that Irans senior leadership would not allow any easing of hostility toward the United States.

Barry Meier, an investigative reporter at The Times normally focused on health and medicine, found himself at the center of the tale of a missing man.

By BARRY MEIER

The lawyer for Reza Zarrab, who has offered to pay for his own detention while awaiting trial, said the inequities in the criminal justice system were not his clients fault.

By BENJAMIN WEISER

Officials are questioning the Chinese telecom giants exports to countries covered by sanctions, amid a broader debate over global communications.

By PAUL MOZUR

Images of what seemed to be a tattoo on the arm of the actress Taraneh Alidoosti indicated that she might be a feminist, much to the annoyance of Irans hard-liners.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

Mr. Larijani, scion of a powerful Iranian family, managed the Parliaments approval last summer of the nuclear agreement with the Western powers.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

The decision followed accusations that Saudi Arabia, which hosts the main pilgrimage site of Islam, had started a cyberwar against Iran.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

An operation to oust the Islamic State from a stronghold in Iraq raises concerns that it could feed the same sectarian tensions that have let militants flourish there.

By TIM ARANGO

The punishments, believed to be part of a wider crackdown by a judiciary dominated by hard-liners, were carried out in record time.

Shoppers changing tastes, and years of economic sanctions, are putting in jeopardy one of the worlds most complex and labor-intensive handicrafts.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

President Obama, at the Group of 7 meeting in Japan, said he wanted to visit Hiroshima partly to underscore the very real risks of nuclear war.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Federal prosecutors said Mr. Zarrab, a prominent Turkish-based gold trader who is jailed in New York, was a flight risk.

By BENJAMIN WEISER

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, 89, was chosen to lead an assembly that would have the authority to pick the countrys next supreme leader.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

Mr. Trump says hed meet with Kim Jong-un, but he has no understanding of how to use such a meeting to advance American interests.

By CAROL GIACOMO

Mr. Zarrab, a businessman with ties to Turkeys president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is seeking release from a Manhattan jail on a $50 million bond with strict conditions.

By BENJAMIN WEISER

A visit by Faezeh Hashemi, a daughter of the former president of Iran, to the home of Fariba Kamalabadi, a Bahai leader, highlighted the harsh treatment of the group.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

The charge was the first explanation for the arrest in April of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian program coordinator for the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

Such an agreement, if completed, would amount to the most prominent commercial transaction between an American company and Iran since antinuclear sanctions were lifted six months ago.

By RICK GLADSTONE

Supreme Court Rejects Puerto Rico Law in Debt Restructuring Case | Libyan Fund Claims Goldman Sachs Exploited Its Financial Navet

The detention of the Canadian-Iranian professor, who researches women in the Muslim world, shows a shift by hard-liners, analysts say.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

A nationally televised speech by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seemed to signal that Irans senior leadership would not allow any easing of hostility toward the United States.

Barry Meier, an investigative reporter at The Times normally focused on health and medicine, found himself at the center of the tale of a missing man.

By BARRY MEIER

The lawyer for Reza Zarrab, who has offered to pay for his own detention while awaiting trial, said the inequities in the criminal justice system were not his clients fault.

By BENJAMIN WEISER

Officials are questioning the Chinese telecom giants exports to countries covered by sanctions, amid a broader debate over global communications.

By PAUL MOZUR

Images of what seemed to be a tattoo on the arm of the actress Taraneh Alidoosti indicated that she might be a feminist, much to the annoyance of Irans hard-liners.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

Mr. Larijani, scion of a powerful Iranian family, managed the Parliaments approval last summer of the nuclear agreement with the Western powers.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

The decision followed accusations that Saudi Arabia, which hosts the main pilgrimage site of Islam, had started a cyberwar against Iran.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

An operation to oust the Islamic State from a stronghold in Iraq raises concerns that it could feed the same sectarian tensions that have let militants flourish there.

By TIM ARANGO

The punishments, believed to be part of a wider crackdown by a judiciary dominated by hard-liners, were carried out in record time.

Shoppers changing tastes, and years of economic sanctions, are putting in jeopardy one of the worlds most complex and labor-intensive handicrafts.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

President Obama, at the Group of 7 meeting in Japan, said he wanted to visit Hiroshima partly to underscore the very real risks of nuclear war.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Federal prosecutors said Mr. Zarrab, a prominent Turkish-based gold trader who is jailed in New York, was a flight risk.

By BENJAMIN WEISER

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, 89, was chosen to lead an assembly that would have the authority to pick the countrys next supreme leader.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

Mr. Trump says hed meet with Kim Jong-un, but he has no understanding of how to use such a meeting to advance American interests.

By CAROL GIACOMO

Mr. Zarrab, a businessman with ties to Turkeys president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is seeking release from a Manhattan jail on a $50 million bond with strict conditions.

By BENJAMIN WEISER

A visit by Faezeh Hashemi, a daughter of the former president of Iran, to the home of Fariba Kamalabadi, a Bahai leader, highlighted the harsh treatment of the group.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK

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