Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane handling 20% of global petroleum demand, in response to ...

Leir Professor of the Economics of the Middle East in the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, reflects on the internal and external pressures shaping Iran’s future — from ...

Iran last disrupted traffic in the Persian Gulf in April last year when it seized an Israel-linked container ship near the ...

Global crude prices jumped on Sunday but have since retreated. Here's what experts say about the outlook for oil and gas.

Naval forces in the Middle East warned that ships, especially U.S.-linked ones, could be at heightened risk after the U.S.

On-and-off trade battles, hot wars and deportations make it tough to predict where the U.S. economy is headed.

A decade ago, the rest of the Middle East had nearly as much economic reason to fear Iran as it did militarily.

Iran's threat to block the world's most vital oil transit point has raised fears of major global economic consequences.

The US has a "last opportunity" to prevent Iran from enriching enough uranium to build a nuclear weapon, an expert in Middle Eastern politics has warned, with the Iranian regime described as having a ...

Iran is predominantly Shia Muslim, making up about 90 percent of the population, while Sunni Muslims and other Muslim sects ...

Discover Iran's 13 neighboring countries, including 7 land borders (Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, ...

The Middle East crisis continues to escalate and a decision to close the strait of Hormuz is a dangerous moment.