Iran is reportedly weighing blocking a key commercial choke point known as the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

The Israeli military has mounted a spectacular offensive against Iran, decapitating its top military leadership and dealing huge blows to Tehran's operational military capacity.

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 ...

Experts have raised fears of an economic shock as one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas passes through the Strait ...

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

Iran may close the vital maritime route, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil supply is shipped every day.

Some U.S. cities are implementing new security measures in light of escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.