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By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere ... at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire. He made it as far as the Indus River in modern-day ...

“Just as Saddam Hussein, under the illusion of Iran's weakness, launched an invasion against the country, and Reagan, with the same delusional belief, provided him with significant support, they and ...

John Bolton has said he is at risk of attack by Iran after Donald Trump removed his Secret Service protection within hours of taking office. The former national security adviser, who has become a ...

Iran needs to reach an understanding over its atomic activity with the administration of Donald Trump in order to avoid being dragged into another military conflict in the Middle East, according ...

Donald Trump could blow a $30 billion hole in Iran’s economy should he return to a maximum pressure campaign on Tehran. Over the past four years, sanctions evasion and more relaxed US ...

Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is urging President-elect Donald Trump to go after Iran with force. The target: Tehran’s nuclear program. The country is now a “de facto nuclear threshold state,” and ...

Razini, 71, held several important positions in Iran's judiciary and was previously targeted in a 1998 assassination attempt by assailants "who planted a magnetic bomb in his vehicle," according ...

Russia built Iran’s first nuclear plant, which became operational in 2013. The two nations have already signed contracts for two additional reactors. Also read: New US AI chip export rules tighten ...

Though attacks against judges are rare, Iran has seen a number of shootings of high-profile figures over the past years.

The Iranian judiciary said three judges were targeted in what it called an assassination attempt outside court in Tehran. The assailant then reportedly took his own life. The judiciary identified ...

Razini, 71, was one of Iran's most senior judges and survived an assassination attempt in 1998. Moghiseh, 68, has been sanctioned by the EU, the US and Canada over alleged human rights abuses.