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

OPEC members Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq export most of their crude via the strait, mainly to Asia. Qatar, among the world's biggest liquefied natural gas exporters, sends ...

QUICK FACTS. Name: "Folded rocks" of the Aladaghlar Mountains Location: Northwest Iran Coordinates: 37.126276036681965, 47.61930020667193 Why it's incredible: The landscape looks crumpled and ...

The roots of the Iran-Israel standoff lie in the seismic shift of 1979, when the Iranian Revolution overthrew the Shah and birthed a Shia regime with ambitions that aimed to claim a leadership ...

A Newsweek map shows where Americans have been warned against traveling in the Middle East and Asia as tensions with Iran continue to escalate amid the repeated delay of nuclear negotiations with ...

It matters no more to the world, whether one is right or wrong or whether international law or territorial integrity have been violated, as long as the warring sides de-escalate ...

Iran sits on the strait, which handles about 20% of shipments of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas, or LNG. Four countries — China, India, Japan and South Korea — account for 75% of ...

A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Iran on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 9:19 p.m. Iran time about 22 miles southwest of ...

The geography and archaeological history of ancient Iran, and its connections to Central Asia -- Iranian painted pottery in the 5th Millennium BC -- Objects from Iran, 3rd to early ... maps, plan 30 ...