Explore Iran's political system, its unique structure of power, and the historical context shaping its current challenges.

Iran has begun a formal transition, following the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in American-Israeli strikes. Under ...

The assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei​ in the early hours of the war​ has raised a simple but ...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was reported killed in strikes on Saturday by the U.S. and Israel, which, if ...

Top officials have been heavily targeted, but experts and officials say the ruling structure in Tehran has remained ...

In a phone call with NBC News, the president also downplayed the possibility of a ground invasion in Iran.

Iran's political system demonstrates high resilience due to its unique governance model, not copied from the West. This opinion was expressed by Mohammed Faraj, an analyst on political and strategic ...

Experts say that Iran’s clerical rulers may be too deeply entrenched for Iranians to topple them, and that the U.S. and Israeli strikes risk setting off deeper radicalization or violence.

After Saturday's major attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel, U.S. President Donald Trump has called on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” and rise up against the Islamic leadership ...

The killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S. and Israeli strikes throws the survival of the country's theocratic system into jeopardy and it is hard to predict who might succeed ...

Fifty years of sanctions has forced the Middle Eastern country to develop its own isolated financial system. But money has still found a way to move in and out of the country.

In response to U.S. and Israeli strikes, at least six American service members have been killed and several more seriously wounded in Iranian retaliatory attacks. Missiles and drones have struck ...