Nothing about Iran is new. That is the first truth we must accept if we are to understand the present moment with clarity. Iran is not a recent geopolitical problem, nor a sudden ideological outlier.

Professor Tarek Masoud joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the history of Iran. Is Iran an Arab country? Why did the Iranian revolution happen? Is Iran the only middle eastern ...

In the earliest days of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, it became clear this conflict has strong religious undertones. Whistleblower reports from the military detailed accounts of American commanders ...

A historical breakdown of Iran, tracing its rise through empires and modern transformations to explain current geopolitical ...

The Trump administration is fighting the Iran war as a modern Western war. One state uses military force to force concessions from the other. Their contention blends strategic ambitions with economic ...