Unlike Venezuela, Iran is a geo-strategic pivot for superpowers like Russia and China, and regional powers like Turkey and Israel. The regime's fate hangs on their moves

While evading new US sanctions on Iran, adjusting to changes in Syria and expanding military footprint with key Arab partners especially Egypt, China closes 2025 with gains in the Middle East but confronts new challenges with UAE-Saudi rupture in Yemen and Sudan.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomes foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Tuesday. - Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Anadolu/Getty Images Weeks after his country was battered ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I'm looking into how Iran, perhaps naively, is relying on China and Russia to ...

Two police officials were attacked in separate incidents in Iran as demonstrations over soaring commodity prices continue to gather pace. However, the latest protests have not reached the scale of tho

In the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean, a U.S. Special Operations team boarded a cargo ship last month, seizing Chinese-made components bound for Iran's missile program. This high-seas interdiction underscores Washington's pivot to direct action amid Tehran's rapid rearmament following a devastating June 2025 Israeli-American air campaign that crippled much of its offensive arsenal.

The U.S. strike follows months of effort by the Maduro regime to secure military support from its key allies, including China, Russia, and Iran under increasing pressure from President Donald Trump over Maduro’s rule.

Iran reels from the collapse of its regional allies and a bruising war with Israel and America, sparking fierce internal debate over nationalism, nuclear ambitions, and the country’s uncertain future as its leadership faces mounting pressure.