For decades, Iran has been perceived in Western strategic policy thinking primarily as a Middle Eastern player. Yet Iran borders both Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Hence, any internal turbulence,

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday said the world was witnessing an accelerated global transformation, declaring that the international arena is "at the cusp of a new order".

Diplomats have gathered in New York to review the future of the global nonproliferation regime, while Washington and Tehran develop terms for a potential future meeting in Islamabad. The Iran war has surfaced three initial nuclear security lessons that should shape the deals negotiators aim to reach.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As President Trump toggles between optimism and pessimism on a deal with Iran, sometimes in the same hour, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata, Ed O'Keefe and ...

“They are weeks, a small number of weeks, away to enrich that to weapons-grade uranium,” Wright said when asked about Iran's nuclear program by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Wednesday. “There’s still a weaponization process that happens after that, but they’re quite close.”

On March 1, 2026, the Iranian government made it official. “After a lifetime of struggle,” a state broadcaster declared, “Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei drank the sweet, pure draft of martyrdom and joined the Supreme Heavenly Kingdom.”

Trump hails tentative Iran peace deal but says in-person truce signing is "too far," threatening renewed bombing if Tehran rejects the agreement.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine testify at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense's fiscal 2027 budget request. (Kylie Cooper/Reuters) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...