Middle East

Iran has named a member of the militant group that held 52 Americans hostage in Tehran for 444 days to be its next ambassador to ……Read More

Robert Einhorn, a former senior U.S. official who is well regarded by Barack Obama’s administration and retains close ties to its top nuclear negotiator, has ……Read More

Former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoon Abbasi has launched fresh attacks on the Rouhani administration’s nuclear policy. Increasingly seen as the most prominent and ……Read More

Arab leaders at odds over supporting Islamists in upheavals across the Middle East have proved in no mood to reconcile at a summit this week, ……Read More

As the United States and Iran pursue negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program, a popular online campaign is aiming to make people-to-people contact part of this ……Read More

As President Obama heads off to Riyadh this week—the last stop, on Friday, of a Europe-heavy itinerary—he should be a happy guy. Unlike his relationship ……Read More