Iraq will hold parliamentary elections on November 11, with analysts saying Iran will be watching closely as it hopes to ...

Wars and insurrections have afflicted other parts of the Middle East, but Baghdad—a city whose name was once synonymous with ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Shia al Sudani on October 21, discussing the “urgency in ...

Iranian Shiite mourners during Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, on July 6, 2025, in Tehran. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two ...

Iraqis head to the polls Nov. 11 to elect 329 parliament members for a four-year term, marking the seventh free election ...

Iran’s top Shiite cleric issued a religious decree against President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday, an act some experts called an incitement to terrorism. The fatwa ...

As the November 11 legislative election approaches, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who's running for a second ...

Both politicized the Shiite faith. While the first three parts of the series explored the history of Shiite Islam and how the lack of an earthly imam formed Shiite political culture, today we look at ...

(AP) — Iran’ s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran began, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of ...

Shiite Islam may be the official religion in Iran, but entering Tehran's brand-new Maryam Moghaddas metro station, you could be forgiven for feeling as if you're stepping inside a Christian ...

Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, following the Sunni tradition. Iran is the ...