Faced with large protests and external pressure, ruling elites need domestic reform and a grand bargain with Washington

If the situation in Iran escalates, it could touch off another conflict that could have a seismic impact on the Middle East’s political landscape.

From Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi to imprisoned activists, Iran's potential successors remain unclear. Opposition figures debate who could unify after regime change.

What we are seeing in Iran is not simply an economic crisis. These are primarily symptoms of a deep political crisis,” said Yazdanpana.

The question for many Iranians appears to be not whether their political system can be repaired, but whether continuing to live under it is viable at all.

Five conditions determine whether revolutions succeed. For the first time since 1979, Iran meets nearly all of them.

Protests triggered by soaring inflation and a collapsing currency have highlighted widespread political discontent. Analysts say the deep economic woes are a major challenge to the regime's authority.

The U.S. aerial strike against Iran was conducted under such unique circumstances that it offers as many questions as lessons. The Israeli air campaign, conducted exclusively with fighter jets, had so crippled Iran’s air defenses that American B-2 ...

Iran is experiencing a countrywide shutdown triggered by intensifying protests and a deepening political and economic crisis.

Escalating the current protests is a call from Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the exiled, U.S.-based son of the former shah of Iran, himself deposed and exiled during the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution, to "start chanting slogans" Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. local time.