This edition of The Farda Briefing delves into how Iran's top brass is signaling that Tehran is open to talks with the United States as Donald Trump returns to the White House.

Such interference in domestic affairs is nonstop. About a month after the Justice Department disclosed the Trump-related arrests, it also announced the arrests of an Iranian American and an Italian Iranian for providing material support,

Fmr NSA John Bolton griped about "signal of weakness" were Pres. Trump not to respond if Iran killed him after having security revoked.

Iran's influential hard-liners have long argued that closure of the oil-strategic strait can serve as a bargaining chip in any confrontation with Israel and the United States.

Two Iranian cargo vessels carrying an ingredient for missile propellant will sail from China to Iran in the next few weeks, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing intelligence from security officials in two Western countries.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to reiterate Washington's support for its ally, and the two also discussed Iran and Israeli hostages in Gaza,

President-elect Donald Trump's designate to serve as his Ukraine and Russia envoy says the U.S. must reapply the maximum pressure campaign and the Iranian people have a chance for a new future.

An Italian journalist detained in Iran whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States says she assumed she would have been held much longer

Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is urging President-elect Donald Trump to go after Iran with force. The target: Tehran's nuclear program. The country is now a "de facto nuclear threshold state," and Graham doesn't believe diplomacy will stop Iran from eventually crossing the threshold.

The Italian journalist was released soon after Elon Musk met with an Iranian ambassador, officials in Iran said. So was an Iranian detained in Italy who was wanted by the U.S.

Strategic culture provides a fundamental framework for analyzing the interactions between Iran and the United States, two actors with deeply divergent approaches to foreign policy, security, and international relations. To understand the behavior of both ...