Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878-1944) was the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. He rose from the ranks to become minister of war, prime minister, and then shah of Iran. As a reformer-dictator, he laid the foundation of modern Iran. Reza Khan, later Reza Shah...

Iran said Tuesday it has arrested a man on suspicion of selling nuclear secrets to an exiled Iranian opposition group, state radio reported.The report didn't identify the suspected spy, but said he had been working at the Iranian Parliament's Research Center, an organization that advises...

Ryszard Kapuscinski, a Polish writer and journalist who gained international acclaim for his books chronicling the unrest in Africa and the Middle East, died in Warsaw on Tuesday, his publisher said. He was 74.Kapuscinski died at Warsaw's Banacha hospital Tuesday following heart surgery, said Marek...

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is comparing the unrest in Pakistan to 1970s Iran, when Americans were held hostage.Biden, a U.S. senator knowledgeable on international relations, says what is happening in Pakistan is linked to broader U.S. foreign policy goals. He says U.S. policy should...

An Iranian air force F-4 Phantom jet crashed into the Oman Sea on Monday off the southeastern coast of Iran, the official news agency IRNA reported.The semiofficial Fars news agency said the fate of the pilot and the cause of the crash were still unknown.IRNA...