Shi'ite

Iran’s protests expose the widening chasm between the regime and its people - opinion

Iran’s protests reveal a deepening divide between the Iranian people and a regime facing growing demands for political change.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 23, 2026
Iraqi Airways aircraft are parked at the gates at Baghdad airport on February 20, 2025; Illustrative.

Iraqi Airways to resume Iran flights in October after securing US exemption

Mourners attend the funeral of Haider al-Moussawi, head of the security unit in the Shi'ite armed group Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, and senior Hezbollah figure Abu Ali Khalil, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tehran, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 22, 2025.

Israel monitoring efforts to disarm Iraqi pro-Iranian Shi'ite militias, concerned they may attack

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah's office in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2024.

How America misunderstood Iran’s monarchy - and the Pahlavi legacy - opinion


Shia militias threaten US, Israel in Iraq

BEHIND THE LINES: The inability of the Iraqi central government to rein in the Shia militias might be dismissed as a colorful and lurid tale from somewhere distant. Unfortunately, it is not.

WOMEN GATHER at Baghdad Airport, where Iran’s Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in a US airstrike last year.

Iraq’s prime minister walks tightrope in struggle with militias

The militias have fired dozens of rockets at facilities where US personnel are located. They have frequently fired Iranian-supplied 107mm rockets at the US embassy in Baghdad.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi as they wear protective masks, in Tehran, Iran, July 21, 2020.

How did Iran, al-Qaeda end up in bed together?

The wild world of intelligence: Were Jerusalem, Tehran both side shows in the latest attack that took out Abu Muhammad al-Masri?

Flag of al-Qaeda

Ex-Mossad chief: Bahrain will try to guard Israelis from Shi’ites, Iran

Efrayim Halevy rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s formula of “peace for peace,” saying that Israel was never at war with the UAE or Bahrain.

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo meets with Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa during his visit to Manama, Bahrain, August 26, 2020.

Iranian regime believes 'defeat' of US coincides with Ashura holiday

For many Shi’ites this period is one of intense mourning and emotion. The Iranian regime seeks to hijack the events every year to connect them to current events

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during the cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2020

Iran social media campaign winning over Sunnis, other parts of world

The network goes far beyond the usual suspects of proxies associated with Iran like Hezbollah, Shi’ites in Iraq and the Houthis in Yemen.

Supporters of Iranian Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi use their smartphones to follow election news in Tehran, Iran May 17, 2017.

Iranian clergyman scolds women for walking dog, gets hit by car

Abolhassan Kayhani, from the western Hamadan province, reproached the women for walking their dog in a park that was near his home.

An Iranian woman watch a football match with her friends at a cafe in Tehran

First Shi'ite country: Azerbaijan’s historic speech at AIPAC conference

Recorded history shows that Jews have lived in Azerbaijan for 2,600 years; an estimated 30,000 currently live there.

THE FLAME Towers in Baku are a symbol of the new and independent Azerbaijan.

Iran trains Shia militia proxies in Iraq to wage war on US - report

Iranian proxies in Iraq are training for war against the US and will continue to fire rockets at US forces in Iraq until the US leaves, a new report says.

Iraqi muslims from Shi'ite Badr organization hold a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as they walk over the Israeli flag during a parade marking Jerusalem Day.

Voices from the Arab Press: Libya, Shiite Terrorism and Iran

Arab press discusses important events in the past week in the Middle East.

LIBYAN PRIME MINISTER Fayez Mustafa Al-Sarraj is pictured during an interview in Berlin on January 20.