Iran reels from the collapse of its regional allies and a bruising war with Israel and America, sparking fierce internal debate over nationalism, nuclear ambitions, and the country’s uncertain future as its leadership faces mounting pressure.

South Africa will host the multinational naval exercise Will for Peace 2026 in early January, when Chinese, Russian, and Iranian naval vessels will arrive on

When Russia sought assistance from China, North Korea and Iran amid its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, some Western officials expressed concern about the formation of a new axis against Western countries. But none of these countries came to Iran's aid ...

China has rattled Tehran by again backing the United Arab Emirates’s claim over three Persian Gulf islands controlled by Iran.

While evading new US sanctions on Iran, adjusting to changes in Syria and expanding military footprint with key Arab partners especially Egypt, China closes 2025 with gains in the Middle East but confronts new challenges with UAE-Saudi rupture in Yemen and Sudan.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomes foreign ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Tuesday. - Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Anadolu/Getty Images Weeks after his country was battered ...

Iran is ramping oil production back to record 2024 levels of around 4.3 million barrels per day, despite U.S. and Israeli airstrikes and ongoing sanctions. Russia is leading new development efforts in key shared oilfields like Changuleh, Cheshmeh-Khosh ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump campaigned on keeping the United States out of foreign wars, but it didn’t take long to convince him to come to the direct aid of Israel, hitting Iranian nuclear targets with bunker-buster bombs ...

“Sahand 2025” marks a major milestone in Tehran’s integration into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization – and in its pursuit of greater international recognition. Iran recently hosted militaries from China, India, Russia, and six other countries ...

One country outside the Middle East that's closely following the war between Israel and Iran, and any possible ceasefire, is China. That's because China is the largest importer of Iranian oil, and Beijing is a close political partner of Tehran. "China has ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I'm looking into how Iran, perhaps naively, is relying on China and Russia to ...

US commandos have carried out a rare high seas raid, intercepting a cargo vessel in the Indian Ocean and seizing what officials say were sophisticated missile components worth roughly 5 million dollars and destined for Iran's arsenal.