World & Nation
Jamshid Sharmahd lived in California, was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces, and imprisoned as a dissident in Iran.
A U.S. official says Iran obtained a meeting with Elon Musk in a step that appeared aimed at easing tensions with President-elect Donald Trump.
Iranian German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces, has been executed in Iran.
Many Iranians, especially educated ones, were reconciled to constraints on nuclear weapons development. Now, fear of an Israeli strike may be changing that.
Proponents of nuclear armament in South Korea argue that the country should not rely on the U.S. for protection. Trump’s victory has given them a boost.
Movies
Director Mohammad Rasoulof is banned at home in Iran but continues to make prize-winning work, including his latest thriller, ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig.’
Opinion
Kim Jong Un is terrified of South Korean news, music and TV shows reaching citizens of the North, so much so that he might pause some weapons programs to avert an influx of USB drives.
Iran says it launched a satellite into space with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Letters to the Editor
Nuclear power sounds ‘clean’ now, but it could poison humanity well into the future. We simply need to reckon with our wastefulness now.
Iran’s belligerence in the Mideast should be a signal to the United States: It cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.