Articles
The Shah’s Ghost…
Those of you paying attention to international affairs a generation ago recall the realization that Jimmy Carter’s decision to let the shah of Iran come to the...
Iran Reacts to Suicide of the Shah's Son
The youngest son of the late Shah of Iran, Alireza Pahlavi, committed suicide in Boston on Tuesday, the latest tragedy to afflict the exiled Persian royal...
U.S. Still Struggling to Understand Iran
Tens of thousands of Iranians march across central Tehran to Freedom Square angrily demanding the overthrow of the nation's leader in favor of an unlikely...
Still Waiting for Obama's Iran Diplomacy
When President Barack Obama visited the State Department on Jan. 22 and rolled out heavy-hitter envoys to handle Israeli-Palestinian and Afghan-Pakistani...
Barack, Don't Go
In 1978, with America's ally the Shah of Iran under siege, President Jimmy Carter asked a former diplomat named George Ball to study the situation and recommend...
Photo Essays
The Rise and Fall of the Shah of Iran
After a tumultuous reign that included both exile and supreme power, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi fled Iran 30 years ago this month
