Ali Shamkhani, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, faces new allegations from U.S.-based scholar Mehrzad Boroujerdi, ...

As the leftist candidate stands on the brink of becoming New York City’s next mayor, Iran’s history offers a stark warning.

Here’s a look at the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, in which 52 US citizens were held captive for 444 days. Timeline 1978 – Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi’s authoritarian rule sparks demonstrations and riots.

"It's an event that ranks among the most seminal in history," said Tunku Varadarajan in The Wall Street Journal, and yet the Iranian Revolution of 1978–79 left behind questions that have "tormented ...