Middle East


Hezbollah chief rejects direct talks with Israel, says move would 'serve Netanyahu and Trump'

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers an address from an unknown location, Jan. 27.

Iran expert: Tehran not yet under enough pressure to concede

A woman walks past a billboard featuring an image of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a building, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27, 2026

Money, power, exile: Inside an Iranian exile’s war on regime-linked wealth in Canada

Mira Nassiri. From crossing mountains into Turkey to confronting legal challenges in Canada, her story is one of persistence and pursuit.