Just as Iran and the United States seem to be emerging from a diplomatic freeze that started with the 1979 hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran, Iran has appointed a new ambassador with ...

Barry Rosen, who survived the Iran hostage crisis, reflects on what happens to hostages after the celebratory moment of ...

In 1979, right after the Islamic Revolution overthrew the Shah and replaced his largely secular regime with a fanatically theocratic one, Iran effectively declared war on both Israel and America. As ...

Laingen, a career diplomat, had been in Iran less than five months when militant students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 hostages, mostly diplomats and staff members. Laingen ...

Fanny Esfandiari, a 93-year-old great-grandmother with heart disease and bad eyesight, made a desperate trip to Iran's notorious Evin Prison earlier this month. "I have to find my daughter," she told ...

The Grand Theft Auto video game series tends to conjure up thoughts of crime and car chases, so it's a bit surprising to learn today that the next venture for series co-director Navid Khonsari will ...