In late 2025, under a dark sky in the Indian Ocean, U.S. special operations forces boarded a cargo ship traveling between Asia and the Gulf. Intelligence showed the vessel carried sensitive equipment ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking into the ...

US commandos have carried out a rare high seas raid, intercepting a cargo vessel in the Indian Ocean and seizing what ...

Iran has likely carried out an undeclared missile test at its Imam Khomeini Spaceport, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press showed Thursday, underlining Tehran’s effort to maintain its ...