President Joe Biden made the comments to a group of activists in November, as seen in a newly resurfaced video. But administration officials are confirming what he said: The U.S. is not interested in a deal right now.

Iran’s players made a bold protest statement the other day. But like it or not, on the pitch, they represent national glory in which the regime wants to bathe.

An Iranian state media reporter pressed Tyler Adams about racism in America. The men's soccer captain answered thoughtfully.

Amid nationwide protests in Iran, Iran's national team chose to stay silent during the national anthem before its game against England.

Why is Tom Cotton the loudest member of Congress speaking about human rights abuses in Iran right now?

Biden promised a more humane foreign policy, but advocates of sanction reform are waiting to see concrete action.

Nonfiction narratives that purport to explain life in Islam’s far-flung capitals paper over the brutal hand of U.S. foreign policy.

A consideration of dirty work, the people who dream of doing it, and what it means for everyone else

The assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is a reminder of how badly the U.S. needs a new approach to Iran. Is Biden up to the task?

The president was always too dense to develop a coherent foreign policy. Now the secretary of state is using these final weeks in power to cement his own legacy.

Countless lives in America, Iran, and Iraq depend on leaders’ willingness to put down the sabers and cooperate.

Why our foreign policymakers can’t quit interventionism

Can we avoid the pitfalls of 2003 to build a broadly popular anti-war movement?

Other targets of Trump's strikes were “bad dudes” … as well as recipients of American payoffs in the Iraq War.

Trump's threat to destroy Iranian cultural sites is a dark national tradition, with the desecration of sacred tribal sites offering the blueprint.

As the United States staggers toward war, it will try to draw troops from the same poor, rural neighborhoods it always has.

But beyond this week’s false headlines, Trump’s double-dealings and war threats have given Tehran every reason to develop a bomb.

The Soleimani assassination and its aftermath suggest that America's top diplomat is really the viceroy of its national security establishment.

Much of the party, including nearly all its presidential candidates, is still scared to categorically reject war.

The fatal strike against Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has destabilized the world, endangered Americans, and thrilled Republican war hawks.