Iran may be a small player in global arms exports, accounting for just 0.4% between 2020 and 2024, but its drones, missiles, and military equipment have a big strategic impact. Despite sanctions and limited market access,

As regional tensions mount, Beijing's approach is coldly systemic: it will call for restraint and condemn intervention, but continue doing business with Iran

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Members of the U.N. Security Council hold a meeting on a resolution that would permanently lift U.N. sanctions on Iran at U.N. headquarters in New York By Michelle Nichols ...

TEHRAN, Iran — A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United States, which insists ...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States on Monday of transforming the Gulf into a "tinderbox" with its arms sales to regional allies. "The US (sold) $50 billion worth of weapons to the region last year. Some of the countries ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the Treasury Department announced sanctions against Venezuelans, Iranians and companies in both nations for facilitating illicit arms trades.

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran on Saturday following a process triggered by key European powers that Tehran has warned will be met with a harsh response. Britain, France and Germany triggered ...

The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Can Kasapoğlu – nonresident senior fellow ...

This piece has been copublished with Drop Site News. When a Southern Air Transport plane was shot down over Nicaragua in October 1986, the world got a rare window into U.S. government covert activity. Southern Air Transport was founded as a small cargo ...