TIME Magazine

What Would War Look Like?

A flurry of military maneuvers in the Middle East increases speculation that conflict with Iran is no longer quite so unthinkable. Here's how the U.S. would fight such a war—and the huge price it would have to pay to win it

A Date With a Dangerous Mind: Iran's President

Face to face with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the man whose swagger is stirring fears of war with the U.S.

Will This Man Get The Bomb?

As the world weighs how to contain Iran and its fiery President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, TIME assesses the potential threat of a nuclear Iran

Iran, Still Defiant

Scott MacLeod and Nahid Siamdoust report from Tehran on how it views the nuclear standoff with the West

The Crescent of Crisis

Iran and a region of rising instability

Angry Attacks on America

Khomeini's tirades spur outbreaks of mob hysteria—and bloodshed

The Mystic Who Lit The Fires of Hatred

Iran's Ayatullah Khomeini seized his nation and shook all Islam

Hostage Breakthrough

In his final days as President, Carter reaches agreement with Iran

A Hot and Holy War

Iran stages a surprising comeback in its bloody struggle with Iraq

The U.S. and Iran

The story behind Reagan's dealings with the mullahs

Reformer in Shako

Trouble is nothing new in Iran—or for Mohammed Reza Pahlevi