A coalition of top athletes including Riley Gaines and Martina Navratilova condemned Iranian regime's death sentence for ...

Before 1979, Iranian women wore miniskirts, earned advanced degrees, ran businesses, and lived lives that looked remarkably like their Western peers. Then came the Islamic Revolution—and everything ...

In the ongoing struggle for democracy in Iran, women have emerged as some of the most influential and unifying voices, championing secularism, equality and inclusive governance. Over the past 150 ...

Women’s sports in Iran have made remarkable progress over the past few decades. Despite various challenges, Iranian female athletes have continued to break barriers and inspire a new generation of ...

Never in history have the women of a nation suffered so profound a reversal of their rights and status as the women of Iran did in 1979. Islamists and Marxists joined together to overthrow a secular, ...

An exhibition titled Taste of the Museum serves up a slice of Iranian history and narrates cultural identity at Niavaran ...

The 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, initiated by Iraq but prolonged by Khomeini’s ambition, devastated Iran, claiming around one million lives, including many teenagers conscripted into the conflict. The war ...

Iranian human rights attorney and activist Nasrin Satoudeh holds a photo of her husband outside Tehran's Evin Prison, where he is an inmate. Reza Khandan was taken into custody in December on charges ...

Kamran Hekmati of Long Island was arrested for visiting Israel 13 years ago to celebrate his son’s bar mitzvah, they said.

TEHRAN - From raw emotions to thrilling performances and historic feats, the Cairo 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships ...

Hekmati, a 70-year-old resident of Long Island, New York, has been held in Evin Prison since July. Iran sentenced Jewish ...

The strategy has a long history, going back to the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in November 1979 by Islamist ...