These are not conventional sketches but fragments of a 28-year-old swimming instructor’s life. Her family says she spent more ...

UN human rights experts demand that Iran reveal the fates of detainees, stop executions, and provide accountability amidst ...

Families of Baha'i youth arrested by Iran's security forces say they've been subject to "forced confessions" and fear they ...

It has been nearly a month since Venus Hossein-Nejad, 28, and Peyvand Naeimi, 30, were marched out of their workplaces by Iranian agents and held prisoner as part of the regime’s crackdown against the ...

Families say they are innocent.

Iran says it temporarily closed the Strait of Hormuz — a vital international shipping route — as it entered a new round of ...

In a move that exposes his growing insecurity, Khamenei has publicly called for participation in the February 11 anniversary rallies. What lies in store? Opinion.

The Japanese sociologist warns that the repression of protesters against the Islamic Republic continues a month after the end ...

Soon after his most famous public monument was completed, Hossein Amanat was forced to flee Iran amid the Islamic revolution. The architect spoke to RFE/RL about watching his Azadi Tower being used as ...

Waraanni Ameerikaa sochii humna isaa Baha Giddugaleessaa keessatti taasisaa jiru, tarkaanfii fudhatamuu maluuf mallattoo ...

Arash Azizi imagines a democratic, inclusive Iran after the 2022 protests—where culture, freedom, and pluralism can finally thrive.

Kathmandu, Feb. 9 -- Ali Shariati Mazinani, a prominent sociologist and Iranian revolutionary who specialised in the sociology of religion, once said, "Religion should wake people up, not put them to ...