Soon after his most famous public monument was completed, Hossein Amanat was forced to flee Iran amid the Islamic revolution.

This is the second time in as many weeks that the two sides discussed limiting Iran's nuclear program. The U.S. has wanted concessions from Iran beyond that nuclear program, and its ally, Israel, ...

But beneath the ritual lies something far more consequential. This is not diplomacy for display. It is diplomacy for calibration. At moments when Washington begins exploring diplomatic “off-ramps” ...

Whenever Iran is shaken by nationwide protests, as it was just last month, analysts and activists are consumed by the same two questions: will the country’s regime finally fall, and what will come ...

The next seven days are “make or break” for avoiding conflict between Iran and the US, said Sky News international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn. “Fingers are on the trigger and one misstep could ...

Shiraz is one of the most significant tourist destinations of Iran, the cultural capital of the country and city of gardens, poetry and wine (well, the wine is now history as it is banned in the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The bloodiest crackdown on dissent since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution is slowly coming into focus, despite authorities cutting off the Islamic Republic from the ...

The history of Islam in Iran is relatively new compared to its long-time proud Persian history. It was only introduced with a previous Islamic invasion and the forcing of Persians to become Moslem, ...

Coming a few days after Christmas 2025, the protests erupting in Iran caught much of the Western world by surprise. Of course, Iran has had major protests before (2009-2010, 2011, 2019-2020, 2022-2023 ...

Iran’s protest wave is no longer defined only by street clashes. It has entered a phase in which the state governs visibility itself. Days of near-total internet shutdown have reduced national ...