Iranians from all walks of life are no strangers to protests or strikes over political, economic and other grievances.

Whether acknowledged or not, Iran’s political economy has long been afflicted by systemic inequality. Over four decades, the ...

A popular chant that has existed since at least 2009 signals that the protesters aren't just frustrated by day-to-day ...

Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades – at least since the U.S. helped overthrow a democracy-minded prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, in August 1953. The U.S.

The latest season of this ‘Iranian Spring’ began on 28 December 2025, when highly influential merchants of Tehran’s Grand ...

The Iranian rial has fallen to its lowest mark, plunging the country into deep economic turmoil. The anger over rising ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Iranian counterpart Friday for the signing of a broad pact between Moscow and Tehran. The Kremlin says the “comprehensive strategic ...

The U.S. aerial strike against Iran was conducted under such unique circumstances that it offers as many questions as lessons. The Israeli air campaign, conducted exclusively with fighter jets, had so ...

As protests grip Iran, images from Venezuela fuel fears of sanctions-driven collapse. From shrinking middle classes to ...

Visitors try out an installation at the SoundScapes exhibition that brings together early sound recordings from Iranian history — ATTA KENARE In a century-old building in Tehran, Saeed Anvarinejad ...

Iran enters the 2026 FIFA World Cup after extending a long run of consistent qualification, marking a fourth straight ...

The death of a towering Iranian filmmaker is the loss of an artist whose work carried his homeland's myths, language and ...