Iran to release singer who defied regime by performing without a hijabParastoo Ahmadi ...

A woman was arrested in Iran after she posted a video of herself singing without a hijab on YouTube, despite the Iranian ...

CREDIT: Pat Batard/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been released from prison, months after the court overturned his death sentence. The rapper was arrested in ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Many foreign policy experts warn that if Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons, it would be broadly destabilizing for the Middle East and ...

Forced to flee Iran, dissident director Mohammad Rasoulof says it is bittersweet that his latest movie will contend at the Oscars — under the banner of another country. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” a ...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. AFP. Iran is preparing to “respond” to Israel, Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in an ...

Iran has begun to activate several new and advanced centrifuges for uranium enrichment in reaction to a resolution by the UN’s nuclear watchdog censuring the Islamic Republic, its parliament ...

A well-known Iranian human rights activist has killed himself in protest at what he called the dictatorship of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a post on social media, Kianoosh ...

The singer Googoosh is a pop culture legend in Iran. A new documentary film tells the story of the singer, who has given her voice to resistance and become a symbol of hope.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, 85 year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is said to be suffering from serious illness and reports have indicated that he might step down from the position and nominate his 55-year-old ...

(Bloomberg) -- Never miss an episode. Follow The Big Take Asia podcast today. Every year, billions of dollars of sanctioned Iranian oil finds its way to China, even though on paper the country hasn’t ...