Tehran, Iran – Every morning at 6am, Sara reaches for her phone – not to check messages, but to see when the day’s blackout will begin. The 44-year-old digital marketer in Tehran has memorised the weekly electricity schedule yet still checks her ...

Davidson College Political Science Professor Silvana Toska analyzes the unprecedented unrest in Iran and the regime’s efforts to suppress dissent through extreme violence. The conversation explores how economic collapse,

The commemoration represented a split-screen view of life in Iran, with state television showing hundreds of thousands of people across the country attending pro-government rallies, which included the burning of American flags and cries of "Death to America!

In 1979, the Shah of Iran was forced to abdicate his throne and go into exile. He chose Mexico, Cuernavaca to be exact.

I was in my mother’s womb when the Islamic Revolution of 1979 shattered my family’s homeland, forcing us into exile. Like so many Iranians, my country was stolen from me before I could even take my first breath. But my connection to Iran is not just a ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For Googoosh, Iran’s most-famous singer, life always has been balancing act of one kind or another. It began as a child, performing with her acrobat father who balanced her on a chair atop another chair resting only ...

International sanctions were reimposed on Iran to influence its leadership. They were leveled to curb Iran's nuclear program but have caused medical shortages that hit the country's most vulnerable citizens hardest."Many life-saving drugs are no longer ...

Protesting in Iran is dangerous for anyone. But for women, it can be life-altering. From arrests and public humiliation to sexual violence and torture in custody, Iranian women who raise their voices face a brutal system designed to break them.