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

Iranians’ demand for change is not a political preference, but a civilisational instinct; and a free Iran — rooted in its ...

He went out for freedom,” said the cousin of one of those who was killed when Iranian authorities mounted a deadly crackdown ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Across Europe, thousands of exiled Iranians are ...

Since the 1979 revolution in Iran that put Shiite clerics into power, the country’s internal unrest has featured in American media coverage with such regularity that, to a casual audience, it’s become ...

Zahra Assar-Nossoni is a local American-Iranian lifestyle creator. She shares her concerns over protests in Iran and the importance of solidarity. 'Inflation will surprise to the downside in 2026': ...

Cinema has been a part of Iran for nearly its entire history. Though the work of Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi is no longer extant ...

Days of protest across Iran have left hundreds dead and many more injured. Attempts by Iranian authorities to quell dissent through a near-total internet blackout point to the pivotal role that social ...

Over 12 days of war in June, more than 1,000 Iranians were killed in Israeli attacks. Most were civilians. Missiles rained down across Tehran for the first time in decades, shocking residents. It was ...

Rock still maintains an aura of rebellion in Iran so it’s not surprising that it continues to show up in Iranian New Wave cinema. In 2008’s animated Persepolis, Marji buys heavy metal and punk albums ...