AKBAR GANJI is an Iranian journalist. A former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, he became a political ...

Iranian authorities have issued heavy prison sentences for at least two dozen activists from the Azeri minority since October ...

The Hamas militant group said Thursday it would release the next three Israeli hostages as planned this weekend in exchange ...

TEHRAN - On Wednesday night, the Iranian Foreign Ministry released a fact sheet featuring the United States long list of ...

In this BBC Persian film for the BBC World Service, former child soldiers share their untold stories and deeply personal ...

Iran tells the United Nations Security Council that it supports the formation of an “inclusive” government in Syria through ...

The United States is a beacon for religious freedom. That’s a regrettably rare thing around the world. Pew Research’s 2022 Report on Government Restrictions on Religion showed that restrictions in 198 ...

Iran, a country with a rich history, stunning landscapes, and deep cultural roots, is also governed by strict laws and ...

State media in Iran say the country's supreme leader has pardoned two female journalists who reported the death of a woman in police custody in 2022.

Since Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, was killed by the Morality Police in fall of 2022, Iran has been enveloped in protests. The movement, called “Woman, Life, Freedom” is in many ways ...

Sheikh Ahmad Qomi was both a religious scholar and a merchant who migrated to Siam 420 years ago. He was the one who ...

Anything that was and is against Western culture and tradition is embraced by certain influential intellectuals.