Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an Oscar-nominated refugee, in a bittersweet harvest for his film The Seed of the ...

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 ...

Iran's ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani, told Iran's state television on Friday that Iran would allow the planes to land ...

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 ...

Others were Mr. Michael Audu Buba, Alhaji Shehu Usman, Galadima Maska, Habib Raji Abdullahi, Alhaji Mu’azu Gambo, Alhaji Sani Okin, ...

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 ...

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 ...