In tracing Iran’s adoption of modern theories of policing and incarceration since the nineteenth century, Nikpour also maps the political and intellectual history of the country.

Historically Tehran has refused to meet US negotiators as a matter of political principle but Donald Trump is demanding face-to-face meetings with top political and military brass from both nations ...

(‘Reza Shah, blessed is your soul!’). Reza Shah (1878-1944) was the founder of Pahlavi dynasty (1925-1979). He is the father of modern Iran. Reza Shah banned hijab, the Islamic dress code for ...

the Shah of Iran, her family, her dynasty and her homeland. Told from the point of view of Empress Farah Pahlavi, it's an epic struggle for the survival of Iran's monarchy at the crossroads of the ...

The podcast series begins with Reza Pahlavi, the Crown Prince of Iran and son of the late Shah, who was forced into exile. As a child, Pahlavi was groomed to succeed his father. Then came the ...

Iran’s head of state, and even expressions of nostalgia for Reza Shah, the founder of the old secular Pahlavi dynasty. The protests are different in origin from the Green Movement in 2009 ...

They categorically reject all forms of dictatorship, opposing both the Pahlavi dynasty and the current ruling theocracy. “The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) that serves as a ...

Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s exiled crowned prince, in a recent interview with associated press called for a revolution to overthrow the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Reza Pahlavi criticised ...

Iran has long viewed Washington as being behind attempts to interfere in and destabilize its government since the 1979 Islamic Revolution which toppled the US-backed Pahlavi dynasty. Ties have ...

Flames lit up the night across Iran into the early hours of Wednesday as young people defied both the Islamic Republic and its religious decrees, turning this year’s Chaharshanbe Suri festival ...

The podcast series begins with Reza Pahlavi, the Crown Prince of Iran and son of the late Shah who was forced into exile. As a child, Pahlavi was groomed to succeed his father. Then came the ...