The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

Iranian authorities have arrested a political activist who criticized the Islamic Republic’s ruling system, his wife ...

Shah Mohammad Reza was born into scandal and uprising—and his life somehow only got more dramatic from there. Though he was “The King of Kings,” in Iran, his inner life was anything but ...

The book "The Islamic Revolution of Iran" by Esmail Fakhrian compiled from the statements of Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyyed ...

I DON’T care about haram or halal. I’d rather extinguish the fire in hell and burn heaven so that people could start loving God for no other reason than love.’ This statement, as quoted by Shams ...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Iran’s Islamic Revolution, returned to his country on Thursday, February 1, ...

Women played a crucial role in the victory of the Islamic Revolution by engaging in protests, organizing communities, and ...

Backed by Imam Khomeini, the students demanded the return of the Shah to Iran to face justice for his crimes, but the American government refused to negotiate. Subsequently, 52 American diplomats were ...

Iran is engulfed in an unprecedented state of despair. The nation is paralyzed – choked by relentless air pollution, soaring inflation, authoritarian rule, unqualified leadership, lack of ...

One of the world’s most complex regions hosted the humble Southerner’s biggest triumph and most stinging defeat, as seen on front pages of The Washington Post.

Prior to the late 1970s, Iran was ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a constitutional monarch who pursued rapid modernization, including expanded women’s rights, mass education and secular ...