Googoosh’s love songs are both banned and beloved in her homeland. Her new memoir reveals a life as rich and painful as ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

CFR President Michael Froman sits down with CFR Senior Fellow Elliott Abrams to discuss the prospect of the Trump ...

Iran's currency slipped to the lowest level in its history on Monday, nearing 1,250,000 rial to the U.S. dollar on the open ...

With Oscar buzz building, Neon has released Jafar Panahi's Covid-era short film, 'Life,' as a standalone work.

The drought gripping Iran has seen its president warn the country it may need to move its government out of Tehran by the end ...

Iran’s foreign minister said his country would halt plans for a reinstatement of nuclear inspections at a time of heightened concern over Iran’s enriched uranium. By Erika Solomon Iran said Thursday ...

Trump said the U.S. attacked three nuclear sites in Iran. The United States struck three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday, President Donald Trump announced. B-2 bombers dropped a number of Massive ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The city depends on five major reservoirs for its water supply. One has dried up ...

If you’re looking for a temperature check on the state of the planet’s ecological decline, this is it. For decades, Tehran has faced an oncoming water shortage, brought on by environmental changes, ...

Iran is suffering from a severe drought that has depleted water sources, pushing authorities to begin cloud-seeding, or spraying chemicals into the air to facilitate rain. Those efforts, which began ...

On Nov. 25, 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery after a funeral procession through Washington, D.C. An estimated 1 million people lined the ...