Narges Mohammadi and several other Iranian activists were detained last Friday. She has been beaten, requiring emergency ...

Iran’s rial has hit a new record low of over 1.3 million to the U.S. dollar, deepening its collapse amid sanctions and regional tensions. Currency traders in Tehran reported this drop on ...

When she first started learning to ride a motorbike, Iranian Maryam Ghelich, now an instructor, would drive through Tehran's ...

Iran has introduced a new pricing tier for its subsidized gasoline, marking the first price adjustment since 2019.

The human rights activist was released on furlough from prison last year, but was detained again on Friday, along with ...

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

Gunmen have killed three members of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan.

'Tis the season for wrap-ups, as Google just announced its Year in Search 2025 to show us what the world's been searching for ...

For television, Monster: The Ed Gein Story was the most popular show worldwide, while The Hunting Wives led in the U.S. If it ...

Despite its strategic location, Iran’s sanctions exposure and regulatory unreliability have made it difficult to insert itself within the region’s burgeoning trade networks. For most of the past three ...

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, ...

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 ...