In her first reaction to her father’s sudden execution in Iran this week, Gazelle Sharmahd was mute but spoke volumes with her silence.
Iran's government has lifted a two-year ban on iPhone registration to permit legal imports, yet the decision to maintain high tariffs has raised doubts about its motives.
A little-known but influential body handpicked by Iran's Supreme Leader may provide the spur Ali Khamenei needs to ditch his avowed refusal of nuclear weapons and reach for the ultimate deterrent in the wake of punishing Israeli attacks.
Iran’s government-controlled media have criticized Moscow—frequently hailed by officials as Iran’s 'strategic ally'—for not issuing an immediate and unequivocal condemnation of Israel’s October 26 air strikes on Iran.
A new public opinion poll suggests conflicted Iranian attitudes toward foreign policy, with a majority blaming it for domestic economic woes but approving of the country’s military role in the Middle East.
Following a protest by a vigilante group on Wednesday opposing calls to lift internet restrictions, a prominent politician has gained support by calling for the right to free assembly for internet freedom advocates.
Islamic radical conservatism in Iran, dominant in government for the past two decades, has revealed its dangers through "purification" efforts, an adventurous foreign policy, erosion of the middle class, and the weakening of the private sector.
Iran is imploring citizens to mine mostly empty pockets for Lebanon despite five years of 40% annual inflation and a spiraling currency crisis as Hezbollah militants backed by the Islamic Republic take heavy blows from archenemy Israel.
Dozens of protesters, organized by a vigilante group, gathered in Tehran on Wednesday, chanting in opposition to President Masoud Pezeshkian's remarks and the growing calls for lifting internet filtering.
A dissident cleric and former academic, once a popular figure on Iran’s state television, now asserts that the ruling clerics no longer represent the voice of the people.
Some Iranian "reformists" who supported President Masoud Pezeshkian in the election are now criticizing him for breaking promises and appointing political rivals to key government positions.
Iran’s President has tapped as governor of Tehran a senior official tied to a deadly nationwide crackdown on protests in 2022, in the latest selection of a hardliner with a controversial past to a senior post.
Following last week's case of a mother cleaning classrooms to enroll her child, new reports have surfaced of similar incidents in schools across Iran, where low-income parents are forced to provide labor in exchange for their children's enrollment.