What led to the overthrow of the Shah and are there parallels between then and now?

Tehran, Iran – Every morning at 6am, Sara reaches for her phone – not to check messages, but to see when the day’s blackout will begin. The 44-year-old digital marketer in Tehran has memorised the ...

WASHINGTON -- Three Iranian men were executed this week on alleged charges of collaborating with Israel, according to the Islamic Republic judiciary, bringing the total number of people put to death ...

"Like the battle of Karbala, this war must be fought till the end," Reza Ahmadi, a juice vendor in his 30s, told me, as he went about his business on the busy Naser Khosro street in Shiraz, a ...

This week marks the third anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody — an event that ignited one of the most powerful protest movements in Iran since 1979. “Woman, Life, Freedom” became not ...

Protesting in Iran is dangerous for anyone. But for women, it can be life-altering. From arrests and public humiliation to sexual violence and torture in custody, Iranian women who raise their voices ...

Shadi Rouhshahbaz was a Women Peacemaker Fellow at the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, the University of San Diego (2023-2024). She received funding from this fellowship to conduct research on ...

(CNN) — People trying to call friends and loved ones inside Iran have instead been met with strange, pre-recorded voice messages, which some experts believe may be part of the regime’s wider internet ...

The 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests erupted in Iran following the shocking death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, in police custody. Like many Iranians in the diaspora, illustrator Roshi ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Iranian community in Albuquerque is urging awareness of the Iranian government’s deadly measures to silence protests. On Saturday morning, demonstrators gathered at the ...