What struck me as I saw “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” which is set in modern Tehran, is how 15 years after the Green Movement, the fire of the protestors is still burning.
Iran launched plans to switch its currency to the toman in 2021, replacing the rial by removing four zeros in a bid to mask inflation. But the plan stalled. The government is now hoping to revive the ...
The Iranian government announced recently announced its decision not to punish women who do not wear the mandatory Islamic veil and has reduced the presence of the morality police on the streets of ...
Iran executed 853 people in 2003 and 930 last year, the most in a decade, sending a chilling message to dissidents in the country and prompting United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk to urge ...