For years, the world has been hearing about human rights violations in Iran, and global condemnation and even sanctions against the regime have failed to change the lives of Iranians. The…

For decades files regarding Israel-Iran ties were censored. Now, 10,000 confidential pages have been declassified and are available in Israeli State Archives. The documents tell the story of a large…

The timing of the Iranian bombing of what Tehran considered Israeli “strategic targets” in the city of Erbil raises a number of questions about the content of the message that Tehran wanted to convey…

Dozens of people chanted slogans during rallies across Iran to protest the regime’s involvement in regional disputes that have only wasted the country’s resources. “Neither Gaza nor Lebanon, we…

Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani was the first imam to hold the Friday prayer in Tehran on July 27, 1979. He was appointed by Ruhollah Khomeini only a few months after the revolution that toppled Shah…

Qamishli- Iran’s military influence in Syria has moved through different forms and levels since the beginning of Tehran’s intervention in the Syrian crisis years ago to support Syrian President…

The eighth round of talks between Iran and major powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal kicked off on December 27 in the Austrian capital of Vienna. Tehran is holding direct talks with the P4+1…

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criticized Iran for stonewalling an investigation into past activities and jeopardizing important monitoring work, possibly complicating efforts to…

The Iranian student movement has succeeded in establishing itself as a powerful social actor after it declared solidarity with the widespread protests that stormed the country in December 2017,…

Hassan Zarif Nazarian may not be disturbed as much as other detainees by the scenes of violence practiced in the video footage leaked from the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. Being held in the…