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

She filmed Iran's violent crackdown on protesters. Now she is afraid to go outside - The 37-year-old Iranian beautician ...

Davidson College Political Science Professor Silvana Toska analyzes the unprecedented unrest in Iran and the regime’s efforts ...

Iran’s regime has not merely failed its population. It has destroyed the conditions that make ordinary civic life possible.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For Googoosh, Iran’s most-famous singer, life always has been balancing act of one kind or another. It began as a child, performing with her acrobat father who ...

I was in my mother’s womb when the Islamic Revolution of 1979 shattered my family’s homeland, forcing us into exile. Like so many Iranians, my country was stolen from me before I could even take my ...

Protesting in Iran is dangerous for anyone. But for women, it can be life-altering. From arrests and public humiliation to ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For Googoosh, Iran's most-famous singer, life always has been balancing act of one kind or another. It began as a child, performing with her acrobat father who ...