Iran

More people are put to death in Iran than anywhere else on earth. Around the world, the protests are beginning

The cycle of attack and reprisal is unlikely to be broken in the Middle East

Sadly, the main four branches of the Iranian language are synonymous with areas currently involved in political and ethnic conflicts

After a brutal clampdown on their freedom, Iranian photographers have had to find new ways to express themselves

Cannes Best Actress winner Zar Amir Ebrahimi on her exile from Iran and why her work shames the regime

Loopholes must be closed or anger over Alireza Akbari’s execution means nothing

The greatest threat to the Iranian regime may not come from sanctions or nuclear deals but from the demonstrations within the country itself

Headscarf protests by Iranian women have electrified the world. Will a similar rebellion follow in France?

British-Iranian Elika Ashoori considers what’s at stake for defiant women and girls in the country where her father was unjustly imprisoned

There is joy and relief that the British citizens are finally on their way back from years of detention in Iran. But after Britain reportedly finally paid the debt it has owed Iran for decades, what was it all for?

A woman trapped in Iran after being convicted of new, trumped-up charges. A husband starving himself in despair. A child facing another Christmas without her mother. And a government that won’t pay up to make it stop.

The Iran nuclear deal is hanging by a thread, says former diplomat PAUL KNOTT​, who worked on the agreement. If it fails, the world becomes a much more dangerous place. The Iran nuclear deal of 2015 has been a success. Its sole purpose was to stop the country’s development of nuclear weapons, and that is […]