Iran has re-emerged at the centre of international attention, following Israeli attacks on the Middle East’s second-largest country on June 13. Stretching from the Caspian Sea in the north to the Gulf of Oman in the south, Iran’s landscape is as varied ...

Conversely, if opposition factions such as the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), led by Maryam Rajavi, and the Iran National Council (INC), associated with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, can coalesce around a credible transitional authority, they may reduce fragmentation and help stabilize the country.

Gouya, a 43-year-old woman in Iran, decided that she will not have children. But her right to choose is now being threatened by the state. Authorities have approved new legislation that imposes further restrictions on abortions, bans the free distribution ...

More than 500,000 Afghans were kicked out of Iran in just 16 days after the war between Iran and Israel ended. Iran has been planning this for months—they’ve been saying they want to remove undocumented Afghans doing low-paying jobs, as per the reports.

Iranian students are engaging this week in Round Two of their street-level struggle for reform. Round One took place last June, when young people protested the fixed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. About 30 people died in those huge ...

From L.A. to London, people across the globe have taken to the streets in solidarity with Iranians who are protesting.