Debates about Iran often follow familiar lines. Some emphasize diplomacy. Others argue for military pressure. Both sides rely on well-established models of deterrence, escalation, and negotiation. But ...

With a history dating back well before the Christian era, the nation known to the West as Persia officially adopted its native name of Iran in 1935.

"I am an Iranian, and this is our program every night: defence of the country," says a traditionally dressed woman in an Instagram reel, waving the flag of the Islamic Republic as she stands through ...

The atrocious character of the American and Israeli war on Iran is apparent not only in the aggressors’ murdering of civilians but also in their attacks on Iran’s cultural heritage. The latter country ...

Directors Fateme Ahmadi, Mohammadreza, Eyni, Sara Khaki and Pegah Ahangarani reflect on the state of their country’s cinema.

Shi’a Islam is central to Iran’s national psyche. Martyrdom occupies a particularly important place within Shi’a culture, ...

Growing up, my aunties would joke that I was more Persian than my dad. He immigrated to Chicago in 1979 and deeply tried to assimilate, rendering me a certain type of diaspora Iranian with fragmented ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization was “truly unacceptable” and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate ...

They listen to our songs instead since your media is full of shit.” This is the opening line of an AI-generated video which is part of Iran’s meme campaign – built around Lego-style animation and rap ...

Mahdizadeh Tehrani, from Iran’s ministry of culture and Islamic guidance (MCIG), has said that the country is still ...