Iranian director, actress and activist Pegah Ahangarani is in Cannes with documentary “Rehearsals for a Revolution,” which ...

For Iranian artists long exiled from their homeland, the conflict has heightened the difficulties and dangers of keeping in touch with family and colleagues in Iran. “We have been cut off,” said ...

Power has become increasingly decentralized in Iran following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the selection of his ...

At first, the chant of “Hands off Iran” echoing through Bruin Walk sounds right. It feels like a call to avoid repeating the ...

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.

As negotiations between the United States and Iran enter a critical stage, a small but influential hardline faction has ...

The Gulf Cooperation Council was formed after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Since then, GCC members have tried different ...

One of the most powerful and feared organisations in Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plays central roles in the country's internal security, economy and foreign policy; it runs Iran's ...

As the conflict with Iran continues, many elements of an ultimate deal have been explored. Issues such as nuclear weapons development, missile production, uranium divestiture and enrichment, foreign ...

An unemployment rate of more than 30% is the ‘new normal’ for South Africa, an insidious indicator that has defined this ...