Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced a five day period of mourning following the discovery of wreckage on hillside.
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Iranian commentators are warning of a potential economic shock and wider public unrest should Trump resume his ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against the country’s leaders.
Narges Mohammadi is being denied treatment for serious heart and lung issues.
Iranian artists are showing renewed determination to promote freedom as a cultural necessity in Iran, even in the face of a government crackdown.
Iran’s savage use of executions and prisoner rape has failed to quell the “women, freedom, life” movement.
The pattern of slow, cautious decision-making in Iran is a critical factor in the Iran nuclear negotiations that has widely been ignored.
Narratives that pit secular protesters against a religious regime do not necessarily explain the protests in Iran or what they are calling for.
The five Iranian teenagers were arrested and forced to apologise – but the dance challenge continues to go viral.
Critics have said Australia should impose tougher sanctions on Iranian officials for the regime’s crackdown on protesters. But sanctions alone are not likely to work.
Criminal trials in these courts often occur behind closed doors presided over by clerics, and there’s often no evidence beyond a confession extracted by means of torture.
The veil as a symbol of oppression has once again moved to center stage in Iran, but it’s important to know about the history of veiling – and mandatory unveiling.
Controversy of veils goes back more than a century, a scholar of Iran explains.
The autocratic regime of Ayatollah Khamenei is coming under pressure like never before.
Protesters call for a change in rules over what women are forced to wear in Iran. An expert tells us what the law says.
The hijab, which was forced on all Iranian women after the 1979 revolution, is a tool of oppression.
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