Iranian women are taking off their hijabs, defying authorities and the oppression they face at the hands of the government.

A law’s vague prescriptions against dissent can be turned against religious minorities the government has deemed enemies.

Sources have told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda that Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in the central city of Isfahan has arrested 10 people who are adherents of the Baha'i faith, the country's largest non-Muslim ...

In the war's aftermath, authorities invoked national security to justify the sweeping crackdown. Iran’s judiciary ordered ...

REBELLIOUS women are once again taking to the streets of Tehran – this time on motorbikes. Scooters and bikes are becoming a ...

The northern Iranian province of Mazandaran, known for its scenic beauty, is also a major religious tourism hub, home to a ...

Policies favoring new dams and drilling wells over promoting conservation have left Iran facing severe water shortages.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the Baha'i community in Iran are the most persecuted religious minority in the Islamic Republic, where suppression of alternative faiths is growing worse, U.N. special ...

LONDON — Fresh from tackling World War II and the Holocaust in local blockbuster “Zero Degree Turn,” (Variety, June 6, 2007), Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) is ...

Women are increasingly seen riding motorbikes in Iran's capital, where laws and religious mores once barred women from ...

At the close of 2025, Iran stands at a crossroads—facing drought both literal and metaphorical. The country’s physical desiccation mirrors its ideological stagnation.The post Iran is drying up, and th ...