In Iran, cultural shifts and societal pressures create challenges for young people eager to find a partner. To succeed they ...

The lives of women and girls continue to be systemically devalued in Iran today. A new report is out from a UN fact-finding ...

Mariam Rahmani’s debut novel is both charmingly familiar and totally unpredictable.

Masih Alinejad, a journalist and prominent critic of the Iranian regime, was in the garden of her Brooklyn home when she locked eyes with the hitman hired to assassinate her. It was late July ...

The Pearl in Qatar is a luxurious artificial island featuring Mediterranean-inspired design with Venetian-style waterways and an eclectic blend of global architectures. Built to attract foreign ...

Iranian support has boosted the military prowess of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, helping them project force into the Red Sea. Ramped up U.S.-led attacks on the group raise the prospect of military ...

An Iranian activist has been sentenced to 178 lashes and 18 months in prison after being arrested for not wearing a hijab. Hamideh Zarei, a Gilak activist and former political prisoner ...

Two purported mobsters were convicted Thursday of plotting to assassinate Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said ...

The US has imposed sanctions on two Chinese petrochemicals groups for allegedly importing Iranian crude oil, in the latest salvo of President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign on ...

Two men have been convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme targeting an Iranian-American journalist at her Brooklyn home. A federal jury in New York found Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov guilty of ...

New York (AP) — A jury has convicted two men of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said ...