Playwright Micheal Shayan as his mother Roya welcomes you to Tehran-geles, CA in the one-mother show “Avaaz” at t Center.

Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan, jailed 25 years ago, is again a focus of attention in Turkey after President Tayyip ...

With flavors that are complex and balanced, Persian dishes are a medley of harmonizing ingredients that come to life on the ...

The Alavi Foundation — named in a new report as a lynchpin of Iran’s “influence” campaign ... leases out to Muslim organizations for $1 a year to serve as mosques, community centers ...

Thirty-four years after Iran’s supreme leader ordered Rushdie’s killing over a novel he claimed insulted Islam, a would-be assassin stabbed Rushie 15 times onstage at an event in New York.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week that he wants to create a "new world order" and invited Iranian President to Moscow. Putin held a meeting with Iran's president on Friday ...

Ancient Iranian festival Nowruz is being celebrated in Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday. Special prayers were offered for prosperity and integrity of the country at mosques and other religious places after ...

At least 811 people executed in a year According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the number of executions in Iran increased by 23.06% between October 10, 2023 and October 8 ...

2025 has been a bit touch and go, with some incredible highs and the lowest lows. Whether this was your shining year or it’s one you’d just rather forget, we’ve got all the Brisbane/Meanjin party ...

A Christian in Iran who was tortured and sentenced to 10 years in prison for his involvement with a house church has been released after serving nearly five years. Christian convert Mehdi Akbari, also ...

Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images Hamas’s massacre last Oct. 7 was a catastrophe for Israelis, but a year later it has also taught the West forgotten lessons about deterrence, political will ...

The assessment means that any new Iranian strikes against Israel, if launched, could have much more serious consequences if they target civilian infrastructure or heavily populated residential areas.