Iran tightens hijab laws as women’s resistance grows
Iran's parliament has approved a new hijab law imposing severe fines on women who violate dress codes. This move comes amid growing defiance and protests following Mahsa Amini's death.…
No, this viral photo doesn’t show Iran’s Supreme Leader ‘in a coma’
Decade-old images being used to claim Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was hospitalised in a coma, and a slew of footage from 2022 demonstrations being presented as current unrest. Vedika Bahl talks…
‘I will be living proof of the violent oppression in Iran’
Kowsar Eftekhari was part of the Iranian uprising labeled 'Woman, Life, Freedom.' After she was blinded in the right eye during one protest and a warrant for her arrest was issued, she…
Iran’s faces of anger: An inside look at the lives of Iranians who say no
A little over two years ago, on September 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish student, was beaten to death by the Iranian morality police over a few strands of hair escaping…
Oil prices jump as speculation rises on possible Israeli retaliation against Iran
US crude oil jumped slightly after US President Joe Biden said he was "discussing" an Israeli strike on Iranian oil facilities. Chaos builds for shippers as US dockworkers enter their third day…
Mohammad Rasoulof on fleeing Iran after making a movie in secret
The director had to flee Iran where he was sentenced to prison for his filmmaking. The movie won a special prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May where it premiered. French…
Iran: How tradition and law are used to harm women
The death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's morality police shook Iran and the world, but femicide for "honor" is often overlooked.…
Iran: Bus crash kills at least 28 Pakistani pilgrims
The Pakistani pilgrims were travelling through Iran to Iraq to mark a major Shiite annual event known as Arbaeen.…
Iran’s Pezeshkian unlikely to bring reform
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won the runoff vote for Iran's presidency. He garnered 16 million votes ahead of hard-liner Saeed Jalili, who got fewer than 14 million.…
Iran’s new president to seek ‘deal with the West’
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran's runoff presidential election. In his victory speech he promised to 'serve all Iranians'. In the long term, however, the president would seek a rapprochement with…
Iran: Army sees no foul play in Raisi helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash last Sunday. An investigation by the Iranian military has now brought in its first results.…