Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The Islamic Republic of Iran is a constant source of anguish for its own people, its neighbors, and the broader world. The government likely executes more people ...

Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran was a monarchy under the Pahlavi dynasty, with Reza Shah (1925–1941) remembered as a respected modernizer who fostered ties with nations like Israel and the ...

Iran faces significant challenges as its economy struggles and sanctions are reimposed. Despite these pressures, the ...

Strange to think, but there was a time when the United States’ most steadfast ally in the Middle East was Iran. In 1953, the C.I.A. had backed a coup that ousted Mohammad Mossadegh, the popular Prime ...

Before 1979, Iranian women wore miniskirts, earned advanced degrees, ran businesses, and lived lives that looked remarkably like their Western peers. Then came the Islamic Revolution—and everything ...

The Islamic Revolution of 1979, which toppled Iran's Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was one of the most significant political events of the past 50 years, said Charlie Gammell in the Financial Times. It ...

A mass grave site in Tehran, where thousands executed in the aftermath of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution were buried, is being paved over to create a car park. Satellite images reveal that Lot 41 of ...

Amin Saikal does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi is pushing for regime change in Tehran, asserting that the regime is "near collapse." In a post on X, Pahlavi encouraged the people of Iran to rise up and warned ...

Iran finds itself at one of its weakest moments since its 1979 Islamic Revolution even as the wider Middle East broadly ...