NORTHAM: Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, based in New York, says for years, the authorities would harass and arrest women who dared to go out in the street ...

O n a busy sidewalk outside a café, a group of young people, many of them women, bob their heads to the beat of “Seven Nation ...

When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran 's capital to the coffee shop she runs, ...

On a recent evening in the north of Iran’s capital of Tehran, a young woman with long hair fashioned into a high ponytail hopped onto a motorcycle behind a male companion. Not far away, two other ...

In many cities around the world, change often starts quietly. It begins with small acts that would seem ordinary anywhere ...

Iranian journalist Zeinab Rahimi has refused to wear the mandatory hijab for over two years, despite the risk of arrest and imprisonment. She is among a growing number of women and girls who have ...

For years, China has been buying discounted Iranian oil in bulk, and the U.S. sanctions on Tehran have barely put a dent in that trade, analysts said, thanks to a shadow supply chain of transshipment ...

An "evocative read and a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism" (People) set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran--from nationally bestselling author Marjan ...

One country outside the Middle East that’s closely following the war between Israel and Iran, and any possible ceasefire, is China. That’s because China is the largest importer of Iranian oil, and ...