Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was forced into exile. The revolution also ended the ceremonial role of first lady ...

Today is March 8, International Women’s Day, and the Girls of Revolution Street have pledged to take to the streets of Iran in a nonviolent protest. Using the hashtags #GirlsOfRevolutionStreet ...

The Iranian diaspora is large, including those who fled soon after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and later waves who left because of continued repression or economic woes. More than half a million ...

The history of Iran in decades has not seen any such movement as the present one. Have a look at the series of events that led to the revolution. Mahsa Amini was a young, 22-year-old, Iranian ...