Hoda was so furious over Iran’s violent crackdown on protesters in January that she wanted the country’s security forces to be attacked as payback.

The killing of Iran’s tyrannical Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday in an unprecedented joint military attack by the US and Israel called Operation Epic Fury set off widespread celebrations from Iranians around the world — as President Trump said it would give them their “greatest chance” to “take back the country.

That won’t come down easily. The late 1990s were a fleeting moment of openness in Iran, which is how I got a visa. I was hopeful that the obvious quest then of many of Iran’s young people to join the world economy would eventually triumph over its leaders who had fixed those words into the wall.

Azar Nafisi's 2003 bestseller about reading forbidden books under Iran's regime has become a war document as Tehran faces bombardment, mass protests, and the assassination of its supreme leader in 2026.

The BBC visits the Iranian capital for the first time since authorities used unprecedented force to put down protests last month.

Pakistan, March 12 -- Tehran residents are navigating a daily existence marked by fear, uncertainty, and disruption as air strikes continue to affect the Iranian capital. AFP spoke to a woman in her 30s,

Inside a restored house in central Tehran, toys from every era, from ancient Persia to Soviet Russia and the United States. Inside a restored house in central Tehran, toys from every era, from ancient Persia to Soviet Russia and the United States, share ...

They say that fact can be stranger than fiction, but for fans of Apple TV’s Tehran, simply telling the two apart can be hard enough. Tehran, which premiered in 2020 and is currently filming its