Iran

Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi, who took part in an international climbing competition without wearing a hijab, returned to Tehran on Wednesday to a hero's welcome. A large crowd at Tehran airport greeted her as she arrived from Seoul, South Korea...

Ukraine's capital Kyiv has been hit by at least four explosions with President Volodymyr Zelensky blaming "kamikaze drones" sent by Russia. Zelensky said that Russia’s barrage of drone and missile attacks across his country would not “break” Ukrainians. “All night and...

The European Union (EU) has agreed on sanctions against Iran over the increasingly violent crackdowns against protesters. The commission announced the decision today, and foreign ministers plan to adopt them starting next Monday when they have been made official. “Now is...

An artist dyed Tehran's water fountains a blood red colour, in protest of the regime's violence against demonstrators for women's rights.

Security personnel in Iran have reportedly shot and killed a 23-year-old Iranian woman who gained recognition in a video last week as she joined the anti-hijab protests. On Sunday, Iranian journalist Farzad Seifikaran reported that Najafi Hadis was killed on Wednesday...

Political anger with Iran over the death of Masha Amini has raised its ugly head once more in the public sphere. This time, it was when CNN’s Christiane Amanpour refused to wear a hijab for an interview with Iranian...

The escalating anti-hijab protests in Iran emanating from the death of a young woman upon detention by morality police have witnessed women in the lead as they resort to burning headscarves. Since the death of Mahsa Amini in hospital on...

NATO member Turkey recently signaled its intention to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a regional grouping led by Russia and China. Iran has also applied to join the group. “Our relations with these countries will be moved to a...

Iran has sentenced two LGBT activists to death, human rights groups reported on Tuesday. A court in Urmia found Zahra Seddiqi Hamedani, 31, and Elham Choubdar, 24, guilty of "corruption on Earth." The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reported that they were accused...

Greek-American Representatives Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) slammed the trilateral meeting between Erdogan, Putin, and Raisi earlier in the week in Tehran. In a bipartisan statement, the two Greek-American politicians noted that "one picture is worth 1,000 words." They...