I was trying to get into her life,” Khalid Mehdiyev said of targeting activist Masih Alinejad. “I was trying to get the easy way to kill her.” ...

Produced and smuggled out of Iran, 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' has profound intensity and a family oriented political story ...

Reyes explained that while millennials often prioritize "flattering" clothing that enhances their silhouette, Gen Z is more interested in pieces that are "interesting" rather than conventionally ...

The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” an Oscar-nominated movie filmed in secret in Iran, highlights the Iranian film world’s ...

The two "also discussed reducing Iran's malign influence and continuing efforts to prevent ISIS from resurging and destabilizing the broader region," the spokesperson added. In a statement about the ...

VIENNA—Iran has sharply increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in recent weeks, according to a confidential United Nations report, as Tehran amasses a critical raw material for ...

The U.S. is ratcheting up sanctions targeting Iran’s oil supply chain, continuing the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign to effectively blockade the country’s petroleum ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The sanctions target oil brokers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Hong Kong, tanker operators and mangers in India and China, the head of Iran's National Iranian Oil Company ...

Iran executed as many as 975 people last year in a “horrifying escalation” of the use of the death penalty, human rights groups claimed on Thursday. The data "reveals a horrifying escalation ...

A group of civil rights activists and supporters of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign gathered outside Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday night, chanting slogans against capital ...

A spokesperson for the UK’s Foreign Office said Tuesday: “We are deeply concerned by reports that two British nationals have been charged with espionage in Iran. We continue to raise this case ...