Essential reads on the politics and history of the country’s Islamic regime since the revolution and fall of the Shah in 1979 ...

Most people refer to the 1979 hijacking of Iran by extremist ayatollahs as the Islamic Revolution. I like to refer to it as ...

New York University Middle East and Islamic studies Prof. Arang Keshavarzian presented his book, “Making Space for the Gulf: ...

Scott Anderson turns the fall of Iran’s last shah into a political thriller, revealing how unchecked power and historical ...

James M. Gustafson is Associate Professor of History and Chair of International Studies at Indiana State University. Speaking ...

In 1941, the Allied forces of Britain and the Soviet Union invaded and occupied neutral Iran and forced Reza Shah to abdicate ...

I visited the Shah’s Iran in 1975 as a young girl, and it felt tolerant, elegant and modern. My parents and I were travelling ...

Cinema has been a part of Iran for nearly its entire history. Though the work of Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi is no longer extant ...

The tremors emanating from Iran today extend far beyond Tehran’s streets. What began as widespread domestic protests has ...

TEHRAN – The Persian translation of the book “Iran After the Mongols” has been released in the Iranian book market.

Will President Donald Trump make the same mistakes the Carter administration did in dealing with Iran? Let's hope not.

Iran’s crown jewels are not just symbols of past monarchy but active financial assets. Stored beneath Tehran’s Central Bank, ...