Local residents told the Tehran Times they have launched civic initiatives and signed a petition urging authorities to pursue international recognition for Shushtar’s historic fabric, described as one ...

Located in Khuzestan, Iran, this system was made to direct river water to towns and farms. Without machines, only with stone and planning. We now look like fools: UDA MP cries foul over Ndindi Nyoro's ...

On a serene plain in southwestern Iran, the stepped ziggurat of Tchogha Zanbil has stood for more than 3,500 years, making it the best-preserved ziggurat outside Mesopotamia and one of the rare ...

Tehran, Iran – Protests and strikes have spread across Iran over the past week amid a rapid economic decline and grievances over multiple ongoing crises. Shopkeepers took to the streets and closed ...

Iran’s complex demographic tapestry is both a strength and a central challenge for the country. The Kurds in the northwest, the Baluchis in the southeast, the Ahwazi Arabs in Khuzestan, and the Azeris ...

Chogha Zanbil was first spotted from a surveillance airplane in 1935. The excavated complex was discovered to be one of the few ziggurats built outside Mesopotamia. The ruins of the ancient Elamite ...

While markets appeared barely fazed by the fate of Venezuela's oil industry, they are considerably more nervous about the potential impact of internal unrest and foreign escalation when it comes to ...

Ph.D. Researcher, International Security and Foreign Policy, Virginia Tech When Iran’s ongoing protests began in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on Dec. 28, 2025, the government initially treated them as ...

Several people were killed during unrest in Iran, Iranian media and rights groups said on Thursday, as the biggest protests to hit the Islamic Republic for three years over worsening economic ...

As protesters pour into the streets of Iran night after night, leaders across the region and around the world are grappling with the possibility that the Islamic Republic could be overthrown — a ...

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