Born in 1962 in Najaf, Iraq, Tabrizian is a high-ranked Shi’a cleric (an ayatollah) and a graduate of major Shi’a seminaries. Although he is currently the most prominent figure in Islamic medicine in ...

SMU professor writes that the best policy choice for the Trump administration and Iran is to empower the Iranian people while ...

They crossed oceans to get to the U.S., fleeing conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in ...

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.” ...

In 41 BC, Cleopatra hosted a dinner to celebrate the Roman leader Mark Antony, who was a well-known party animal. Twelve ...

Amir Nojan is a world-renowned setar player whose San Jose apartment doubles as a museum showcasing rare Iranian instruments.

An Emirati diplomat earlier identified by Tehran as carrying a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump seeking to jump-start ...

Prosecutors say figures in Tehran hired two men to kill Masih Alinejad, a journalist who had criticized Iran’s head scarf ...

A prosecutor has told jurors that two defendants were hired guns for the government of Iran in a plot to assassinate an ...

The Iranian government wanted to kidnap and kill dissident journalist Masih Alinejad for shining a light on the regime’s ...

By Liz Kimbrough A new-to-science species of praying mantis found in Iran has been named as a symbol of universal freedom.

Prosecutors say the men helped direct a murder-for-hire scheme aimed at Masih Alinejad. The trial is expected to show Iran’s ...