Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an Oscar-nominated refugee, in a bittersweet harvest for his film The Seed of the Sacred Fig. The 52-year-old has previously probed the moral cost of his ...

Baha'is follow the teachings of Baha'u'llah, born in Iran in 1817, whom they consider a prophet and the founder of their monotheistic religion, which promotes unity and equality. Baha’u’llah ...

Iran’s supreme leader says that negotiations with America “are not intelligent, wise or honorable” after President Donald Trump floated nuclear talks with Tehran ...

J.T. Pinna and wife Kaira Grundig, owners of Half Moon Rondout Cafe in Kingston. Pinna’s podcast reaches millions. (Photo by Rokosz Most) With a glance. With a wince. With a scowl. With a shake of the ...

Steve Forbes lays out the tough and unflinching foreign policy stances that President Trump must enact in order to contain ...

President Trump’s desire to engage in negotiations is a turnabout from his first term, when he often derided former President ...

But Tehran has cultivated a new positive relationship with its Arab neighbours that sprang from the Saudi-Iran rapprochement brokered by China in 2023. Within Iran, a major shift has taken place. The ...

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Iran said it had arrested 13 adherents ... Its faithful see Baha'i as an independent religion and its more than five million followers are spread across more than 190 countries.

About 75% of Iran’s population are younger than 45, and all they’ve ever known is religion used as a ruthless ramrod of power. Countless anonymous martyrs died before social media was even invented.

They found that Iran treats the Bible as contraband and evidence of a crime, and vilifies Christians as members of a "sect" who are a threat to national security, leading to charges for ordinary ...

The group, which represents Bahai interests at the United Nations, expressed alarm over the escalating repression against one of Iran's largest non-Muslim religious ... that a main Bahai shrine ...

Iran needs to reach an understanding over its ... pressure strategy starting with a big sanctions package that hits major players in the oil industry, which could come as early as February.