The passion for making reels landed two girls in serious trouble in Iran. In Tehran, a video of two girls dancing at a war ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL's Iran correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition I'm ...

Children’s experience and tense family drama have been at the heart of many of the greatest Iranian films. Ahead of the release of the Oscar-nominated thriller The Seed of the Sacred Fig, we recommend ...

Iranian media is reporting that Iran's Supreme Court has sentenced the musician to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief An Iranian court has reportedly ...

TWO teenage girls have been arrested by Iran's chilling morality police for dancing together in public. Tehran's twisted laws mean the duo could now face prison time after draconian officials ...

In Iran, girls are legally required to wear the hijab when they hit puberty, but parents often have their much younger daughters photographed wearing a scarf so that the photo can be used for years.

Ms. Sala, 29, had not traveled to Iran since 2021, before an uprising led by women and girls demanded an end to clerical rule. So she took a plane to Tehran, the capital. “I wanted to see with ...

It is officially Girl Scout Cookie season, and we’ve become professional cookie critics and ranked our top five favorite ...

Alexander the Great established himself as Emperor of Asia and urged his generals to marry Persian women in the Susa weddings.

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Foreign Ministry and judiciary have confirmed that Iranian national Mohammad Abedini, who was arrested in Italy at the behest of the United States, has been released.