The Islamic Republic has a history of targeting minority ethnic groups, especially the Kurds, when it feels threatened.

Some parts of it were what you might call “visibly invisible”: Everyone in Tehran knows about Evin Prison, perched on the ...

The country has domestic sources of uranium. Its largest mine is at Saghand, in east-central Iran. But mined uranium is ...

Other estimates have put the number of missing people, typically defined as those who are dead under the rubble of Gaza, much ...

After the U.S. joined the conflict between Israel and Iran, striking three nuclear enrichment sites in Iran in June 2025, ...

Ahmad Ahmadian, executive director at the nonprofit Holistic Resilience, has been working with other organizations to keep Iranians connected to international internet for things like early warning ...

"We should pay attention to this in our policy discussions," a former U.S. Central Command chief told Newsweek.

CCTV footage authenticated by BBC Verify, also shared by Iranian media and Israel’s foreign minister Giden Sa’ar, shows a ...

Iran is predominantly Shia Muslim, making up about 90 percent of the population, while Sunni Muslims and other Muslim sects ...

As tensions between global powers escalate and fears of World War 3 grow, a chilling nuclear bomb simulator shows just how ...

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Sunday they had also targeted central Israel’s Jaffa with several ballistic missiles in the past 24 hours, the first time an ally of Iran has joined the fray.