London-based Persian-language channel Iran International reported that a new anonymous poll conducted in Iran reveals that 9 ...

The large crowd of men congregated at the center of a mosque in the central city of Yazd, Iran, clad in black and beating their chests rhythmically in unison. They were commemorating Ashura, Shiite ...

(Open Doors) — The quickest way to know if Iran is serious about either nuclear compliance or religious freedom is to tie the two issues together. During the 2016 campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. A woman in Istanbul, Turkey holds up a drawing of Mahsa Amini during an Oct. 2, 2022 ...

Unable to change the outcome of battle, the Islamic Republic moved quickly after the June 24 ceasefire to reassert its authority at home.

Iran’s government is continuing its misinformation campaign against minority religions, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in a new report Monday. The commission, a ...

This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. Subscribe to Undertones. “It’s a basic human right to be able to feel the wind in your hair,” Nafisak, who now ...

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia mosque is asking the Biden administration to release a set of religious tiles that were confiscated at Dulles International Airport. MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — A ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the Baha'i community in Iran are the most persecuted religious minority in the Islamic Republic, where suppression of alternative faiths is growing worse, U.N. special ...

Iranian Muslims respect Jews who pray regularly, fast, abstain from certain foods and believe in the messiah, a local cantor and educator said at an online event. (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Since the tragic death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last month, two other young women in ...

A woman in Istanbul, Turkey holds up a drawing of Mahsa Amini during an Oct. 2, 2022 protest against Amini’s death in Iran. Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets in recent weeks to protest ...