If the U.S. pulls out of the Iran nuclear deal, how will the European countries currently doing business with Iran respond? NPR's Michel Martin asks...
Iranian-American Baquer Namazi, held in an Iranian prison for nearly two years, was released for four days due to poor health. His son, Babak, talks...
In 1958, professor Ehsan Yarshater began teaching at Columbia University in New York. He was part of a generation of Iranian academics who sought training...
Switzerland has decided to make a ban on nuclear power plants permanent. The country's cabinet has called for a gradual decommissioning of its five nuclear...
Israel will deploy tanks equipped with a new defense system along the Gaza border after Palestinian militants for the first time used a sophisticated, tank-piercing...
Israel's prime minister said Monday that newly leaked U.S. diplomatic memos provide clear proof that the Arab world agrees with his country's assessment that Iran...
Despite the social and political restrictions in Iran, a number of musical artists have emerged in the Islamic republic, particularly in the metal and hip-hop...
Reporter Jon Lee Anderson visited Iran, and spoke with members of the reform movement as well as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. His conclusion: Under intense pressure...
Limbert says that while the White House has made persistent efforts to change the tone of America's relationship with Iran, conflicts between the two nations...
It's no secret Iran has gone through dramatic political turmoil since last year's disputed presidential election. Less well-known is that Iran's economy is in trouble....
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of the June 12 presidential election. The results were disputed, however, by Ahmadinejad's main rival, Mir Hossein...
In January 2010, NPR will launch a year-long exploration of 50 great voices in recorded history. The series isn't an attempt to catalog the so-called...
NPR's Davar Iran Ardalan has received another e-mail from a contact in Iran -- a student who attends Tehran University. It describes a desperate situation...
This week, one of Iran's leading women's rights activist, Sussan Tahmasebi, stopped by NPR to speak to Scott Simon about Iran's upcoming Presidential elections. Watch...
"I was under severe psychological and mental pressure, although I was not physically tortured. The first few days, I was interrogated for several hours, from...
The Iranian leadership has finally given its first signal in response to President Obama's talk of engagement with Iran. It's anything but an olive branch....
