The Iranian government has exerted forceful control over its citizens since the Islamic Republic seized power nearly 50 years ago. The pop star Googoosh has firsthand experience of opposition to the ...

Iran has been here before. For decades the country has gone through cycles of protest and repression at the hands of the ...

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Iranians have been struggling with a near-total internet blackout for nearly two weeks. Authorities shut down internet access ...

As protests continue across Iran, the regime has responded with lethal force and an internet blackout. German-Iranian artist ...

Rapper Meraj Tehrani escaped deadly protests, describing machine gun massacres and bodies left as warnings in Iran.

US President Donald Trump has openly called for a change at the top of Iran’s leadership, saying the country can no longer progress under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as widespread public ...

"For four days, they have had their internet cut off, they have had their electricity cut off. They are in darkness, they are ...

UK rocker Yungblud has gone viral after launching into an expletive-laden rant in support of Iranian protesters.

Popular UK rock star Yungblud has gone viral after launching into an expletive-loaded rant during a concert on Tuesday night.

The 75-year-old pop star is part of a generation of Iranians in the diaspora who are watching, with bated breath, as their ...