We must highlight the awful stance of the White House towards so many competing nations, but also the hypocrisy of leaders who acquiesce, says MP Jeremy Corbyn

Her voice was marked by shock and disbelief: Rafi-Nia Synagogue had been destroyed by an Israeli missile strike. I was stunned. How could a small, modest, almost invisible building tucked away in a de...

Four scholars on the consequences of U.S. and Israeli aggression, reactions from Iran and the Iranian diaspora, and the warped analysis that pervades U.S. media.

Over three billion people inhabit the Indian Ocean rim and yet the decisive power in its waters lay with an external, unaccountable hegemon in Washington. How did the Indian Ocean become a geography o...

The director of an art center in Tehran on life under U.S.-Israeli bombardment.

The late Iranian Supreme Leader suppressed a determined grassroots struggle for self-determination—often with crushing violence.

“Our neighborhood was hit. But we are alive.” I woke up to this message from my friend in Iran. A message like that rearranges the meaning of language. Alive becomes a threshold, a daily confirmation,...

An interview with sociologist Asef Bayat on the U.S.-Israeli war, democratic opposition to the Islamic Republic, and the country’s uncertain future.

From bread lines to aid networks, how Iranians resisted Israel's 12 days of bombardment.

The war launched against Iran by the United States and Israel is a war of choice and of hubris. There is scarcely even...

An interview with sociologist Asef Bayat on the U.S.-Israeli war, democratic opposition to the Islamic Republic, and the country’s uncertain future.

An interview with sociologist Asef Bayat on the U.S.-Israeli war, democratic opposition to the Islamic Republic, and the country’s uncertain future.

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A young Iranian weighs the protests in his country, and traces the line between hope and despair, in an essay delivered through a frail WhatsApp connection

Both Trump and the Iranian government are treating Iranian protesters as political pawns.

The U.S.- and Israel-backed campaign positioning Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah, for regime change in Iran.

The U.S.- and Israel-backed campaign positioning Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah, for regime change in Iran.

Both Trump and the Iranian government are treating Iranian protesters as political pawns.

Blacking out communications and jamming signals have become tools of power worldwide, from Iran to Gaza and beyond. But blackouts do not erase events, they shape what can be proven, mourned, and acted...

The U.S.- and Israel-backed campaign positioning Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah, for regime change in Iran.

The genocide in Gaza has created new fault lines within the global Left. Friendships, families, relationships and solidarities have been cut through. For the Iranian Left, these fault lines have follo...

The Luli, also known as the Jugi or Mugat, are a community that lives across Central Asia, part of the wider Roma and Domari diaspora. They are ubiquitous in public spaces yet excluded from national n...

From Venezuela to Iran, the United States can always find ambitious would-be leaders willing to advocate regime change. But they don’t have their countries’ best interests in mind.

From bread lines to aid networks, how Iranians resisted Israel's 12 days of bombardment.

Farmers in the northern Indian region used to rely on snow and glacier meltwater, but the climate crisis is disrupting the water cycle – which means new ways of storing water are needed

Parviz Sabeti crafted an anonymous new life for his family – but now he faces a $225m lawsuit for atrocities committed in prisons in Tehran and elsewhere

The U.S.- and Israel-backed campaign positioning Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah, for regime change in Iran.

With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.

The University celebrates the success of area studies alumni, all the while erasing the programs that made those careers possible.

Archaeological Warfare in the West Bank