Akbar Rafsanjani was a polarizing political figure

Picking up two awards at the Cannes film festival, for Best Screenplay and Best Actor (for Shahab Hosseini), Ashgar Farhadi’s latest movie ‘The Salesman’ tells the story of a middle-class couple who move into a new...

Jérémy Suyker

is a young French photographer.One can find examples of his work in National Geographic and Time. His latest collection of work focuses on Tehran:“My job is to present a different perspective of a country,...

British Airways is resuming direct flights from London to Tehran which the airline has called “an important destination”.



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Niece of Homa Hoodfar speaks<br/>
Amanda Ghahremani talks about her meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion

Concordia University anthropology professor Homa Hoodfar has been arrested in Iran, and is being held in Tehran's infamous Evin prison, her family says.

Iran presented two films at Cannes this year ‘The Salesman’ by Asghar Farhardi in competition for the Palme d’Or and ‘Inversion’ by

Behnam Behzadi in Un Certain Reg

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It is the story of Nilofar a...

Iran’s refusal to take part in the capping of oil output doomed the Doha deal as Tehran pushes ahead with plans to increase the amount of crude it pumps.



The Iranians insist they are justified in not freezing output...

Oil prices continue to gyrate as traders watch to see whether a production freeze can be negotiated between OPEC and other countries.



The cost of crude fell on Monday as the Russian energy minister Alexander Novak...

Oil has dipped below the 30 dollar a barrel price. That represented a drop of 4.5 percent which means it has tumbled a massive 70 percent in the past eighteen months.



Friday’s fall comes amid growing concern for...

Ban Ki-moon calls break in ties 'deeply worrying,' says spokesman

Tehran rejects mediation to reverse its response to Haniyeh's killing, as Jordan attempts to de-escalate the risk of regional conflict.

Israel says it killed Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif in a July airstrike inside Gaza, calling him one of organizers of the deadly Oct. 7 attacks. This comes amid growing fears of an all-out regional war after the recent killings of...

Haniyeh’s body is being carried through Tehran towards Azadi Square before being flown to Qatar for burial.

Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Tehran for the funeral of assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led the funeral prayers.

Enrique Mora, the deputy secretary general of the European External Action Service (EEAS), attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's new president.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran Wednesday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Hamas is blaming Israel.

Ismail Haniyeh, one of the most senior Hamas leaders, was assassinated in Iran on Wednesday, said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Hamas has accused Israel of killing Haniyeh, who was a key figure in ceasefire negotiations between Hamas...

The National’s Adrienne Arsenault asks Middle east experts Aaron David Miller and Khaled Elgindy to break down how deadly attacks on Hamas and Hezbollah leaders could impact ceasefire negotiations with Israel and the possibility of a...

Hamas and Iran have promised to retaliate for the killing of Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Hamas and Iran blame Israel for the deadly attack, but Israel has not claimed direct responsibility.

Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran’s capital, Tehran, according to a statement from the group that governs Gaza.

The killing of Haniyeh comes hours after an Israeli strike on Lebanon's capital Beirut.

Why many Iranian's think their new President has given them some hope for their economic future.

Voters are still casting their ballots in the presidential run-off as Iran extends voting hours.