By then, most of my friends and relatives had either been killed or had escaped the country to Pakistan or Iran. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That’s how Sima felt in England as her daughter claimed to be a Christian just days before they went back to Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was my second taarof in Iran, and this time Mom wasn’t around to help me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even in the pre-revolution Iran of the 1970s, higher education wasn't exactly a priority for women. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ve always wanted to see Iran. But my parents don’t want to risk it.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Nowadays the Muslims who live in Iran and Afghanistan are the Shiites, and in Oklahoma, they call them the fundamentalists. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I would have christened it, but the sale of alcohol was illegal in Iran, so there was no bottle of champagne to smash upon its blue hull. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In Not Without My Daughter, Sally Field plays an American woman trapped in Iran with a psycho husband who won’t allow her to leave the country with their young daughter. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

They've now lived in the States longer than they lived in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Back home, it meant a tie too, but no one wore ties in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We didn’t cover the history of Ping-Pong/table tennis in Iran during our Net Sports Unit in physical education, which now seemed like a ridiculous oversight. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Today, in Iran's urban areas, the great majority of the younger generation tend to meet their significant others on their own. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In Iran, if you convert from Islam to Christianity or Judaism, it’s a capital crime. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I would have gladly packed my bags and moved back to Iran just so I would never have to see Evan or Ben or Kia ever again. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, dwarfing the rates of nearly every developed country, even surpassing those in highly repressive regimes like Russia, China, and Iran. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

During the summer of '74, he returned to Iran to visit with family and take a break from his grueling schedule. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Those dates suggest domestication of emmer wheat in the Fertile Crescent, a conclusion supported by the fact that ancestral wild emmer wheat is confined to the area extending from Israel to western Iran and Turkey. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And even then, Mr. Abbas has to explain that every village in Iran has its own colors and patterns they’re famous for. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But if our application for permanent residency got denied by the government and we were shipped back to Iran, then Kia's citizenship status wouldn't make a difference. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I want to tell them that when I was three, Saddam was at war with Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I mourned the loss of my grandma, and wondered if I’d ever be able to travel to Iran to visit her grave. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even realize Iran used a different shoe sizing system. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Kind of ironic that today the United States would really love more democratic countries in the Middle East, and Iran was one, until the CIA got involved. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He'd helped to broker the Paris Agreement on climate change, brought tens of thousands of troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, and led the effort to effectively shut down Iran's nuclear program. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Abortion was, and still is, illegal in Iran, but women were either able to find medical practitioners willing to perform one or would take the back-alley route. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

No one at my high school knew much about Iran and mostly associated my culture with terrorism and magic carpets. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My birthday was April 2, which was the day before we left Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And now it’s over and I can go home, back to Iran and the goat. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Apparently, green eyes are common in Northern Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

By 642, the armies of Muslim conquerors, along with the arguments of the Muslim faithful, took the religion all across Syria, Iraq, parts of Iran, and Egypt. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

If we had stayed in Iran, I think Reza would have been my number one best friend. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Last month, Iran abandoned preconditions for resuming international negotiations over its nuclear programs that the West had considered unacceptable. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Again picking up the phone, he placed a call home to his apt, to Iran. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was all random stuff too: a particular kind of shampoo, or a face cream, or even Tylenol PM, which apparently you couldn’t buy in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It included North America south of the Rio Grande as well, and even Arabia and Iran in Asia. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I can bring up his face in my mind, but only because my mom had a picture of him in her shoebox while we were escaping Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to go on? There are battles coming up, remember? Sohrab leading his army to the White Castle in Iran? Should I read on?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So the point is that Iran is not the same country as Iraq. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was the people of Iran who were fed up with the monarchy, and they had good reason. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to get along in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In the car, my dad told stories of his travels, but not of Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They would live in Louisiana for the next two years; when my dad graduated from college, they returned to Iran, where they remained until their escape in 1982. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

One of my last memories of Iran is my dad coming home with a case of Orich candy bars a few weeks before we had to escape. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I'm sure my family in Iran wondered why I followed the same predictable script for every conversation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I thought about that: how Fariba Bahrami, who had lived in Iran her entire life, was in love with a band from Sweden. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The car drives on a dirt road through a desert in the middle of Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Iran down the front steps and stood in the middle of the street. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My father’s father—my grandfather—had been an architect in Iran, responsible for designing some of the country’s most beautiful buildings, and I could see that same kind of brain in my dad. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought I would feel different—transformed—by my trip to Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The earliest farming communities there in the seventh millennium B.C. utilized wheat, barley, and other crops that had been previously domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and that evidently spread to the Indus Valley through Iran. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Appearing beside him, her long nightgown trailing wispily, Iran shut off the TV set. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Outside Syria, lots of different countries are involved: Russia and the UK, Saudi Arabia and France, Iran, the United States. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Iran was also gaining allies in the Middle East, and the US government worried the country would become the sole power in the region, thus wielding far too much influence. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t shaved since we arrived in Iran, no doubt in an attempt to cultivate a rugged Iranian five-thirty shadow, and his chin scratched against the bridge of my nose. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My mom's upbringing in Iran seemed to permeate other areas of her life in America. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was at this moment—standing in front of the whole class for a presentation on Iran—that I knew for certain, he didn’t speak English. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He has to call them Turkish rugs, because it’s illegal in America to do business with Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And I kind of hated Mom and Dad for bringing me to Iran, knowing I’d have to say good-bye. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

No need to turn on the mood organ, Iran realized as she pressed the button which made the windows of the bedroom opaque. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Remember when I described the differences between Oklahoma toilets and the ones in Iran and how obviously better they are because squatting is good for flow and washing is good for hygiene? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was eating all the rosewater nougat my mom’s sister had sent her from Iran. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wondered if they had emissions tests in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe we would have been better off staying in Iran after all. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Iran did not notice him; the experience with Mercer had, as always, become complete. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Like I said, Dad and I only got along if we didn’t see each other that much, and the trip to Iran had already compromised our intermix ratio. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s often considered the national dish of Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had covered a lot of conflicts—including the Iran-Iraq war and the crises in Cambodia, Rwanda, and the Congo—and he had followed the plight of refugees in Sudan, Iran, India, and Pakistan. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

This was 1987, and Iran and Iraq were in the midst of their long and crippling war. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“You know, in Iran, boys don’t worry about these things so much.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

One such place is the Fertile Crescent, where the mountains of western Iran and the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, bracket the Tigris and Euphrates river systems. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Post-revolution, Iran had issued a new form of birth certificates, and we needed to secure replacements. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

"Like, they could send us back to Iran?" Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But the country was also formally called Persia until the government changed the name to Iran in 1935. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

So you may be from Iran, but you could be Kurdish instead of Persian. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Even though the Iran she knew as a teenager used to be more progressive, dating wasn't as widely accepted as it was in America. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We still had family in Iran, and we knew how complicated and difficult their lives were under the new regime. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Iran,” he said urgently; he drew her away from the empathy box. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know about growing up in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel like dialing anything at all now,” Iran said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They feared that Iran was never going to be the same again, and didn't want their children growing up without the freedoms they'd been afforded. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Was it wrong to go commando in Iran? Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But then something of the despair that Iran had been talking about tapped him on the shoulder and he said, “I don’t know; maybe it doesn’t make any difference.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

On Sunday, Iran and US played against each other in the World Cup. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When I had a dad, in Iran, we had a house and it was so beautiful. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

So I ate flatbread and cheese for breakfast, just like every other teenage boy in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If he stayed behind in Iran, they figured my mom would return to her husband. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“She told your mom I was going to spoil her. She said men in Iran don’t do dishes.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Those things were normal back home, but not in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t explain to them that no Iranian had yet committed an act of terror in the United States, nor had Iran invaded any other country in an unjust war. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Here’s what I know about our escape from Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There was no such thing as prom in Iran, and there would be no such thing as prom for me, either. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She had never once been to Iran, where her Persian mother and father had grown up. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Real talk: Iran has dealt with its fair share of strife and political unrest. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Iran said, “You look as if you’ve walked a hundred miles.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In their living room, at the empathy box, Iran swiftly snapped the switch, her face animated with growing gladness; it lit her up like a rising new crescent of moon. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The word Aryan used to mean noble—it’s an old Sanskrit word, and Mom says it’s actually the root word for Iran—but it means something different now. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

This is why the revolution in Iran happened. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

You are surrounded by as many Christians in Oklahoma as Muslims in Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Iran—To the Iranians’ way of thinking, Bobby was Jewish, and they had no interest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now he’s building a palace modeled on the one his friend the Shah has got in Iran. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never expressed it to my parents, but I dreaded the calls to Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“If they got divorced, and if she tried to kill him, and if he banished her from Iran, why did she keep his name?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The elevator, however, had come, and already Iran was trotting inside. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Green Movement was a political uprising in Iran that was ignited by the 2009 election. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

If you’re from Iran, imagine a big bathtub on a balcony, center stage, behind a pulpit, under a giant cross, and three grown men in white hospital gowns getting in. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

In Iran—especially in older homes—you were supposed to squat over the toilet instead of sitting on it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But really the rugs are from Iran, and they just ship them from Turkey, because Mr. Abbas is a man who takes pride in his work. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I don’t really know how to explain it. It’s...I just want you to be prepared. People in Iran don’t think about mental health the way we do back home.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They could have bided their time until the borders eventually reopened or gone through legal channels to get us green cards before we left Iran, but that would have likely taken years. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Far from being modern breadbaskets, they include areas ranking today as somewhat dry or ecologically degraded: Iraq and Iran, Mexico, the Andes, parts of China, and Africa’s Sahel zone. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The West might not be directly accountable for all of Iran's drama, but they definitely stirred the pot back in the early 1950s. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Iran said, “It certainly does cure my depression. Now we can admit to everybody that the sheep’s false.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In violation of United Nations resolutions, North Koreans have also sold rockets and nuclear weapons technology to countries including Iran and Syria, according to U.N. officials. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

My mom was from Southern California, but her parents were from Iran. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

According to Mom, Yazd is pretty much the dessert capital of Iran, and had been for thousands of years. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But en route to Iran, their dad married off my grandmother's fourteen-year-old sister against her will. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

What made him call Iran home, when he knew I was born and raised in Portland. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But when Khomeini came to power, he founded the Islamic Republic of Iran and introduced Islamic law to the country. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ancient Persia and Mesopotamia are now Iran and Iraq. jaguar. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mamani had gotten married at fifteen, became a widow at fifty-three, and spent the rest of her life on her own in an apartment in Mashhad, a city on the far eastern side of Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There has been a flare-up of malaria in Indonesia and Iran. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You made some bounty money today,” Iran said accusingly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In modern-day Iran, men and women aren’t technically allowed to celebrate in the same room together, but many are willing to break the law to cut a rug. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Each family's escape plan from Iran would have amounted to disastrous consequences if it didn't go as planned. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Even were he not to care himself, there remained his wife, and Iran did care. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even though some aspects of the country were more liberal in the 1970s, arranged marriages were actually more commonplace than they are in contemporary Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But three long months after we left Iran, my dad joined us in the Bay Area. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t have gotten it without me,” Iran gasped. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

After the overthrow of Mossadegh, public opinion in Iran was so against the Brits taking total control of the country's oil supply again that IOP was the United Kingdom's next best option. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was widely known for her intelligence, and she received her high school diploma at a time when education was not a priority for the female population in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It has been years since we left Iran—but I wonder about the candy bars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Why bring their kids to America, and not let them enjoy the freedoms they wouldn't have been permitted in Iran? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Or maybe you didn’t feel as compelled to have a career or follow your passions in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Anyway in Iran when you go to someone’s house, they put out a spread with tea and sweets on a rug, and you sit together and the host should offer you the best stuff. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Count me out. I already know where to find Iran on a map and I have to look for my overnight bag.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Some aspects of Islamic law are observed in Iran's legal system, but today the country mostly operates under civil law, ratified by the parliament. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When Mom announced we were going to Iran, every Persian family in the Willamette Valley started calling her, asking if she could take something to Iran for a relative, or bring something back. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

What if they hadn’t had the guts to leave Iran and try to give us a better life in America? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t halal, which meant it was forbidden in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

So all of a sudden my mom had a six-year-old saying she was a Christian, which—if you didn’t know—was a crime in Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” Iran greeted him, busy in the kitchen with dinner. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Wolves walking down the mountains, into the dry thinning scalp of the middle of Iran, would be looking for juicy sheep. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It would be immoral not to fuse with Mercer in gratitude,” Iran said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In order to make that happen, I needed to send an updated passport photo to the Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was housed in the Pakistani embassy in Washington, DC. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When he got back to his own apartment building, Iran met him on the roof. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In 2011, she was hit by a car on one of her strolls in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His hands numb, he guided the hovercar up into the sky and headed for his apartment and Iran. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He closed the car door, flicked a signal with his hand to Iran, and then swept up into the night sky. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But now he had begun to sense, for the first time, the value that people such as Iran obtained from Mercerism. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Get your crude cop’s hand away,” Iran said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Laleh told us how her teacher had googled pictures of Iran to show the class where Laleh was going, which I thought was pretty cool. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They have traveled a bit of the world together, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Iran. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He told his daughters they were merely going to Iran to visit family, so both girls mistakenly thought they'd be returning to their lives at school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It didn’t get sick. Someone”—Iran cleared her throat and went on huskily—“someone came here, got the goat out of its cage, and dragged it to the edge of the roof.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

His fields stretched from northern Iran into Azerbaijan, which, at the time, was a part of the Russian Empire. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Hamas! Terrorism! Is Iran complicit? Talking points will be on the board! Have fun!” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In Iran, when a guest comes, you tell them they may be angels, they are welcome and the whole house is filled with the joy of their presence. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Yes, my sin—my greater sin...and even my greatest sin is that I nationalized Iran’s oil industry and discarded the system of political and economic exploitation by the world’s greatest empire. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I remember begging Baba to take us to Iran so we could meet John Wayne. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

How could I have predicted I would make a friend in Iran? Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Disgraced, he packed his things and boarded a bus to Iran, never to be seen or heard from again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Well, Mehrdad woke up one day and decided that he wanted his nieces and nephews to grow up as close to each other as he was with his cousins in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

To the Shiite Muslims of Iran, the sayyed were religiously important because the blood in their veins was Muhammad’s, and the blood in his was God’s. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Not only did she barely speak the language, but she'd also never spent much time outside of Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The short-term wins for the United States and United Kingdom included regaining limited access to Iran's oil by having a stake in a holding company called Iranian Oil Participants, or IOP. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the back of their minds, I know they hoped the unrest in Iran would settle down, and we might be able to return to the country before our US visitor's visas expired. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now, in her bed, his wife Iran opened her gray, unmerry eyes, blinked, then groaned and shut her eyes again. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he was thirty-one, he piloted a flight to northern Iran to pick up a high-ranking official. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He followed after Iran, in the direction of the elevator. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Iran said in an odd little voice, “‘My life is love and pleasure.’ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“One flight going to Dubai had some kind of leak, so they landed in Iran first for repairs. Totally unscheduled.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

While the United States is on the Gregorian calendar, Iran uses the Solar Hijri calendar. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In Muslim Iran, it would be a scandal for a man to spend any time alone with a woman, even in a library, but Ellie was a governor’s wife and not always obedient. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I was worried what my life would look like if I had to say good-bye to my friends and move back to Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

First, we moved to America on a visitor’s visa to escape Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Do you remember the part where I said Iran and Iraq had been at war when I was a kid and when Saddam’s planes bombed our city, I was just a baby? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

In Iran the number one snack is fruit leather made by humans. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

In our day and age, you might give a cop-out excuse like "The heart wants what it wants," but keep in mind this was Iran in the 1940s. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It would all work out and no one would have to go back to Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Back in Iran, nose jobs were a sign of wealth and privilege. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was probably one of the oldest undergraduates at college, but he joined the military after high school in Iran and didn't move to Baton Rouge until his early twenties. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But his main claim to fame was that he nationalized Iran's oil industry. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But then I stumbled upon old photographs of her in Iran, pre-nose job. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The text used virtually no Arabic, in subtle protest of the Arab conquests of Iran in the seventh century. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have soldiers in Iran,” said Mrs. Miller. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I've learned not to take democracy or my vote for granted, especially having seen how elections brought on tumultuous times in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But why let the Brits instead of Iranians profit off of Iran's most lucrative industry? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in a village in Iran, or Edmond, Oklahoma, a dog and a cat will have such a vicious fight that both of them are changed forever. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

After Iran's revolution, the new regime was pushing hostile propaganda against the West. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I heard they already have it in Iran,” he said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ayatollah Khamenei was Iran’s Supreme Cleric: the absolute religious and governmental authority. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I thought of you and the youth of Iran while marching the streets of my own city, chanting “This is democracy.” Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, my real dad walked out of the tunnel from Iran into the middle of Oklahoma. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There was only one problem: the borders were closed and no one was permitted to leave Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The bathrooms in Iran are so different that when I told Mrs. Miller’s class about them, it was a disaster. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They, the Kurds, live in the hill country between Iran and Iraq. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And my sister said, “Yeah,” even though she had no idea who Jesus was or what he looked like, because we didn’t have pictures of him in Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“The many forms of militancy — from the venomous Sunni creed of Al Qaeda to the punitive Shiite theocracy in Iran — have proven costly, unproductive and ultimately unappealing.” Books of The Times: Upheaval and Hope in a Land of Turmoil 2011-08-01T23:00:10Z

Norman Howe, president of the luxury tour operator Butterfield & Robinson, said inquiries about Iran began spiking the last few months. Sanctions Lifted, American Tourists Head to Iran 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

Amnesty said that since their detention, the activists – particularly the most prominent of the five, Mansoor – had been accused on satellite television and online of being religious extremists and foreign agents working for Iran. Comedians and writers lead Amnesty campaign to free jailed UAE activists 2011-08-07T14:34:43Z

Reflecting on the Iran deal, one of the great career American diplomats of recent years, William Burns, reminds Farrow that “diplomacy was always going to produce something short of a perfect solution.” In His First Book, Ronan Farrow Laments the Decline of Diplomacy 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

In Iran, he was not going to let the Green Movement in the streets stand in the way of his efforts at a rapprochement with the country’s leaders. Books of The Times: ‘The Obamians,’ by James Mann 2012-07-09T14:15:28Z

The Fars news agency in Iran condemned the video, saying it showed “the hidden, disgusting face of cinema.” Golshifteh Farahani Continues to Rebel in ‘Patience Stone’ 2013-08-09T18:42:26Z

The result, the documentary The Iran Job, is currently playing in Los Angeles and opens in New York City on Oct. The Iran Job Director on Sneaking Into Iran to Follow an American Basketball Player 2012-10-11T12:00:23Z

Farhadi admitted that he felt "more secure" shooting outside Iran, free of external restrictions - but not of his own inner guidelines. Iran's Farhadi and China's Jia make Cannes splash 2013-05-17T19:20:16Z

“Tehran” centers on a computer hacker-agent undertaking her very first mission in Iran’s capital, which is also the place of her birth. With spy series ‘Tehran,’ Israelis reach out to an enemy 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z

They need to arrange visas for foreign travel or permits allowing them to perform in Iran. | 'No One Knows About Persian Cats': Indie Rock in Iran in Bahman Ghobadi?s New Work 2010-04-16T01:56:00Z

Over three months in late 2008, he secretly shot a 68-minute film, Iran: Voices of the Unheard, about the government's least favourite subject: secular Iranians' desire for freedom. A chance to hear Iran's Voices of the Unheard | Rachel Aspden 2010-03-19T10:24:00Z

My parents emigrated from Iran, and my siblings and I were born here. Modern Love: Modern Love - Providing Comfort When a Cure Is Out of Reach 2012-12-13T18:08:15Z

In fact, Obama spoke eloquently about how the work he did in the early part of his administration on things like Iran, health care, and climate change is finally paying off. Barack Obama on The Daily Show: two old masters look to their legacies 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Some governments also censor the internet at a national level though the likes of authoritarian Iran, North Korea and China are not countries liberal Iceland wants to emulate. Iceland seeks internet pornography ban 2013-02-25T09:13:52Z

His fourth novel, “The Satanic Verses,” inspired the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran to issue a fatwa in 1989 calling for his assassination. Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

“I never expected to see such beautiful girls from Iran,” Andrei Kanaikin, 29, an computer specialist said about Iranian female fans, who are banned from attending matches back home. For Russia's smallest World Cup city, moment of fame over too soon 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

It was first unveiled as President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt prepared to visit Iran, so perhaps it was also intended to impress this foreign leader. Iran's self-aggrandising 'fake' fighter plane and a history of doctored photos 2013-02-13T12:22:04Z

Saudi Arabia and Iran vie for influence across the Middle East. The Future of Energy 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

Some are imported from neighboring countries, such as Iran and Pakistan, but traders said business was down, with few birds being imported these days. Wings of joy: Kabul's bird market brings comfort to war-weary Afghans 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

Jarrett was born in Iran to parents of European and African-American descent. TV's Roseanne says tweet 'cost me everything' but wasn't racist 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

He was a relatively unknown young pop singer who had been eliminated in the final round of Iran’s version of “American Idol.” ‘Baraye,’ the Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement, Wins a Grammy 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

This includes, it seems, setting a honey trap for an Iranian government official and then using him to convince Saul that Iran is engaged in a nuclear arms deal with North Korea. ‘Homeland,’ Season 6, Episode 3: Quinn and Carrie, Please Work Out Your Issues 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

The event also plans to honour the dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi with a career retrospective and a panel discussion on censorship in Iran. Coriolanus in Berlin 2011-01-19T20:20:07Z

Gore Vidal lucidly describes the C.I.A.-sponsored coup that ousted Mohammad Mosaddegh, the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, in 1953. Movie Review: ‘Valentino’s Ghost,’ a Documentary by Michael Singh 2013-05-16T22:47:11Z

“We allege a group, backed by the Iranian government, conspired to kidnap a U.S. based journalist here on our soil and forcibly return her to Iran. Not on our watch,” he said. Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap US journalist, 4 others 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

"Of course one of the important issues is Iran," Netanyahu added in response to a question. Netanyahu surprise gives Israel grand coalition 2012-05-08T12:15:11Z

I filmed him, and at the end of the interview he said, "This interview was a really bad idea, but come to Iran." Juliette Binoche on her new Tuscan-seductress role 2011-03-12T22:01:00Z

Geramifard's next project is a film, Cyber Revolution, about one of the main drivers of the "green movement" of anti-government protesters – Iran's new wave of political bloggers, Twitter users and online activists. A chance to hear Iran's Voices of the Unheard | Rachel Aspden 2010-03-19T10:24:00Z

In 2003 he returned to the UK to promote Crimson Gold, his harsh, neo-realist account of a disturbed pizza delivery man; a film that was gripping and more openly critical of life in Iran. Cannes alerted the world, but Jafar Panahi's freedom is all his own 2010-05-26T09:24:00Z

“You ask me why I am interested in Iran, well, it’s because it was the center of the world,” Mr. Cuny said. Persian Collections at Louvre Are Worth the Journey 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

He was with the quartet on its 1958 State Department-sponsored tour that took the group to 14 countries, including Poland, India, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello dies at 82 2011-03-13T23:46:04Z

She is vulnerable, soft, and her femininity informs every action she takes in Iran. ‘Tehran’ Is the Latest Israeli Thriller, Emphasis on Thrills 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

Growing up in Iran, Sharifi saw manna doled out as a cure for upset stomachs and other common ailments. Is this biblical food the next foodie fad? This chef thinks so. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

In the period between 9/11 and the election of President Trump, she lives in Turkey and travels to Greece, Egypt, Afghanistan, Iran and the Mississippi Delta. A Journalist Abroad Grapples With American Power 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

A Separation: Asghar Farhadi’s complex domestic drama, the most recent movie on the list, is from the fertile film industry of Iran. Secrets of the New All-TIME 100 Movies List 2012-05-17T10:00:44Z

"I was asked to volunteer in October 1978 and things in Iran were already pretty bad," he explains. The truth behind Affleck's Argo 2013-01-14T00:55:56Z

Alan Gilbert’s tenure as music director of the New York Philharmonic culminates next month with a “Concert for Unity” that will involve musicians from around the world, including Iran and Israel, China and Cuba. Review: An ‘Ode to Joy’ Troubled by Holocaust Memories 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

The flat-faced favorite of fanciers would be the first Iranian visitor to space after the possibly-fake space monkey that Iran insists returned safely from near space a few months back. Iran’s next move: Send a Persian cat to space 2013-09-16T18:10:00Z

He’d like to see a beefed-up air and naval presence in the Persian Gulf to thwart Iran. Review: ‘The Big Stick’ Argues for a Robust Military Role Abroad 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z

Opium is still the most abused drug in Iran, according to official statistics. Methamphetamine use soars in Iran as lifestyles speed up 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

Simin Behbahani, a prizewinning poet known as “the lioness of Iran” for deftly combining classical Persian verse forms, poignant emotion and courageous social protest, died on Tuesday in Tehran. Simin Behbahani, Outspoken Iranian Poet, Dies at 87 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian was arrested in Iran last July with his wife, who also is a journalist. Journalists can face danger, hardships when reporting from overseas 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

It looks, for now, like going to Iran will be impossible. Midway Through His Year, Our 52 Places Traveler Answers Readers’ Questions 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

International sanctions and a cult of administrative incompetence have choked off Iran's revenue and destroyed its currency and credit. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-01T17:30:02Z

Played out against the backdrop of the 1979 hostage crisis, Argo spins the account of a joint Hollywood-CIA mission to spring six imperiled Americans from revolutionary Iran, using a fake movie production as a decoy. Oscars 2013: Argo wins best picture 2013-02-25T04:55:00Z

Then I connected myself and own experience of life in Iran as a woman to those journalists and this journalist and then I found her motivation. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

“She bought it when she visited her family in Iran.” A Single Mom Escapes the Friend Zone, One Non-Date at a Time 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

Embassy, to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, and to shutter a Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington. Are Jared and Ivanka Good for the Jews? 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

Four short years after taking that leap, he found himself sitting across from President Obama to discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal. 8 Professional Mistakes Millennials Make 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

SAT Cultural and history of Iran, performances, visual arts, activities, food, games, bazaar, Persian tea house, poetry, author appearances, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-06-27T21:26:24Z

The pals are seen mixing work with Rodeo Drive shopping sprees and club-hopping, not somber discussions about whether Iran is developing nuclear weapons. Iranian-Americans get the reality TV treatment 2012-03-10T18:31:05Z

The four friends don’t visit Iran, alas, where they might have seen some Muslim women fighting the powers that be; they don’t even make it to the real United Arab Emirates. Film: Un-Innocents Abroad: The Drubbing 2010-06-02T22:04:00Z

As a woman from Iran who carried shame about her country of birth for four decades, watching the widespread protests turn into a feminist revolution in Iran has raised feelings I thought were deeply buried. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

Nazila Fathi’s account of the turbulent years she spent in Iran as a child, a woman and a professional journalist is a personal story. Nazila Fathi’s ‘The Lonely War’ Is a Memoir of Iran 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

On Nov. 4, 1979, a 444-day international crisis began when student activists from Iran stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took more than 60 Americans hostage. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Hostages’ 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z

In June 2019, Iran had shot down an unmanned American drone, and Bolton, who has always championed what he proudly calls “disproportionate response,” pushed Trump to approve a series of military strikes in retaliation. In ‘The Room Where It Happened,’ John Bolton Dumps His Notes and Smites His Enemies 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

An exhibition of international street art in Portugal, examining the role of women in modern Iran through the paintings of Afshin Pirhashemi - and more from the world of arts. Street art, indoors - and other arts stories 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

It's so hard to say because we have a president who has tried to do whatever he could to instigate some kind of war or power struggle with Iran today. "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

After returning to England soon after, he found work with an Arab bank-note company and spent a year in Iran as its representative. Denys Johnson-Davies, Translator of Arab Writers, Is Dead at 94 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

In what later became known as the Canadian Caper, Mendez had the notion of “casting” the six Americans as crew members on a Hollywood sci-fi fantasy that was shooting in Iran. Ben Affleck's Argo: Can a Fake Movie Save Real Lives? 2012-10-11T12:00:13Z

The song has become the anthem of protests that have swept through Iran in recent months, evoking grief, anger, hope and a yearning for change. ‘Baraye,’ the Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement, Wins a Grammy 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

Netanyahu was speaking against the emerging nuclear deal President Obama is pursuing with Iran. Watch Jon Stewart Comapre Republicans' Welcome of Israeli Leader to a Sex Act 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

Co-presenters the Kennedy Center and Classical Movements address themes of migration and identity with performers from France, Mongolia, Iran and other countries. The best classical concerts of summer 2019 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

The United States urged Iran to grant Hekmati access to legal counsel and to release him without delay. Iran dismisses execution sentence on U.S.-Iranian national 2012-03-05T13:18:06Z

Q: What do you make of the situation in Iran now? Former spy talks "Argo," and Iran rescue mission 2012-10-12T15:03:31Z

But just as Cindy is getting comfortable in her new home, Iran is rocked by a revolution, and Americans are taken hostage. KidsPost Summer Book Club: ‘It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel’ 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Parzinger said that he was “disappointed, but not too much” because “inside Iran there was a discussion which never happened before” on loaning artworks to the West. Berlin Cancels Rare Show of Modern Art from Tehran Museum 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

The other sees him as a weak-willed peacenik ready to cave to Iran and North Korea, and whose best friends are in the Kremlin. DC's 'reservoir dogs' attack Chuck Hagel with oxymoronic ads 2013-01-24T21:32:43Z

The daughter of a theater director and an actress-painter, she studied piano from the age of 5, starred in her first film in Iran at 14 and married at 20. Golshifteh Farahani Continues to Rebel in ‘Patience Stone’ 2013-08-09T18:42:26Z

When the Shah of Iran visited India in the 1950s, he was told that to visit Delhi without eating at Moti Mahal was like visiting Agra without seeing the Taj Mahal. The secrets to making two of India’s most famous dishes, from the family that invented them 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

"Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President" isn't just about music, but does touch on the Iran hostage situation, but also Carter's Peace Treaty with Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin. "Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President": A loving relationship to music that "cuts through politics" 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

An ethnic Kurd and journalist, the 36-year-old Boochani fled from Iran, eventually making his way by boat to Australia’s Christmas Island. Refugee’s overstay in New Zealand could fuel Aussie tensions 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

For those wishing to expand their culinary knowledge, or simply enjoy one of the most sophisticated cuisines in the world, Iran offers a wealth of culinary delights. A foodie tour of Iran: it's poetry on a plate 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

Iran says it is solely to generate power supply. U.S. exempts 11 countries from Iran sanctions; China, India exposed 2012-03-21T12:14:00Z

Our previous 15 days in Iran taught us not to be alarmed. New friendships narrow the Persian gulf 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

In addition to the New York run, the musical has had thousands of productions in more than 60 countries outside the United States, including Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Iran. ‘The Fantasticks’ Is Set to Close Off Broadway in June 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

Roeya, who is from Iran, told stories of the revolution and what it has meant for women. Just like a woman: I’m a feminist and I love Bob Dylan—even though I know I shouldn’t 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

The history of Iran presented in her book is not exactly objective but no matter, these books are funny and moving. Kamin Mohammadi's top 10 Iranian books 2011-07-20T11:07:13Z

His fame was briefly revived last year when his character was featured in the film “Argo,” the Oscar-winning account of the Iran hostage crisis. Rebirth of Book by Aide to Carter 2013-07-26T21:47:53Z

Her family moved to Israel in 1970 when she was eight but Rita remembers her childhood in Iran with fond nostalgia. Rita's music succeeds where diplomacy can't - getting Israel and Iran to agree 2012-07-13T14:17:54Z

“This very period in Iran represented a real opening up and connecting to the world,” she said. ArtsBeat: Asia Society to Present Modern Iranian Art 2013-07-28T22:16:35Z

Where the dialectic would next take Iran seemed obvious. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

Then, scene by scene, it lays bare the complexities of contemporary Iran. At New Directors/New Films, See the World Through Perceptive Filmmakers’ Eyes 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

Ms. Hayeri does not claim that her project represents the entirety of Iran. Lens Blog: Kiana Hayeri's Photos of Young Women in Iran 2012-05-29T15:12:25Z

This work's role in contributing to the wider public dialogue that is determining the future of Iran should not be underestimated. A Separation can't be divorced from Iranian politics 2011-07-05T12:13:51Z

And then I think when I mentioned my background, I said something along the lines of, "So the name Maz Jobrani. I was born in Iran." Muslim-American comics after 9/11: "I thought comedy was over, but it was more important than ever" 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

In your comedy you talk about your immigrant parents coming to America from Iran and how they acted when you were a kid. Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

When contacted last month by e-mail, the department noted its travel warning for Iran, which it updated on May 24. Update: Tour Iran? Operators Hope So 2013-08-29T20:15:15Z

In his speech at last week's festival, Makhmalbaf, dedicated his prize to all the people who struggled for peace between Iran, Israel and Palestine. Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf defends Israel visit after outcry 2013-07-16T18:20:33Z

Born in Tehran in the late 1920s, Pezeshkzad came of age at the start of Iran’s Pahlavi dynasty. Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

For a feature called Great True Hunts in True magazine, he traveled the globe on hunting expeditions with celebrities like the golf champion Sam Snead and the Shah of Iran. Robert Halmi, 90, Producer of TV Films, Dies 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Iran and Hezbollah also bombed the Israeli Embassy and Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1992 and 1994, claiming the lives of scores of civilians. Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

The mural in Red Hook is one of eight created in New York City, as well as one in London, as part of a campaign to protest human-rights violations in Iran. In Brooklyn, a Protest Mural Draws Its Own Protest 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

But soon, he would flee Tehran forever with the arrival of the Islamic Revolution, joining Iranian Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar in Paris and his National Resistance Movement of Iran. Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

He was an acclaimed and sometimes controversial songwriter in Iran who has lived in exile in the West after being sentenced, while abroad, to five years in prison for setting Quran verses to music. Review: Globalfest’s World Music for a Connected World 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

Being in America or Iran, it is not easy to be a woman. "The Persian Version" director on creating a film that is "playful in terms of sexuality" 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z

“I think that it is a shame that Iran is so cut off from the United States,” he said. Dara Khosrowshahi, Dad of Silicon Valley 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

But living in Iran, we are telling a story that takes place in a religious society in Mashhad, with this government. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Such has been the misrule of Iran by the theocratic thugs that overthrew him in 1979, however, that some Iranians regard their former royalty with nostalgia. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-09-21T07:00:00Z

But given the strained relations between the United States and Iran, it’s a representation worth noting, particularly since Dastan’s worth is finally measured by his more peaceable actions. | 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time': Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Kingsley Take Up Swords 2010-05-27T21:50:00Z

In Iran, he met with Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian mere weeks before Rezaian was arrested and detained for more than a year. How Anthony Bourdain went from CNN’s biggest risk to its most unexpected star 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

Wiesner: This year we are proud to welcome for the first time in Los Angeles exhibitors from Australia, Belgium, Iran and Switzerland. Paris Photo, Photo Independent fairs hit Hollywood this weekend 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

Around the early aughts, she began to dream of returning to Iran. Najmieh Batmanglij is the grande dame of Iranian cooking. It’s time you knew her name. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

"Argo" is based on the true story of a CIA agent who develops a risky plan to rescue U.S. government employees during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Thriller "Taken 2" earns second box office win 2012-10-14T16:06:44Z

Leaving Iran was not the young musicians' ultimate goal though. Beating the ban 2010-03-25T08:04:00Z

In January 1981, the United States and Iran finally reached an agreement to free the remaining 52. The 444-day Iran hostage crisis began 37 years ago 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

The Shah of Iran left the country, eventually arriving in New York for medical treatment. "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

The United States reimposed sanctions on Iran last year, barring countries from importing its oil. Factbox: Turkey's Russian missile deal strains ties with Washington 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

They are all part of the general Hellenizing trend that continued for several centuries across the Iranian world — as it did in the Semitic lands between Iran and the Mediterranean. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z

Anthony Bourdain's television travelogue "Parts Unknown" goes to Iran to discover how people live behind the geopolitical smoke screen and to small-town Massachusetts to chronicle the heroin scourge. In 'Parts Unknown,' Anthony Bourdain is not a man on a mission 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

Iran countered the Danish Mohammed cartoons with their own joking about the Holocaust. Scarfe's Netanyahu cartoon was offensive? Hurrah 2013-01-29T18:30:02Z

A U.S. official held up Japan's estimated 15-22 percent cut in oil purchases from Iran in the second half of last year as an example for other nations. U.S. exempts 11 countries from Iran sanctions; China, India exposed 2012-03-21T12:14:00Z

“The Runner,” Amir Naderi’s stylized memoir of his boyhood in Iran, is a notable feat — a movie at once objective and subjective and single-minded throughout. ‘The Runner’ Is a Gem of the Iranian New Wave 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

The American sanctions aimed at Hezbollah in recent months have helped fuel the perception among some in Lebanon that the United States is meddling there to undermine Hezbollah and Iran. U.S. Places Sanctions on Art Collector Said to Finance Hezbollah 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

They include manuscripts dating from the 10th to the 19th century, jewelry set with precious stones, as well as vibrant enamels that belonged to India’s Mughal rulers and exquisite miniatures from India and Iran. In Transit: In Amsterdam, a Rich Survey of Islamic Art 2010-12-12T11:00:00Z

He’s the author of a book about Iran and is widely considered among the staff to be a favorite of Editor in Chief Gerard Baker, who would often praise him in editors’ meetings. Reporter Jay Solomon fired by Wall Street Journal over report of business dealings with source 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

Iran is not Iraq and Iraq is not Iran. Rom-coms, hatchet jobs and Hot Shots: how movies bid presidents goodbye 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

In conversation, Mr. Asghari — who moved to California from Iran at age 12 to live with his father, who had emigrated seven years earlier — was pleasant. More Than Mr. Britney Spears 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z

Here’s a refresher on Nasseri’s tale: He was born in Iran but studied abroad. Terminal Error: What Snowden Comparisons Are Missing 2013-07-03T13:29:56Z

Mr. Trump said this week that he would issue an executive order to suspend immigration for at least 30 days for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Star of Iranian Film Says She Will Boycott Oscars Over Trump’s Visa Ban 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

The emirates became a kind of Switzerland of the Middle East, a haven of calm and prosperity surrounded by big, aggressive neighbors, Iran and Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the west. Critic?s Notebook: Building Museums, and a Fresh Arab Identity 2010-11-29T19:10:00Z

Political leadership in Iran in the 20th century continued to be cursed by violence. Review | It’s time we looked at Iran through the same lens as its best photographers 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

The images of Iran are as varied as the artists who created them. Life in Iran: Contemporary photography exhibit tries to build a cultural bridge 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

Besides, he says, winning a war isn’t merely a matter of military victories — something that Romney and Obama should ponder as they consider the risks of intervening in Iran or leaving Afghanistan. America’s war mistakes 2012-06-16T20:00:00Z

Photograph: The British Library Board The borderlands between Iran and Afghanistan have always been dangerous and marginal territory. Art treasures of the Mughal empire 2012-11-30T22:55:14Z

“Iran is always in the news, and 99% of the time, it’s a negative light,” he says. From ancient Persian poetry rises 'Feathers of Fire,' billed as largest shadow-theater play 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

Misleadingly, a small stone figure of a standing man in a completely different style is reproduced in the catalog with a label stating that it is “likely from Iran or Afghanistan.” Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z

Tension with the West rose last month when Washington and the European Union imposed the toughest sanctions yet on Iran in a bid to force it to provide more information on its nuclear program. Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work 2012-02-04T13:45:12Z

Iran’s first president after the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the nation became a theocracy. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Plaintive strings from Iran give way to a charging medley of Vietnamese bells. Im Heung-soon Explores the Horrors Women Endure in War 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Though he is best remembered for what might be termed his gentle reportage of everyday life, he was an inveterate adventurer, roaming though his native France, America, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Singapore, China, Iran and Egypt. Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century by Peter Galassi | Book review 2010-04-03T23:06:00Z

For years at school I was taught that the hostage-taking of American diplomats was an act of resistance, heroism on behalf of revolutionaries showing their anger at US interference in Iran's internal affairs. Why Argo is hard for Iranians to watch 2012-11-13T16:56:00Z

When he was a boy, his family moved to Tehran and opened a wrestling gym where some of Iran’s foremost wrestlers trained. The Iron Sheik, Villainous Hall of Fame Wrestler, Is Dead 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

Russia urged global powers on Tuesday to revive talks with Iran as soon as possible, saying an Iranian approach last month showed it was ready for serious negotiations. Iran to let U.N. nuclear sleuths visit military site 2012-03-06T13:19:00Z

It will compete against "The Great Beauty" from Italy, Denmark's "The Hunt," Iran's "The Past" and the animated Japanese film "The Wind Rises." '12 Years a Slave,' 'American Hustle' take lead for Golden Globes 2013-12-12T19:43:41Z

After that, I dove into a search for more of my favorite sayings from childhood, many of which go back to ancient Iran. “Marriage is an uncut watermelon”: How translation brought my native language to life 2014-03-21T22:58:00Z

If Iran or North Korea made it easy for Americans to visit. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Morocco faces Iran at 11 a.m. on Fox. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Queer Eye’ and ‘Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas’ 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

With the Iraq war in recent memory, and a re-run over Iran distinctly possible, that is a proposition to ponder. John Gittings: What I'm thinking about ... peace and war 2012-08-23T09:51:46Z

Canadian comedian Jason Jones is one of The Daily Show's most astute correspondents, something he's proved with assignments in Russia, Iran and India over the past four years. Who will replace Jon Stewart? 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine, wrote: “The controversy over Günter Grass’s poem about Israel and Iran only confirms what Grass was saying: That it’s impossible to criticize Israel without being lambasted.” ArtsBeat: Rushdie Among Those Who Respond to Israel's Ban of G?nter Grass 2012-04-09T20:54:00Z

The top executioners for the year were China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the U.S, in that order. World executions reach highest toll in 25 years — and the U.S. is the fifth highest on the list, according to Amnesty International 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

If they arrived recently from Iran, I last 10, maybe 15 minutes in their company before realizing that I am no longer one of them. Divorce from my best friend 2013-02-12T01:00:00Z

"We never wanted to be in a position to run away from Iran, but they put you under this pressure and repression," Koshanejad says. Beating the ban 2010-03-25T08:04:00Z

A children’s center in China, a bridge in Iran and a park in Denmark are among the six winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. China, Denmark projects among architecture award winners 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

Aspiring candidates and officials will find good career advice; wonks will appreciate the ticktocks of negotiations on Israel, Iran and climate change; cynics will see it as a trial balloon for one last run. John Kerry Describes Politics as It Used to Be 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

This year, national pavilions will include those from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and a “Pan-Arabian” group show organized as a collateral event. Echoes of Political Unrest at Venice Biennale 2011-05-25T20:49:54Z

Her quest takes her through China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Turkey and finally back to Rome. ‘On the Noodle Road’: the winding road of pasta’s history 2013-08-24T15:13:24Z

The crushing finale of Carter’s presidency, the 444 days when American diplomats were held hostage in Iran, demonstrated his essential humanity even as it cemented an image of fecklessness. Was Jimmy Carter the Most Underrated President in History? 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

These days, Netanyahu often implies that an Israeli rapprochement with the Sunni gulf states — built around their common hostility to Iran — would force Palestinians to curb their nationalist demands. No Light at the End of This Tunnel 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

Built next to a military complex, Fordo was long kept secret and was only acknowledged by Iran after it was identified by Western intelligence agencies in September 2009. Report: Iran begins uranium enrichment at new site as Guard threatens key strait closure 2012-01-08T12:44:00Z

One question came from an Iranian journalist, who inquired about Stone's dormant plan to make a documentary about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's controversial president. "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps": Gekko's back! 2010-05-14T15:15:00Z

Internal politics in Iran in 2017 will focus on the presidential election, due to be held in May. Sending its fabulous collection of Western modernism abroad 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

All of my work comes out of my disconnection and desire for connection with Iran. Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

Born in the south of Iran, but mainly raised in the central city of Isfahan, Sepehr’s father was an engineer whose hopes for his daughter were no different to those for his son. How I fled a bad marriage in Iran for a new life in London 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

Having chosen to film in Turkey instead, Affleck has done his best – well, the best you can when making a film about Iran by shooting in a neighbouring country. Why Argo is hard for Iranians to watch 2012-11-13T16:56:00Z

A far more absorbing work of political theater came from Iran. At a Berlin Festival, Avant-Garde Theater from Europe and New York 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

He was used as an expert witness by prosecutors and hired by The New York Times in 1979 to determine if the voice on a recording belonged to the former shah of Iran. Anthony Pellicano, Notorious Detective to the Stars, Walks Free From Prison 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

“I think our archaeological past in Iran has at least left a positive imprint,” the French diplomat said. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

June 1: Christine Moore, 75, of Oak Hill, Va., handles a query from an individual whose relatives are flying in from Iran and carrying a rug and a significant amount of cash. When Dulles passengers call for help, Travelers Aid volunteers still answer — from home 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

But his unsuccessful efforts to free 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for more than a year partly led to his defeat when he sought reelection in 1980. Jimmy Carter, a record-setting former president, turns 95 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z

More boards emerged from excavations in Anatolia, Israel, and Iran, the oldest of them dating back to the dawn of the second millennium B.C. What We Learn from One of the World’s Oldest Board Games 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

Living in Iran until a few months ago, Salome was forced to duck and weave around tough regulations set down by its rulers. Salome: straight outta Tehran 2011-01-04T22:30:01Z

So when Rita released an album entirely in the language of her country’s arch-enemy Iran, naturally more than a few eyebrows were raised. Pop star’s new album in Farsi 2012-07-03T14:15:00Z

The Syrian brown bear had been traveling through the Middle East with the troops for two years after being orphaned as a cub in Iran. In World War II, a bear became companion and helper to Polish soldiers 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

Other nominees included Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" with nine and Iran hostage thriller "Argo", cult drama "The Master" and James Bond movie "Skyfall" with seven each. Film "Lincoln" gets record 13 Critics Choice nominations 2012-12-11T19:31:24Z

They are joined by practitioners from Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, New Zealand, and just a few white Europeans. At the Berlin Biennale, the Art of Saying ‘No’ 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

Films about a 1960s massacre in Indonesia and the harsh conditions in Iran under present-day international sanctions and how they affect ordinary people struck somber notes at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday. Indonesia massacre, Iran sanctions impact infuse Venice film offerings 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

The title is taken from the watchwords of current women’s protests in Iran, and the track mixes in spoken words calling for an end to Iran’s dictatorship. Queen’s Unearthed Lament, and 6 More New Songs 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z

When he says it’s from Iran, however, she tosses it back at him as if it were radioactive. ‘Real Housewives’ in Greece, Israel and Canada 2013-06-06T12:00:01Z

A portion of the Iranian community, especially the older generation, have stayed mostly silent during the months of protests and killings of Iran's youth. The power of this Iranian protest song at the Grammys ... and around the world 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z

In central Iran, I visited saffron farms, rosewater festivals and pomegranate orchards, discovering the history and horticulture behind Iran’s most evocative ingredients. A foodie tour of Iran: it's poetry on a plate 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

Even the more conscientious popular representations of Iran, such as Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning dramatisation of an episode from the hostage crisis in Argo, reinforce the immediate association of the country with fanaticism and violence. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z

There might be the possibility of future shows involving artists from Iran to be showcased in L.A. and other platforms in Iran. 'Art Brief: Iranian Contemporary Los Angeles': Bridging communities, one pop-up at a time 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

I received an e-mail from someone in Iran during the Green movement unrest there; he was listening to a song from my old band to help him get through. T Magazine: For New Idea Society, a New Dimension 2011-01-05T21:15:52Z

The most likely explanation, which Johnston fails to discuss, is that the Saudis convinced Trump that Qatar is too close to Iran. Eating Away at Government From the Inside 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

Quanta Magazine writes that as a child growing up in Iran, Mirzakhani told herself adventure stories. Math prize winner Maryam Mirzakhani once wanted to be a writer 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

A man sells balloons at a street market in Parand, from a portfolio looking at the housing crisis in Iran. The Best New Yorker Photography of 2019 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

The internet is also heavily filtered in Iran, with the authorities blocking access to popular social networking sites. Iran 'releases' Happy video dancers 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

Secondly, Iran, which continues to produce quality cinema against the many odds film-makers face. This week's new film events 2013-02-02T05:59:01Z

Shot only with a camera mounted on the dashboard of a yellow taxi driven by the director, it peels back the layers of today’s Iran. ‘Queen of the Desert’ Debuts in Berlin 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

Harris concludes that the winners in the war, at this point, are the Assad regime in Syria and its backers, Russia and Iran. Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

When I mentioned to my husband, a British theologian, my idea for this article, he shrugged, "Well sure, America's just having their theocratic revolution a few decades later than Iran." As Iranians rise up, it's time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z

The funny thing is at the end of it all, being Iranian American, I have jokes about America, jokes about Iran, I got jokes about my kids. Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

Iran will allow foreign women watch men play volleyball when it hosts an international championship this year, but Iranian women will still be banned, the state news agency said on Wednesday. Iran to let foreign women watch men's volleyball tournament 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Initially welcoming the revolution, he returned to Iran while the family remained in Britain, only to incur the wrath of the ayatollah's repressive new regime. Shappi Khorsandi: the last laugh 2011-08-10T20:30:02Z

The examination of the class divide in contemporary Iran was an instant hit with critics and audiences when it was first launched at the Berlin film festival a year ago. The Artist wins big at London Critics' Circle awards 2012-01-19T23:45:40Z

Gold earrings with dangling pendants shaped like crescent moons and birds, dating to the 11th century, are a rare example of secular material here, and their filigreed panels reflect the influence of neighboring Iran. Reverent Beauty: The Met’s Armenia Show Is One for the Ages 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

Assad still retains the support of militant group Hezbollah, based in Lebanon, which is also a close ally of Iran. Hillary Clinton says Syrian military may oust President Assad 2012-02-25T03:47:00Z

Several mid-sized hits that won critical acclaim, including Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Lincoln" and the Iran hostage thriller "Argo," became box office darlings. "Hobbit" may bring a Hollywood ending to 2012 box office 2012-11-30T12:21:40Z

But also, some of the gender stuff of what the mother went through in Iran, and here in America, that her daughter has all these opportunities that she never had. "The Persian Version" director on creating a film that is "playful in terms of sexuality" 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z

Iran's unique hidden treasure was bought before the Islamic revolution, under the supervision of Farah Pahlavi, the former queen of Iran, who fled the country with the late shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1979. Iran's hidden Warhols revealed 2012-08-01T15:52:55Z

Filmed in Iran as part of UN-backed project Then and Now: Beyond Borders and Differences, Panahi's work was intended to promote ideas of tolerance and international dialogue. Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi banned from Venice film festival 2010-09-02T13:54:00Z

Look for the Rajput miniature paintings and Qajar paintings from Iran. More Than 90 Art Shows and Exhibitions to See This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

He left Iran at a politically hazardous time. Art in Review: SIAH ARMAJANI: 1957-1964 2011-09-29T21:53:16Z

Upon arriving at the top, he screamed “Free the 50!” in reference to the Americans who were imprisoned at the U.S. embassy in Iran at the time, Mental Floss reports. Rockefeller Christmas Tree: 12 things you never knew 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

The Americans complete the group stage on Nov. 29 against Iran at Doha. US 1st round World Cup matches all kick off at 2 pm EST 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

Mendez's scheme was to set up a Hollywood company and pretend that the six fugitives were Canadian film-makers scouting locations for a picture to be shot in Iran. Argo – review 2012-11-11T00:05:47Z

The wondrously bittersweet “Hit the Road” tracks a family’s ordeal helping their elder son clandestinely leave Iran. For Panah Panahi, Being the Son of an Iranian Auteur Wasn’t Entirely Helpful 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

His scheme is so crazy, it just might work: He’ll impersonate a movie producer who arrives in Iran to scout locations for his upcoming science-fiction flick. ‘Argo,’ ‘Anna Karenina,’ ‘Undefeated’ | New DVDs 2013-02-16T23:47:23Z

We travel to digs in Iran and Labrador, Canada, watch the burning of ceremonial candles, and listen to Lamberg-Karlovsky describe the joys and pitfalls of Alpine skiing. Review | Long unsolved, a Harvard murder case gets a fresh look in ‘We Keep the Dead Close’ 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z

At the stroke of 5 p.m., a doorbell announced the arrival of Princess Noor Pahlavi, 24, a daughter of Iran’s exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, and granddaughter of the late shah. Young Socialites Conjure the Ghost of Leonard Bernstein at the Dakota 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z

“I got the last interview with the shah of Iran,” she said. Scene City: Stars Come Out to See Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’ 2012-10-10T21:32:18Z

Another cousin, Shirin, who lives in Orange County, California, explained how as a kid growing up in Iran, it was fun to go to the bazaar and hunt for watermelon. On Shab-e Yalda, red fruit and fortune-telling rule the night 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

Based on real events, Argo takes you behind the scenes of the covert operation to rescue six Americans during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Today's Movie Trailer: Ben Affleck's Argo 2012-05-09T15:03:51Z

However, analysts say the global oil market would not be greatly affected if Iran were to turn off the oil tap to Europe. Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work 2012-02-04T13:45:12Z

Dr. Muscarella spent decades in the department of ancient Near Eastern art at the Met, participating in excavations in Iran and Turkey and writing dozens of scholarly papers and catalogs, as well as several books. Oscar White Muscarella, Museum ‘Voice of Conscience,’ Dies at 91 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

Panahi's case received wide international coverage after he was blocked from leaving Iran to attend the Venice film festival in September. Iranian movie on U.S. in Iraq entered for Oscars 2010-12-08T15:36:00Z

TIME: You’ve made some feature films before, like Santa Smokes, but The Iran Job was your first documentary. The Iran Job Director on Sneaking Into Iran to Follow an American Basketball Player 2012-10-11T12:00:23Z

Beinart accuses American Jewish leaders, with their focus on the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and threats to Israel by Iran and Arab militants, of being complicit in Israel's West Bank policies. AP Interview: Author rattles US Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T19:44:11Z

Iran Enforcing a dress code at universities banning bright clothes and long nails for female students. | Bring on the 'It' Babies 2011-01-14T19:36:22Z

Fertility is one of many issues that divides conservatives and reformists in Iran where President Hassan Rouhani has called for as easing of social restrictions. Iran's population drive worries women's rights, health advocates 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

“If you are a true feminist then you have to condemn inequality everywhere, whether it is in the West or in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” she said. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Zebari said there is consensus in Iran for the first time to reach a diplomatic deal. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

In 1979, when Dara was 9, his Muslim family fled Iran to escape the revolution, leaving the fortune they had made from their large pharmaceutical and cosmetics company. Dara Khosrowshahi, Dad of Silicon Valley 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

Today brings an Iran deal, a new Harper Lee Book, and a Pluto fly-by. Celebrities and Writers React to 'Go Set a Watchman' 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

Instead, he accused her of lying to him when setting up the interview, which he apparently expected would be limited to questions about Iran, and for supposedly agreeing not to discuss the post-interview meeting. Pompeo lashes out at journalist; NPR defends its reporter 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z

The works are part of “Focus Iran 2: Contemporary Photography and Video,” a juried biennial organized by the nonprofit Farhang Foundation before the recent presidential executive order on travel. Life in Iran: Contemporary photography exhibit tries to build a cultural bridge 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

She shattered a taboo in Iran in 2012 by posing for a French magazine with her breasts covered only with her hands. Golshifteh Farahani Continues to Rebel in ‘Patience Stone’ 2013-08-09T18:42:26Z

Mr. Sadr, 34, grew up spending Nowruz on his family’s farm in the Gilan province in northern Iran, where he’d harvest herbs and forage for wild fruits and nuts for the holiday dishes. The Verdant Food of Iran Entices at Persian New Year 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

Life in America is pretty different from life in Iran. KidsPost Summer Book Club: ‘It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel’ 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

Television series are also being made for broadcast in Lebanon and in Syria’s two closest allies Russia and Iran, the producers’ association said. Film cameras start to roll again in Damascus studios 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

“Too many in the West, she insists, wrongly attribute the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran to age-old theological differences between Sunnis and Shiites,” David D. Kirkpatrick writes in his review. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

He won the festival's Camera d'Or prize for his 1995 movie, "White Balloon" and senior French government ministers called on Iran this month to free him. Iran film director to be freed on Tuesday -wife 2010-05-25T08:02:00Z

The show was produced by the Popular Mobilization Forces, a government-backed umbrella group of mostly Shiite militias, many backed by Iran, which fought alongside Iraqi security forces against IS. Iraq’s prank TV show depicting IS attacks taken off air 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

This was a country dominated by terror as the hardline government fought a shadowy civil war against Islamist insurgents who sought to turn Algeria into "Iran on the Mediterranean". Algiers: a city where France is the promised land – and still the enemy 2013-01-27T00:06:03Z

"What is the result of Afghans being refugees in Iran and Pakistan?" she raps in Dari, one of Afghanistan's two main languages. First female rapper debuts in Afghanistan 2012-10-09T12:17:09Z

It is in dealing with the two biggest failures of the Trump administration, Iran and North Korea, that McMaster sounds the loudest alarms. An Ex-Trump Insider Looks to Our Future With Russia and China 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

Writing of his childhood in northern Iran, the artist describes how the Alborz Mountains divide the country “like a giant fabric curtain.” In the galleries: Blasts from the past 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

No word yet on whether Stewart will also pull an Affleck and appear in his Iran movie. What Is Rosewater, the Movie Taking Jon Stewart Away from The Daily Show? 2013-03-06T17:19:56Z

Fortunately, she makes friends with an aspiring journalist named Carolyn, who helps her explain to their classmates that Iran is pronounced “ee-ron” and not “I ran.” KidsPost Summer Book Club: ‘It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel’ 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

They subsequently keep in touch by postcards, many from Iran, where Pomme lives an Arabian Nights fantasy, at least for a time. ‘One Sings, the Other Doesn’t’: Agnès Varda’s Polarizing Paean to Sisterhood 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

Boys and young men, sometimes they want to drink alcohol, which is illegal in Iran. An Exile from Iran on the Beaches of Australia 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

Affleck made his latest return to the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday to premiere his Iran hostage thriller "Argo," for which he does double-duty as star and director. Affleck thanks Canada with 'Argo' at Toronto fest 2012-09-08T22:31:04Z

Many of the film's characters were based on relatives or people she met during her time in Iran. Maryam Keshavarz: 'In Iran, anything illegal becomes politically subversive' 2012-08-23T20:00:04Z

The star lot, a bronze “deer” — or rather a doe — ascribed by Christie’s to eighth-century Iran was expected to sell for somewhere between £2 million and £3 million, plus the sale charge. Auctions: When Auction Estimates Go Haywire 2011-10-07T11:30:11Z

When I returned to Iran in the 1990s, I discovered that most of the men I knew, even those of my generation, had visited. | Shirin Neshat on Kaveh Golestan’s Humanistic Portraiture 2014-02-26T17:30:51Z

Ms. Hayeri returned to Iran in 2010 to explore the dual lives of many young women who are expected to behave and dress modestly in public by covering their hair, arms and legs. Lens Blog: Kiana Hayeri's Photos of Young Women in Iran 2012-05-29T15:12:25Z

Eye opening look at the food, history and politics of Iran. The Verdant Food of Iran Entices at Persian New Year 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

There are surely other reasons to make pariahs of North Korea, Iran and Saddam's Iraq, for instance, besides their decision to trade oil in euros instead of dollars. Comedy gold: Rob Newman's History of Oil 2013-05-03T14:59:15Z

Other artifacts that were set to be shown — as detailed and illustrated and in the catalog for that exhibition “Epic Iran” — included a gold mask, a long-handled silver pan and a carved stone goblet. Looking Beyond the Ayatollah to the Treasures of Iran 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z

In debate after debate, moderators wedge sexism somewhere between Medicare-for-all and the Iran nuclear deal, then set their timers. Perspective | Warren vs. Sanders totally misses the point about sexism in politics 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

It also bore five photographs, of nuclear scientists Iran says were killed by Israeli or Western agents. Iran, big powers agree to keep talking 2012-04-15T13:23:00Z

Last year, both SAG and the PGA anointed Iran hostage drama "Argo," by director Ben Affleck, which went on to win the Oscar. Nyong'o, Leto win supporting actor awards from Hollywood peers 2014-01-19T01:48:50Z

Rushdie was a natural person to speak up for free speech; the author spent years in hiding after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the killing of the author of "The Satanic Verses." Salman Rushdie says he'll 'get medieval' on Times Literary Supplement 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

Romney has argued that Obama has "thrown Israel under a bus" and has failed to show resolve in challenging Iran and its suspected nuclear weapons program. Fall's must-see political TV: Obama-Romney debates 2012-09-08T09:46:06Z

But Qasemi played down the possibility of Iran blocking the crucial waterway. Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work 2012-02-04T13:45:12Z

That is my hope and also my fear, because Assad takes strength from Iran, from Russia and from the non-reaction of Europeans and Americans. Syrian writer Samar Yazbek: 'A woman like me makes life difficult' 2012-10-12T23:09:00Z

You have probably read the articles by now: most famous woman architect in history, Pritzker prize winner, forceful character, born in Iraq or possibly, if the journalist hasn't done their research properly, Iran. Amazing Grace 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z

The title of her dissertation was “Junk Feminism and Nuclear Wannabe ­Collaging Parodies of Iran and North Korea.” 'All-Male Panels' is a Tumblr that Brilliantly Mocks Sexism 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

The items are drawn from a collection of approximately 1,200 pieces belonging to Nasser D. Khalili, a scholar and philanthropist born in Iran in 1945 and based in London. Special Report: Jewelry: Enamel's Molten Beauty 2009-12-10T05:55:00Z

While headlines warn of the repercussions of that decision, this two-night documentary special offers a close look at a different side of Iran. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Overthinker’ and ‘Ronny Chieng: International Student’ 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

As rebels rallied around Sunni Islamist slogans, Assad drew on allies including Shi'ite Islamist militias backed by Iran. At historic Aleppo hotel, nostalgia for a Syria lost 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

The betrayal of racial equality at Versailles opened the door to an Asian move towards communism, with all its pernicious consequences, as Comintern agents scattered across a receptive China, India, Iran and Turkey. From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra – review 2012-07-19T07:00:02Z

And their fictional struggle echoes the political struggle that we see in Iran today. A Separation can't be divorced from Iranian politics 2011-07-05T12:13:51Z

We’ve been able, for example, to negotiate the Iran deal, which will prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Susan Rice looks back on her time with the Obama administration 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

This book presents the long, troubled relationship between the United States and Iran in a breezy and supple narrative, replete with poignant anecdotes, to posit convincingly that “antagonism between Iran and America is wholly unnecessary.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Saudi Arabia, our main regional ally, may portray itself as the leader of a “moderate Sunni block” when it comes to both Iran and terrorism, but the reality is, at best, far grayer than that.  Worth dying for? 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

In 2010, a security contractor in Belarus noticed the virus, posted it to a forum, and soon everyone from Iran to the Times became wise to the gambit. Are computer viruses the future of war? A provocative new movie makes the case. 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

Besides the sheer quantity of the herbs — in Iran, they are measured by the kilogram rather than the bunch — the thing that distinguishes Persian cuisine is the multifaceted role those herbs play. The Verdant Food of Iran Entices at Persian New Year 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

But the film’s real target, Mr. Oskouei says, is the consumerism and nihilism of contemporary Iran, compared with the years after the 1979 revolution, when people were prepared to die for their ideals. The Saturday Profile: An Iranian Filmmaker Tiptoes Around the Censors to Explore Risky Subjects 2011-05-07T01:56:05Z

Last month he was sentenced to six years in jail in Iran and banned from leaving the country, shooting films or scriptwriting for 20 years. Berlin film festival to honour jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi 2011-01-19T12:00:00Z

The report also notes cases in Ecuador, South Africa, Syria, Venezuela, India, Iran and elsewhere involving overt or possible covert government suppression. Report Highlights Threats to Cartoonists Worldwide 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

Commercial airlines are rerouting flights throughout the Middle East to avoid potential danger during heightened tensions between the United States and Iran. US, Iran tensions lead commercial airlines to reroute flights through Middle East 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Also, he specifically criticized Israel's "claim to the right of a first strike" against Iran. Grass dismisses Israeli travel ban 2012-04-11T18:36:07Z

Iranian officials told The Associated Press last fall that about five million foreign travelers visited Iran in 2014, and that the country aims to attract 20 million tourists, spending $30 billion, by 2025. Sanctions Lifted, American Tourists Head to Iran 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

Long considered among Iran’s leading female filmmakers, Banietemad has, like many filmmakers in Iran, moved between documentary and fiction projects. UCLA's annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema underway 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

As the American-born daughter of an Iranian father and English mother who left Iran during the revolution, I am entranced by the events unfolding in Iran right now. As Iranians rise up, it's time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z

Mike Gravel, a former Democratic senator from Alaska, said Hollywood had brainwashed its audiences into thinking negatively about Iran. ‘Argo’ just another insult by Hollywood, Iranians say 2013-02-19T06:28:19Z

Samin Nosrat: Yeah, well, we actually almost went to Iran, where my family's from, because the palette of our cooking is so acidic. “This was definitely a lady-run project”: Samir Nostrat dishes on her new Netflix food show 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z

There are two at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, two at museums in London and one in the National Museum of Iran in Tehran, according to Sotheby’s. Yard sale find turns out to be artifact worth up to $500,000 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

The documentary begins with the true story of a cyberattack against a nuclear power plant in Iran and a secret program, Stuxnet, that ended up infiltrating computers around the globe. What’s on TV Saturday: Benedict Cumberbatch Hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’ 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

Naderi left Iran for the United States in 1964 and worked for some 30 years in positions with the U.S. space agency. Iranian-American space experts to step in for Farhadi at Oscars 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

I couldn't have imagined on that day, 43 years ago, I would not see Iran again. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

A pillar from the same church associates five-lobed palmettes common in 10th- and 11th-century Iran with knotted motifs reminiscent of Viking ornament. Review: The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art 2010-03-05T14:00:00Z

Yet while Iran and Canada are central parts of the movie, the New Zealand reference could easily be missed - at least by outsiders. Passing reference in 'Argo' rankles New Zealand 2013-03-21T06:46:08Z

Federal investigators told reporters at the time that the demonstrations were funded by Iran, which MSA-PSG denied. The U.S. won’t admit this dying Iranian sociologist 2012-11-22T13:00:00Z

“I know how men in Iran use their power to keep you quiet.” An Iranian Exile Channels Her Trauma Into Film 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

Young people in Iran are hungry for music of all kinds, but for western classical music particularly in my experience. Mahan Esfahani: Why I'm proud to take part in the Proms 2012-07-20T14:06:00Z

Senate backed proposals for further sanctions on Iran, including requiring companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges to disclose any Iran-related business. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

The comeback of Iran Barkley began five years ago at a nightclub in the South Bronx, a short jog from the gang-infested neighborhood where he first learned to use his fists. Iran Barkley and Pamela Graham: A Boxer Marries His Champ 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

The Orthodox, meanwhile, have chided him for endorsing President Barack Obama’s 2015 Iran nuclear agreement. Do Jewish New Yorkers care about identity politics? Jerry Nadler hopes so. 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z

So much is left unsaid that the diabolically clever outcome offers no simple answers beyond the implication that in contemporary Iran, men in uniform are viewed as the enemy. | 'The Hunter': ?The Hunter? by Rafi Pitts - Review 2012-01-03T23:01:40Z

Relations between Iran and France have grown fraught of late, rattled by the uncertain future of the Iran nuclear accord and French concerns over Tehran’s ballistic missile tests and military activities in the Middle East. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

He writes with particular feeling about the threats Israel faces from Iran and other Middle Eastern states, noting that Iran needs only two bombs to erase Israel forever. Books of The Times: Thinking the Unthinkable Again in a New Nuclear Age 2011-03-01T16:45:09Z

Mitt Romney, who rarely strayed from talking points, set the tone for the evening at the outset by describing the continuing rise of a nuclear Iran as Obama's "greatest failing" in foreign policy. GOP rivals debate U.S. foreign relations 2011-11-13T05:59:00Z

The report presented a trove of intelligence pointing to research activities in Iran of logical use in developing the means and technologies needed to assemble nuclear weapons, should it decide to do so. Iran to let U.N. nuclear sleuths visit military site 2012-03-06T13:19:00Z

A sporty tank dress is patched with carpet pieces hand-painted in Iran. A Designer With a Low Profile Is Ready to Raise It Up 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

That’s an unusual trajectory for a writer in Iran, where most writers are middle-class urban educated people. ‘The Colonel,’ by the Iranian Writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 2012-07-01T18:15:33Z

Would Mishra like to see the United States withdraw entirely from the Muslim Middle East, allowing Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran to determine its fate? Pankaj Mishra Challenges America’s Self-Deceptions 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

I believe the philosophy behind the Iran deal was, "Let's bring them into the fold, the international fold." Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

Iran’s envoys, meanwhile, promoted the Baghdad round as an opportunity to set aside past obstacles. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

AMBI’s most recent picture, Septembers of Shiraz, a sentimental catastrophe set in Iran that played at the Toronto film festival, was one of the worst movies I’ve seen all year. Memento remake: chance to improve the original or instantly forgettable gaffe? 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

With any family in Iran there is this duality, their true face and what’s under the surface, and so a kind of schizophrenia is created. Living and Loving Underground in Iran 2011-08-21T03:33:02Z

But on last night’s show, Jon Stewart just couldn’t stand idly by any longer as Cheney slammed President Obama for his nuclear deal with Iran. Jon Stewart investigates the extreme hypocrisy of Dick Cheney 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

Too many in the West, she insists, wrongly attribute the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran to age-old theological differences between Sunnis and Shiites. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

A year after my outburst, in 1979, we fled Iran because of the protests, strikes and demonstrations throughout the country and the resulting violent government crackdowns. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

Yerushalmi and her family fled Iran after the revolution when she was 13, and she said that acting in her mother tongue of Farsi was an emotional experience. New Israeli espionage TV series tackles shadow war with Iran 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

There is music, dancing, and Iran's beloved literary art form, poetry. On Shab-e Yalda, red fruit and fortune-telling rule the night 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

Once ranked among the 50 best players in the world, he formed the Omar Sharif Bridge Circus to perform exhibition matches before such spectators as the shah of Iran. Omar Sharif, international heartthrob of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ dies at 83 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

Iran, after all, is not the only Muslim country with an urban westernized elite that’s been decimated by dictatorship and pauperized by decades of war. Review: ‘Persepolis,’ by Marjane Satrapi 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Yet the current of liberation in Iran was soon cut; the regime became increasingly repressive and imposed religious law stringently, including on the cinema. The Paradox at the Heart of Abbas Kiarostami’s Early Films 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Macrae also championed Salman Rushdie when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran in 1989 accused Mr. Rushdie of blaspheming Islam in his novel “The Satanic Verses” and enjoined Muslims to kill him. John Macrae III, Eclectic Publisher and Rights Champion, Dies at 91 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

In fact, it is part of a group known from a find made more than five decades ago in the south of Iran. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z

An academic historian, and sometime British diplomat, Axworthy avoids the grand schemes and theories that have so clouded the study of Iran. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-01T17:30:02Z

True, the Nazis used cartoons, but so has everyone else, from Stalin's Soviet Union to Iran today. Scarfe's Netanyahu cartoon was offensive? Hurrah 2013-01-29T18:30:02Z

Iran is currently the only nation that allows the legal buying and selling of organs. 6 things money shouldn’t be able to buy 2012-12-11T15:49:00Z

In Iran, for example, as Pezeshkzad has mentioned elsewhere, this attitude is not limited to ‘common’ people but is in fact more prevalent among the so-called political and intellectual elite.” Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

The representation of Iran in Argo is certainly questionable but, as when the Kazakhstan foreign ministry threatened to sue over Borat, the prospect of a lawsuit doesn't seem entirely realistic. Never mind Iran and Argo, the Brits should sue Hollywood 2013-03-13T16:11:22Z

"People don't own guns in Iran," he said. Iranian band members shot dead in NY 2013-11-12T02:12:33Z

Persian Muslims, Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians — in the global diaspora and in Iran — all celebrate it. Persian Cuisine, Fragrant and Rich With Symbolism 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

In recent weeks, as antigovernment protests have spread across Iran and more than 200 people have been killed, Ebrahimi has been transfixed. An Iranian Exile Channels Her Trauma Into Film 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

Industry sources said European oil buyers were already making big cuts in purchases from Iran months in advance of EU sanctions. UN inspectors in Iran for nuclear talks 2012-02-20T10:35:00Z

“It was very moving for me and also very painful. I miss Iran. I miss all the beauty, all the people. It is a great country, but now I think they’re suffering.” New Israeli espionage TV series tackles shadow war with Iran 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

Even with such riveting events as the Iran breakthrough unfolding in the world of global realpolitik, “13 Hours” was on track to earn its expected box-office take this weekend. ‘13 Hours,’ Benghazi and the slippery definition of ‘political’ 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z

No longer able to return to Iran, Gharavi doesn't regret the sacrifice. I Am Nasrine director Tina Gharavi: 'The British public has been hijacked' 2013-02-08T17:27:05Z

While President Jimmy Carter emphasized a diplomatic approach with a focus on "peace and human rights" so as to avoid American deaths, Iran was unwilling to negotiate. "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

The idea of people finding their voice as a collective against the power structure is an idea that resonates in Iran, Hong Kong, Egypt, the Ukraine, and it's a notion that resonates here. 'Selma' allows Carmen Ejogo to play Coretta Scott King a second time 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

“Zero Days” begins with the true story of a cyberattack against a nuclear power plant in Iran in which uranium-processing centrifuges were programmed to explode. Review: ‘Zero Days’ Examines Cyberwarfare’s Potential Online Apocalypse 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

It also tells the story of how Satrapi later left, then returned to, Iran, only to recognize that it’s possible to love your homeland but also to find yourself unable to live in it. 10 Underrated Comic Book Movies You Need to See 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

This is an account that long will be consulted by anyone trying to understand not just Iran but warfare in the 21st century. Books of The Times: ‘Confront and Conceal,’ by David Sanger 2012-06-05T21:34:04Z

Not long after “No Bears” was completed — it was filmed in secret earlier this year — Panahi was sentenced in Iran to six years in prison. ‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

“Hezbollah’s success,” Mr. Crist writes, “emboldened Iran on the value of terrorism and the poor man’s precision weapon — the truck bomb — as instruments for successfully beating a superpower.” Books of The Times: ‘The Twilight War,’ by David Crist 2012-07-30T22:09:06Z

Later that year, Iranian students, angered by the United States' refusal to return the Shah to Iran, occupied the U.S. embassy in Tehran, and took 52 Americans hostage. "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

The painter M. Mahdi Hamed Hassanzada moved back to Afghanistan from neighboring Iran in 2009 to play a part in its creative rebirth. In Afghanistan, Being an Artist Is a Dangerous Job 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

For Iranians in Iran: Have a good laugh. Television: The Persian-ness of ?Shahs of Sunset? on Bravo 2012-03-09T23:39:45Z

The new film, described by its director as an "emotional social thriller" with multiple twists in the vein of A Separation, will be Farhadi's first shot outside Iran, and his first in the French language. Bérénice too … Bejo to replace Marion Cotillard in new Asghar Farhadi film 2012-08-24T14:08:48Z

“Music Beyond Borders”: Seattle Symphony hastily arranged a free sonic protest of President Trump’s travel ban — for a packed house at Benaroya Hall Wednesday — with music from Syria, Iraq, Iran and beyond. This land is your land: Seattle Symphony responds to Trump travel bans with ‘Music Beyond Borders’ 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

A French diplomat was more blunt:“Whatever disagreements we may have with Iran we want to keep and develop a cultural relationship with Iranian society.” In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

He would eventually return to Iran on an Air France jet on 1 February 1979, by which time the shah and his family had already fled. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-25T07:01:00Z

Revolutionary Guard ground forces also staged war games in eastern Iran in an apparent display of resolve against U.S. forces just over the border in Afghanistan. Report: Iran begins uranium enrichment at new site as Guard threatens key strait closure 2012-01-08T12:44:00Z

The renewed interest in Iran among Americans, however, is not shared by the United States State Department. Update: Tour Iran? Operators Hope So 2013-08-29T20:15:15Z

But I'm also of Iran, my place of birth and where my ancestors, heritage and history are grounded. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

“People in the West, they don’t remember anything,” the driver had told him, diagnosing the cultural divide between Iran and the United States. Why your favorite new NPR show might sound a lot like a podcast 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

Among these upgraded lines that he had Mr. Bush recite were “I will build a wall between the United States and Iran.” Stephen Colbert Remains Stephen Colbert in ‘Late Show’ Taping (Spoilers) 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

From the Scythians of ancient Iran to disparate North American tribes, many cultures buried their dead with shell riches. Shell company 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

“But Asghar is showing a new image of Iran, portraying the way that millions of normal people live in Iran today.” Asghar Farhadi?s ?Separation? to Open Dec. 30 2011-12-21T13:00:00Z

Finally, in “The Dangers of Trump’s Approach to Iran,” Isaac Chotiner speaks with the former State Department ambassador Wendy R. Sherman about the risks of escalating tensions in the Middle East. Sunday Reading: On the Precipice 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

In Iran, Rejali ran a buffet restaurant that was part of a Tehran gym. This refugee-run catering company cooks up food from around the world in Queens 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

While their swords reproduce the Western model, the pearl-studded leather strips hanging from their belts and their armlets are royal costume fittings worn by the emperors of Sasanian Iran and their early Islamic successors. Review: The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art 2010-03-05T14:00:00Z

“Is Iran really the greatest threat we face?” he asked. The TV pundits are talking about the prospects for war with Iran, and it sounds a lot like 2003 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z

Amir H. Fallah was born in Iran in 1979, the year that a revolution overthrew the country’s monarchy and replaced it with an Islamic republic. Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

But the book is mostly set in Turkey and western Iran, where they get stuck. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z

My dad, who immigrated to the U.S. in the late ’70s from Iran because of the revolution, is one of my work mentors. Sweetgreen’s Jonathan Neman on Ditching His Car and Phone 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

“I came from a family that left Iran as a result of the revolution and had everything taken away,” Partow says. Fashion will survive. But many of the designers at the heart of the industry might not. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z

He goes, "But he said, 'Tell him to not make fun of Iran so much." Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

You can smell the mist and feel the sand underfoot in these acrylic scenes of Iran’s bodies of water, some of them framed in papier-mâché, by the young painter Meghdad Lorpour. Art Fairs Come Blazing Back, Precarious but Defiant 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

The fictionalized biopic “Desert Dancer” explores fascinating aspects of present-day Iran but suffers mightily from simplistic and sentimental tendencies. Review: ‘Desert Dancer’ Tells the Story of the Afshin Ghaffarian 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

A record 71 countries are in contention for next year's foreign language film Oscar - although Iran, recipient of this year's prize, is not among them. Oscars: Foreign hopefuls unveiled 2012-10-09T10:16:14Z

So, he told the president his two biggest concerns were Iran and North Korea, at which point, the television started showing archived footage of North Korean missile launches. Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

He started off joking that best-picture front-runner "Argo," about a real-life clandestine CIA operation to rescue American hostages from Iran, was "so top secret that the film's director is unknown to the Academy." Rookie Oscar host Seth MacFarlane lives up to provocative image 2013-02-25T04:22:01Z

The ceramics, mostly from Iran, were fine enough. Auctions: When Auction Estimates Go Haywire 2011-10-07T11:30:11Z

Despite the debacle in Iraq, the very same truculent impulses continue to linger in the Trump administration, which has been steadily pushing for regime change in Iran. Why the United States Invaded Iraq 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

With 400 accessible recipes, plus culinary history, ethnography and deep dives on ingredients like smoked rice and barberries, “Cooking In Iran” is an essential new book. The 19 Best Cookbooks of Fall 2018 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

London resident Bahari was falsely accused of being a spy and imprisoned by the Iranian government in 2009 while covering Iran's presidential election. Stewart taking 'Daily Show' break to direct film 2013-03-05T20:43:09Z

On the other side of Arnold Circus is Leila’s Shop, a small specialty store with raw wood shelves, drying sausages and nougat imported from Isfahan, Iran. Next Stop: An Oasis Off London?s Beaten Path 2010-09-01T19:01:00Z

The three “American hikers” arrested by Iran in 2009 describe the damages prison can wreak on the psyche so convincingly it brings Solzhenitsyn to mind. ‘A Sliver of Light:’ three Americans imprisoned in Iran 2014-03-19T18:53:32Z

A Farsi-language version opened late last year in Iran, and the original Arabic is now showing in theaters across Lebanon. Lebanese action film takes on Israel-Hezbollah war 2012-06-01T09:31:05Z

In the American media, you barely see any mention of what’s happening in Iran, which is shocking, because it’s the biggest feminist movement ever. Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

They may, he hopes, be able to circumvent the "biased mass media" his interviewees complain of and bring the real Iran to the eyes of the world. A chance to hear Iran's Voices of the Unheard | Rachel Aspden 2010-03-19T10:24:00Z

Cirit is also played among the Turkic populations of Iran, Afghanistan and other central Asian countries. AP PHOTOS: Turkish riders recall skills of Seljuks and Huns 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

The Central Intelligence Agency grew rapidly, overthrowing governments, or trying to, from Iran to Guatemala to Cuba. Under the surface of Eisenhower’s era 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Iran, Libya, Syria and Somalia are among the Level 4 countries with “do not travel” recommendations. New Country Rankings Aim to Help Travelers Choose Safe Destinations 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

As in modern Iran, Afghanistan's pre-Islamic "heritage" is a sharply politicised and divisive issue. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z

Their constraints, and their liveliness, are the prisms through which the documentary reveals everyday Iran and a cultural point of view. Movie Review: ‘The Iran Job,’ a Basketball Documentary 2012-10-12T00:59:39Z

Maduro swore himself in, but only China, Cuba, Iran, Russia, Syria, and Turkey recognize him as the country’s president. “Jack Ryan” returns, still clinging to an outdated action movie ethos 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

But when she is invited to present her work at a poetry festival in Shiraz, Iran, she meets poets who expand her ideas about the art form and about herself. Review: ‘Window Horses’ Animates a Young Poet’s Self-Discovery 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

We traveled by van with an Iran Explorers guide and driver. New friendships narrow the Persian gulf 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

“Chess of the Wind” was made in Iran and screened only briefly before being banned in the tense period leading up to the Islamic revolution. ‘Chess of the Wind’ Review: A Remnant of an Iran That Used to Be 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

“Iran is one of the most misunderstood places in the world, and I want to show travelers that it’s a fascinating destination with warm people and a rich culture,” he said. Tour and Resort News: New Year’s in Sydney; a New Trip to Iran 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

But when Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini sentenced him to death for writing it, Rushdie found himself in the midst of a deadly cultural battle that lasted for years. 25 best books of 2012 2012-12-13T00:31:12Z

Iran’s health minister offered reassurances while feverishly sweating through his own coronavirus infection. John Oliver's coronavirus advice: 'Don’t be complacent, and don’t be an idiot' 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

A wealth of content from countries such as Iran and Myanmar made the nine-day festival a more politically charged event than in previous years. Busan film festival highlights politics, pizzazz 2011-10-14T05:57:46Z

Disco Tehran, a dance party and performance project that channels the international music culture of 1970s Iran, was also born out of the immigrant experience. A Middle Eastern Party Scene Is Thriving on Brooklyn’s Dance Floors 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

It examines gender, religious and class distinctions in contemporary Iran. Iran director: Film award comes amid `frustration' 2012-01-16T19:01:05Z

The Ayatollahs raised their own private armies and taxation systems and inspired the mass conversion of Iran and Iraq to Shiism. Powers of persuasion 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

That’s how the Iranian peace deal came about, because we were just starting to talk with Iran, and we thought, let’s go to the most dramatic possible conclusion. How to Write TV in the Age of Trump: Showrunners Reveal All 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

Neshat, who left Iran at 17 to study in the US, and now lives in New York, worries that the style may be difficult for a western audience to follow. Shirin Neshat: A long way from home 2010-06-13T21:01:00Z

Trump's executive order bans citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the United States for 90 days. Angelina Jolie slams Trump travel ban, calls for 'compassionate America' 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

The ships and boats often flew flags from North Korea, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Iran, Pakistan, India, Yemen and many other countries. The “good pirates” of Somalia 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

On a very personal level: I have lots of family in Iran, all over the country, including several cousins in Tehran who were born after I left. Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

Iran is not short of mountains, but most slopes are too steep to allow for such lush vegetation, he said. Trip Tips: In summer, Iranians cool off at 'jeweled plains' 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

"I hope that the film shows Trump how American soldiers will face a humiliating defeat if they attack Iran," Azima told Reuters in a telephone interview from the city of Mashhad in eastern Iran. Iran defeats U.S. navy in defiant animated film 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

Modernism Blooming in Iran Most accounts of modern art say, basically, one thing: the West creates while the world waits, like a grateful beggar, for a nourishing handout. Art Review: Shows at Asia Society and N.Y.U. Grey Art Gallery 2013-09-05T21:50:26Z

A Separation is also a bigger picture of the modern Iran with all its complexities and contradictions. A Separation's Asghar Farhadi: 'We need the audience to think' 2011-07-15T15:54:42Z

Scattered on the floor below is “U.S. Customs Demands to Know,” a set of boxes sent to artist Gelare Khoshgozaron from her mother in Iran. Review | In the galleries: ‘Misprints’ exhibition takes a purposeful approach 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

But nations such as Iran and Canada were much larger participants in the historical event the movie depicts. Passing reference in 'Argo' rankles New Zealand 2013-03-21T06:46:08Z

He was consumed by the hostage crisis in Iran, and was involved in the development of the botched Desert One rescue mission that helped sink President Carter’s hopes for a second term. Kai Bird’s ‘The Good Spy’ Portrays Robert Ames 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

"She loved Iran and despite the many opportunities she had to go live abroad, she stayed," said a friend and editor of a compilation of her poems, Ali Dehbashi, from Tehran. Poet Behbahani, 'lioness of Iran', dies at 87: state media 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

Paul, his voice rising, said he "obviously" does not want Iran to become a nuclear power, but he said that to "declare war on 1.2 billion Muslims" is "dangerous talk." Gingrich under fire in GOP debate 2011-12-16T04:04:00Z

Indeed, Axworthy says, apart from Ba'ath Syria, Israel was by far the most consistent ally of Iran in its long war with Iraq. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-01T17:30:02Z

"Iran is the center of denial of the Holocaust in the entire world." The Carpetbagger: Holocaust Film to Be Broadcast to Iran 2013-01-25T21:43:08Z

Later she worked at a website that advocated expanding women’s rights in Iran. Just blocks from the White House, Iranian Americans welcome a new year 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

His detention, she says, highlighted the extraordinary position of artists in Iran. Shirin Neshat: A long way from home 2010-06-13T21:01:00Z

The engineer Ali Shokouhandeh started Streetphoto Iran four years ago as an independent forum for views of the country’s daily life. Five Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

They were genuinely shocked and appalled at Rezaian’s behavior, not for wanting to grow California avocados in Iran but for working as a journalist unshackled from control of the state. Jason Rezaian Recounts His 544 Days of Captivity in Iran 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

He is a realist; he believes many nations, including Iran, will eventually build nuclear weapons and that mutual deterrence will emerge based on a "balance of horror." Amos Oz makes his words count in Israel 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z

The former Tehran correspondent for The Washington Post, and current Post columnist, revisits his absurd and terrifying odyssey through Iran’s justice system. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, BBC Persian TV has doubled its reach in Iran, to an audience of 6m people, "despite facing a campaign of censorship and intimidation by the Iranian authorities". BBC global audience rises by 14m 2012-06-28T11:25:07Z

They said all eight of the tankers were involved in Iran trade. The Review Show's move to BBC4: a typical piece of BBC cowardice 2013-02-26T15:41:12Z

For the last three decades, Panahi, now 62, has made playful, smart and politically bold movies that ingeniously meld day-to-day realism about Iran with sly meta-cinematic perspectives. What to Know About Jafar Panahi, the Imprisoned Iranian Filmmaker 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

In Iran, Christmas wasn’t part of our calendar. How we embraced Christmas 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

Thank yo for finally acknowledging Iran.I have been leading IranCustomTours for 10 years and have arranged easy,safe,tours for hundreds of Americans. 52 Places to Go in 2019 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Republican senators, poisoned by partisan spleen, dispatch an unsolicited letter to the leaders of Iran and treasonously subvert President Obama’s bona fide negotiations to thwart the possibility of that country’s developing nuclear weapons.  David Brooks just makes God up: More horse-and-buggy priggishness from deeply unserious NYT writer 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z

Eating is like that for everyone in Iran, rich or poor. How I fled a bad marriage in Iran for a new life in London 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

Twelve years after Watergate came the Iran Contra imbroglio. The walls are closing in on Trump, says “Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI” author We... 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

Negotiations and sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program figured into whether they would be released. ‘A Sliver of Light:’ three Americans imprisoned in Iran 2014-03-19T18:53:32Z

Join later, and the virtual view might open onto apartments in Amsterdam or rooftops in Iran. To See and Be Seen: These Dancers Make Disability Visible 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

Kostovska said that soon she and her family would harvest their apple crop — orchards blanket this region around Lake Prespa — hoping to sell some 25,000 apples for export to Russia, Iran and Iraq. Macedonia’s local cuisine adds spice to a bike tour of the mountain lakes 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

“He is an icon of change in Iran.” Abbas Kiarostami, Acclaimed Iranian Filmmaker, Dies at 76 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

EST congratulating Farhadi on the award, which was Iran's second Oscar victory. U.S. State Department tweets, then deletes congratulations for Iran Oscar win 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

The Met’s Islamic collection returns to view in what are now being called the galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia. Art Review: The Met?s New Islamic Galleries - Review 2011-10-27T23:27:21Z

For Neshat, who was born in Iran and moved to the United States when she was 8, that’s almost too painful to think about. ‘Selling Kabul’ Holds Up a New Mirror After the Taliban Takeover 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

He intends to expand it into a nonprofit foundation to revive Iran’s historical and cultural material that was destroyed, banned or underrepresented in the Islamic Republic. Photography: Rare Glimpses of Iran’s Lost Underworld 2014-03-20T14:32:28Z

But just in case we needed a reminder that film-making actually means something, and that something is at stake in being a film-maker, comes some astonishing news from Iran. Cry freedom for Jafar Panahi 2010-12-21T11:15:46Z

The trio returned to Afghanistan after temporary exile in Iran, Uzbekistan and Pakistan during Taliban rule. Afghan indie band rocks Kabul in post-Taliban era 2010-07-06T06:56:00Z

"It's chaotic, like life is in Iran," he says. Shulamit Nazarian's Venice gallery aims to 'build bridges' 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

Photography is of particular interest in the context of Iran because of the deep-rooted relationship between Iranian power and the camera since the earliest days of the medium. Review | It’s time we looked at Iran through the same lens as its best photographers 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

US officials convey concern over a missing consignment of potentially nuclear-grade graphite that an Indian company intended to ship to Iran. US embassy cables: US concern over suspicious Indian shipment to Iran 2010-12-16T21:30:21Z

And Iran is set to unveil a priceless collection of Modern art. Roundup: Museums reopen in Paris, Marina Abramovic sued, and Modern art to go on view in Iran 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

Hossein Rajabian, for example, was held in solitary confinement for two months over his movie about women’s right to divorce in Iran. Defiant Iranian Directors Speak Out About Censorship, Onscreen and Off 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

Iran insists it only seeks nuclear power for energy and medical research. Nobel winner Grass: Israel a threat to world peace 2012-04-04T13:41:08Z

Sadeq Saba explores Khayyam's colossal legacy, speaking to those who study him in western universities, and those who read him in Iran for pleasure. The World's Most Dangerous Place for Women | The Genius of Omar Khayyam | Cougar Town | The Man Who Cycled the Americas | Watch this 2010-03-30T05:45:00Z

The executive order blocked entry into the United States for 90 days for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi Won’t Attend Oscar Ceremony 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

It's a fascinating checklist of things we all take completely for granted here, and how near-impossible they are in Iran. This week's new DVD and Blu-ray 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z

"The Australian government urges Iran to protect the rights of all Iranians and foreign citizens." Website: Iranian actress faces jail, lashing 2011-10-11T07:16:03Z

On leave from his job with Canada’s Community Policing unit, Khattak, who is a Muslim, makes a pilgrimage to Iran. Review | 3 action-packed thrillers that take you around the world 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

With Iran emerging from a long stretch of Western domination, artists were in the mood to shape a distinctively native aesthetic. Six Artists From Iran at Grey Art Gallery 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

The play, a coproduction of the Atlantic and Roundabout theater companies, is after all set in Iran in 2008, against a backdrop of travel restrictions and family separations. Review: Learning ‘English,’ When Your Accent Is a ‘War Crime’ 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

The UAE, with its assertive foreign policy run from Abu Dhabi, became an enthusiastic backer of former President Donald Trump’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran. Iranian pop star Googoosh wows Dubai despite Tehran’s outcry 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

Along with new cash payments to help people cope with soaring prices, it would lead to a fairer, less wasteful and richer Iran, he said. Iran cinemas threaten to close over financial woe 2011-10-04T16:50:23Z

He faced an energy crisis, a capsizing economy, opposition from Congress, and the revolution in Iran than led to American hostages being held captive 444 days. In 'A Full Life,' Jimmy Carter at 90 remains a wise truth teller 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

He said he wished that Ben Affleck, the director of “Argo,” would come to Iran to see the country for himself. ‘Argo’ just another insult by Hollywood, Iranians say 2013-02-19T06:28:19Z

“The Salesman,” which the government of Iran approved for submission to the Academy Awards, is one of five films vying for best foreign language film. Star of Iranian Film Says She Will Boycott Oscars Over Trump’s Visa Ban 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

After the police got on his trail, the Tiger fled with his family to Iran, and on to Turkey. Don't Kill Me, I Beg You. This is My Tree by Hassan Blasim, translated by Jonathan Wright 2013-03-20T13:00:02Z

“I’m really worried that that something might happen, and especially now because of the context of Fakhrizadeh, because Iran is really looking for revenge,” he added. Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

The chief prosecutor of Iran is obviously against. Harry Potter and the end of a pop-culture phenomenon 2011-07-12T18:59:01Z

Sofer’s second novel traces a man’s path from “baffled revolutionary” in Iran to complicit actor in a ruthless regime sure he can undermine the system from inside. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

Human Rights Watch said the harassment of BBC Persian staff was part of a wider campaign to stifle freedom of information in Iran ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for next month. Iranians 'detained for BBC links' 2012-02-07T11:39:52Z

With the animosity between the governments of the United States and Iran now at a peak, these representations are finding a bigger platform in American museums and galleries. As Tensions Rise With Iran, So Does Interest in Art It Inspired 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

This Iranian journalist was falsely accused of being a spy and imprisoned by the Iranian government in 2009 while covering Iran's presidential election. Jon Stewart to take 'Daily Show' break for a film 2013-06-05T14:02:18Z

Are there scenes or ideas in “A Separation” that were controversial in Iran? ArtsBeat Blog: An Iranian Hit, but No Preconceptions, Please 2011-09-30T18:20:35Z

Though travel restrictions have shifted and evolved since then, the United States currently bans entry to most travelers from China, Iran, Brazil, India, Britain, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa and much of Europe. Utah Is a Destination Wedding Hot Spot, No Travel Required 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

“The word Iran was never mentioned, and the script was in English,” Ms. Keshavarz said. Living and Loving Underground in Iran 2011-08-21T03:33:02Z

Take for example, this year's season premiere, in which students discuss whether Israel was right to bomb Iran, an action it had recently taken in the show's fictional storyline. Homeland is not Islamophobic despite what some critics claim 2012-12-24T00:05:34Z

At least two close advisers of the Omani ruler were in Iran. Deal for 2 Americans jailed in Iran hits snag 2011-09-18T11:40:00Z

Alone among his team, Carter had anticipated what would happen if he allowed the deposed Shah of Iran into the United States for medical treatment. Was Jimmy Carter the Most Underrated President in History? 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

Tensions rose as Iran, the world's fifth-largest oil exporter, threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, the main Gulf oil shipping lane, and the United States signaled it would use force to keep it open. UN inspectors in Iran for nuclear talks 2012-02-20T10:35:00Z

The scene takes several ridiculous turns, including a side trip to Iran and Rosalynn Carter quacking like a duck. Theatre’s Superpower 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

As rebels rallied around Sunni Islamist slogans, Assad drew on allies including Shi'ite Islamist militias backed by Iran. At historic Aleppo hotel, nostalgia for a Syria lost 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

“No other industry in Iran will see a bigger boost than tourism as the result of this deal,” he said. Tourism to Iran set to rise sharply after nuclear deal 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

The first issue was devoted to the linked subjects of the Iran hostage crisis and the election of Ronald Reagan as president. Art in Review: ?Graphic Radicals?: ?30 Years of World War 3 Illustrated? 2011-01-13T22:00:04Z

White Rabbit Red Rabbit from Iran considered why we run with the crowd. Edinburgh festival 2011: The highs and lows 2011-08-28T21:19:00Z

Hussein’s rise led to Iraq’s pointless eight-year war with Iran, and the worsening horrors of his dictatorship, followed by the American invasion of the country. Review: ‘Iraqi Odyssey’ Shows the Arc of a Family and a Country 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Stories of this bumbling mullah are used to deliver morsels of wit, wisdom, and advice all over Iran. “Marriage is an uncut watermelon”: How translation brought my native language to life 2014-03-21T22:58:00Z

Israel is in a very difficult neighborhood — and Iran would say the same thing, and thus their quest. "Countdown to Zero": Valerie Plame Wilson's new anti-nuke crusade 2010-07-23T01:02:00Z

During an episode of "Washington Journal," a man identifying himself as a Republican named Jack Strickland dialed in to the morning program during a discussion of Congress' role in negotiations with Iran. C-SPAN prank caller recites 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' rap 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

As in Iran, Mesghali, 54, takes the basics seriously, rice most of all. Review | At Rumi’s Kitchen, you’ll find poetry on the plate and mannequins by your side 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

Videos sent to the Center for Human Rights in Iran and later verified by the Associated Press show demonstrators in Tehran fleeing as a tear-gas canister lands among them. Iranian police crack down on protests after Ukrainian plane crash 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

The few musicians who visit Iran to perform report of packed halls of enthusiastic young listeners. Mahan Esfahani: Why I'm proud to take part in the Proms 2012-07-20T14:06:00Z

Officials in Iran, which rejects Western allegations it is seeking nuclear weapons, did not respond to requests for comment. The Review Show's move to BBC4: a typical piece of BBC cowardice 2013-02-26T15:41:12Z

We wanted to invite Shahin to the premiere of “The Iran Job,” but we couldn’t reach him. “When this concert happened where we had concrete threats, I faced the same dilemma as his musicians”: Till Schauder, director of “When God Sleeps,” talks about Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

In 1981, a TV movie called Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper told the story minus the CIA's involvement. The truth behind Affleck's Argo 2013-01-14T00:55:56Z

For fans of Shakespeare, the Leev Theater Group of Iran presents “Hamlet, Prince of Grief,” a 30-minute production in Persian in which an actor at a desk manipulates household objects and toys toward tragedy. The Week Ahead: Jan. 6 — 12 2013-01-06T08:10:04Z

Using only your smartphone you can study dance moves in Berlin, shout along with protests in Iran, watch opera in Finland or witness catastrophe in the Middle East, if not live then close to it. Performa Keeps It Live and Real in the Age of TikTok 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z

He’s now working with farmers and foragers in northern Iran to begin importing herbs, edible flowers and teas that he can’t find here. The Verdant Food of Iran Entices at Persian New Year 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

Next to a large, Expressionist street scene by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a 2007 video, “Chit Chat,” by Tala Madani, who was born in Iran, plays on a loop. MoMA Takes a Stand: Art From Banned Countries Comes Center Stage 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

He worked in Iran and now he's in Paris. Cannes 2012: Abbas Kiarostami: 'The world is my workshop' 2012-05-28T17:32:06Z

Despite the difficulties of living in Iran, she received her inspiration from her homeland and chose not to emigrate. Poet Behbahani, 'lioness of Iran', dies at 87: state media 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

He did so even as Trump ordered another 3,500 troops to the region and Iran vowed to retaliate. The TV pundits are talking about the prospects for war with Iran, and it sounds a lot like 2003 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z

TV to document the lives of young Persians whose parents fled Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, or who settled in California as young children. "Shahs of Sunset" puts young Iranians on U.S. TV map 2012-01-24T00:01:10Z

Latin American leaders -- is in Iran doing the groundwork for a documentary, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. Oliver Stone's son in Iran to "prepare" documentary 2011-09-06T15:44:58Z

The store was in Iran, where the film is set, and the DVDs are likely to be the only way anyone in the country will see her film. Shirin Neshat: A long way from home 2010-06-13T21:01:00Z

And he was featured in a recent show, “Modern Iran,” at Asia Society in New York. ‘Fifi Howls From Happiness,’ From Mitra Farahani 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Central Iran is also home to the country’s finest pistachios, which feature in both sweet and savoury dishes. A foodie tour of Iran: it's poetry on a plate 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

Born in Isfahan, Iran, Mesghali relocated to Los Angeles in 1977, where he left school after the 10th grade to work in restaurant kitchens. Review | At Rumi’s Kitchen, you’ll find poetry on the plate and mannequins by your side 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

Raised in Chicago, Haque was born to a Pakistani father and Chilean mother and traveled widely as a youth, soaking up sounds in Pakistan and Iran and listening to flamenco guitar in Spain. Last chance to see four-way fusion band Garaj Mahal 2010-12-23T21:28:10Z

But since traveling to Iran a few years ago, I understand it much better. On Shab-e Yalda, red fruit and fortune-telling rule the night 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

Until recent events, Iran was viewed by many travel companies as an emerging destination for American travelers keen to visit ancient ruins and ornate mosques. Tour Companies Cancel Some Iran Trips 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

In Iran, camels and donkeys tend to be a major part of that life. “Marriage is an uncut watermelon”: How translation brought my native language to life 2014-03-21T22:58:00Z

He emphasizes that the personal chemistry between the two new presidents, Obama and Dmitri A. Medvedev, drove forward a range of policies, from nuclear disarmament to efforts to deny Iran the bomb, with tangible success. Does Vladimir Putin Speak for the Russian People? 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

President Ronald Reagan were convicted of secretly facilitating arms sales to Iran and funneling money to Nicaraguan Contras. Cassavetes to direct film about drug dealer Rick Ross 2011-02-15T13:36:03Z

That paranoia bleeds into modern Iran, where its theocracy now finds itself targeted in attacks over its accelerating nuclear program but also has the tendency to blame all its woes on conspirators abroad. Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

The 33 landscape, portrait and documentary photographs and nine video works are from emerging and mid-career artists in Iran, the U.S., Life in Iran: Contemporary photography exhibit tries to build a cultural bridge 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

Pakistan’s army became a nuclear proliferator, supplying technology to North Korea, Iran and Libya. Nosebags 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Other countries, too, have felt slighted by the fictionalized account of how a group of Americans were furtively sheltered and secreted out of Iran during the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Passing reference in 'Argo' rankles New Zealand 2013-03-21T06:46:08Z

This is Radio Tehran and they are playing a launch gig for their debut album, 88, in London because to do so at home in Iran would almost certainly get them arrested. Beating the ban 2010-03-25T08:04:00Z

The threats began after comments by religious authorities in Iran were taken to mean the singer insulted Islam with a song meant to be humorous. Iranians seek return of singer from Germany 2012-05-23T18:44:08Z

The future of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers is shrouded in doubt after U.S. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Instead, Rice became Obama’s national security adviser and worked on the Iran nuclear deal, relations with Cuba and the Paris climate agreement. Susan Rice has spent her career fighting off detractors: ‘I inadvertently intimidate some people, especially certain men’ 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

Kirk also is among a bipartisan group of senators urging the European Union to adopt stronger sanctions against Iran's Central Bank. Kirk faces long recovery from stroke 2012-01-24T03:03:00Z

Before Mr. Yarshater embarked on the encyclopedia, he traveled throughout Iran, studying obscure dialects, and wrote a groundbreaking work in linguistics. A Lifetime Quest to Finish a Monumental Encyclopedia of Iran 2011-08-12T22:29:57Z

And she writes hilariously about her love-hate relationship with plastic surgery and dermatology, noting: “I have enough Botox in me to detonate Iran.” The Grande Dame of Documentary is Leaving Her Home at HBO 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z

Of course, there's no question that the regime in Iran is also oppressive toward women. As Iranians rise up, it's time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z

In fact, the first newspapers of North America were absolutely enchanted by Iran, writing with a “breathless” energy about Iran and its battle with the Ottoman Turks, deemed to be “a danger to Christendom.” What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

Today, Paul Finch, chairman of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, the government's design watchdog, praised what he had seen of Iran's design. New Iran 2010-08-01T21:10:00Z

In their native Iran, Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat are best known for their soaring voices, flawless harmonies and dedication to the art of singing in the face of tough restrictions on public performances by women. World music fest adds the actual taste of what people hear 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

Ayatollah Khomeini initially dismissed Salman Rushdie as a "lunatic" and copies of the Satanic Verses were not only imported into Iran but even reviewed. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z

An Oxford fellowship enabled him to direct six seasons of excavation at the site of the ancient port city of Siraf in Iran. David Whitehouse obituary 2013-03-24T17:49:40Z

Iran, currently, is made up of approximately five major non-Persian cultures, languages and literature, with rich oral histories and cultures -- including food! Persian Cuisine, Fragrant and Rich With Symbolism 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

The film industry in Iran, currently one of the most active in the world, produces nearly 100 features every year – and that's not counting documentaries, underground films, and a deluge of made-for-TV features. Why the Iranian film industry is like Hollywood before 1969 2013-02-08T15:16:10Z

Iran is an interesting case, however, because the bulk of its output is neither commercial nor ideological schlock. Why the Iranian film industry is like Hollywood before 1969 2013-02-08T15:16:10Z

Its sniggering at the incompetence of Iran or North Korea is undercut by anxiety about the US military machine run amok and rogue foes motivated by personal animus. Iron Man 2: the first superhero film of the Obama era? 2010-04-28T13:33:00Z

The Islamic Republic of Iran is the nation run by medieval Shi’ite clerics and a daffy, dangerous politician who denies the Holocaust and may soon have a nuclear weapon to aim at Israel. A Separation: How about an Oscar for This Fascinating Iranian Drama? 2011-12-30T17:42:11Z

The daughter of wealthy westernised Marxists, Satrapi lived through the bombing of Tehran during the Iran/Iraq war, before being sent to school in Austria aged 14. Marjane Satrapi 2011-03-08T00:05:43Z

He left Iran in 1971 and Robin left a year later to study economics at the University of Maryland, where she earned a master’s degree. Who is Robin Raphel, the State Department veteran caught up in Pakistan intrigue? 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

Iran, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Turkey come in at numbers four, five, seven and eight, respectively. Why porn is exploding in the Middle East 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

France has historically had a less fractious relationship with Iran than either Britain or the United States. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Ideally, he concedes, he would return to making pictures in Iran. Cannes 2012: Abbas Kiarostami: 'The world is my workshop' 2012-05-28T17:32:06Z

It was clear her career in Iran was over. An Iranian Exile Channels Her Trauma Into Film 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

Her exile from Iran complete, she is making peace with her new life, saying, “The Iran I’m dreaming of maybe doesn’t exist anymore.” Golshifteh Farahani Continues to Rebel in ‘Patience Stone’ 2013-08-09T18:42:26Z

Goldfish for sale to decorate household tables for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Ramsar, Iran. The Promise of Oil for the People Around the Caspian Sea 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z

And Panahi, a supporter of Iran’s Green Revolution, was sentenced to six years in jail for making “propaganda against the regime.” A Separation: How about an Oscar for This Fascinating Iranian Drama? 2011-12-30T17:42:11Z

Several paintings are staggeringly beautiful, particularly the six pages torn away from the monumental volume commissioned for the library of Shah Tahmasp when the young Safavid prince mounted the throne of Iran in 1524. Art Review: Iran's Mirror of the World 2011-02-25T12:00:05Z

Ms. Fathi, who served as a reporter for The New York Times in Iran for nine years, was born in 1970 into a secular upper-middle-class family in Tehran. Nazila Fathi’s ‘The Lonely War’ Is a Memoir of Iran 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

The word is Azeri — of the Azerbaijani minority in Iran — yet it is commonly used by many Iranians in conversation. Cartoonist Mana Neyestani speaks on his Iran imprisonment, Charlie Hebdo 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

After working on affordable housing projects in Iran and Puerto Rico, Mr. Marvel returned to Harvard to complete his master’s degree in architecture, which he received in 1962. Thomas S. Marvel, Architect of the Tropical, Dies at 80 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

An ancient celebration rooted in Zoroastrian tradition, Nowruz signals the beginning of spring and the new year in Afghanistan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and beyond. For Afghans Abroad, Nowruz Is a Chance to Reflect 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

The escapees range from a middle-aged journalist seeking high-altitude transcendence in the Himalayas to a frustrated poetry scholar in search of beauty among the holy spots of Iran. Summer Reading: Travel Books 2011-06-03T22:09:16Z

Ironically, one of the great success stories was a brocaded silk cataloged as “Central Asia” that displays motifs pointing to early 14th-century Iran. Special Report: Asian Art: 'Islamic' Culture: A Groundless Myth 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z

Vaziri became a talented wrestler, and his prominence helped him secure a job as a bodyguard for the family of the shah of Iran. The Iron Sheik, Villainous Hall of Fame Wrestler, Is Dead 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

Burnett gained wider renown several years later for his work in Iran during and after the Revolution. Photographing Impeachment Proceedings Against Three Presidents 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

Within a year, I was on an Air France chartered plane with an aging ayatollah to Iran, where he made his revolution. ‘Ridicule’: The French Reaction to ‘Emily in Paris’ 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z

Khomeini seized power in Iran in 1979 following the overthrow of the shah. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z

But Iran says it is ready to hold fresh talks with no preconditions. Iran to load own nuclear fuel rods in Tehran reactor 2012-02-15T12:59:02Z

It took years for Bourdain to get official clearance to do an episode in Iran, but he now can think of nowhere where he has been more warmly received. In 'Parts Unknown,' Anthony Bourdain is not a man on a mission 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

“I’m sure it’s going to be a hit in Iran.” New Israeli espionage TV series tackles shadow war with Iran 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

A surprise Bafta nominee this year, the film was equally difficult to make: those same repressive conditions meant Gharavi had to film secretly and smuggle her footage out of Iran. This week's new film events 2013-06-15T05:00:18Z

Israel, along with much of the international community, believes that Iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon. Grass dismisses Israeli travel ban 2012-04-11T18:36:07Z

Paul, his voice rising, said he "obviously" did not want Iran to become a nuclear power, but he said that to "declare war on 1.2 billion Muslims" was "dangerous talk." Gingrich, Romney set sights on Obama 2011-12-16T06:10:00Z

For its part, Iran says its space program is intended for innocuous reasons like improving communication and monitoring earthquakes. Iran’s next move: Send a Persian cat to space 2013-09-16T18:10:00Z

Beyond Mullah Nasruddeen stories, mullah idioms are merciless and plentiful in Iran. He’s as one-sided as a mullah’s coin hardly needs translation, though I did change it a bit. “Marriage is an uncut watermelon”: How translation brought my native language to life 2014-03-21T22:58:00Z

The women are not wearing headscarves, as demanded by Iran's Islamic law. Iranians arrested for 'Happy' video freed: social media 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

The most recent trade restrictions were imposed in 2010, after the United Nations found Iran secretly pursuing a nuclear weapons program. Looking for a Persian rug? New Trump sanctions could make that difficult. 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

But it reflects Panahi’s evident passion for exposing what’s women endure in Iran, and there’s a barbed symbolism to the sight of Iran’s younger generation being relegated to the sidelines of life. What to Know About Jafar Panahi, the Imprisoned Iranian Filmmaker 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

At the time Saunders was enmeshed in the Camp David Accords and the hostage crisis in Iran. Who is Robin Raphel, the State Department veteran caught up in Pakistan intrigue? 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

The cuisine of Gilan is as green as its landscapes, making it the best place in Iran for vegetarians. A foodie tour of Iran: it's poetry on a plate 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

Underlining U.S. efforts to tighten the financial noose around Iran, a state department official said 12 other countries may eventually be subject to U.S. sanctions unless they cut Iran crude purchases. U.S. exempts 11 countries from Iran sanctions; China, India exposed 2012-03-21T12:14:00Z

Reporting from Washington— Beyond tensions over Iran and refinery problems, the recent jump in gasoline prices stems partly from an encouraging sign: The economy is improving. Gas prices' jump attests to upbeat economy 2012-03-23T01:28:00Z

“It’s the only example of aggression they have against Iran,” he said. ‘Argo’ just another insult by Hollywood, Iranians say 2013-02-19T06:28:19Z

It's unclear when the goldfish wiggled their way onto the Sofreh Haft Seen, the table of seven "S"s, the setting of which has been performed in Iran since at least Zoroastrian times. Why you’ll find marzipan goldfish on my Nowruz table 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z

Iran, for instance, has no rational reason to threaten Israel, with which it shares ancient cultural bonds and current enemies. Foreign Policy From the Dark Side 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

And both Iran and Spain look for victories in the group stage, at 2 p.m. on Fox. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘Brockmire’ 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

I didn't know that he knew to get U.S. public on side was send in bombers and bomb Iran. "Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President": A loving relationship to music that "cuts through politics" 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

"Argo," the Iran hostage thriller and box office hit, was the big winner at Sunday's ceremony, taking home Best Picture and two other Oscars. Oscar TV audience rises to 40.3 million, show gets mauling 2013-02-25T23:52:16Z

But the conditions Bauer observes in California are, in his opinion, much worse than anything he experienced in Iran. Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Inside the smog capital of the world 2013-03-30T17:00:00Z

And what kind of inside was this that had him courting Imelda Marcos, painting the Shah of Iran, and trying to swing a portrait deal with Mr. Trump? Meet Warhol, Again, in This Brilliant Whitney Show 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

Zoroaster, a prophet who lived in modern-day Iran, is viewed as the founder of Zoroastrianism. Freddie Mercury’s family faith: The ancient religion of Zoroastrianism 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

Do his positions on the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Iran Nuclear Deal mean more to him than winning the election? A tale of two populisms: Do you want to live in Donald Trump’s New York or Bob Dylan’s America? 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

Such comforts ended when the revolution toppled Iran’s government. Up Close: A Rebel’s Cause: Fortifying the Fashion Flock 2012-08-08T18:52:46Z

Nielsen is many things — a musician, actor, playwright and performance artist who has journeyed to Iran and who walked with refugees all the way from the Balkans to Denmark. Tempting Fate With a Season of Romance, Sex, Art and Destiny 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

In his riveting account of this and other decisive global convulsions that occurred in the space of that single year, Christian Caryl notes that "most outsiders couldn't fathom what was happening in Iran". Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-25T07:01:00Z

There are horror stories from Italy and Iran: not enough ventilators, too many corpses. Coronavirus is a test that no one knows how to pass 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

“From Algeria, from Russia, from India, from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan a lot, Cambodia. You know, all the waves.” A Theater Visionary ‘Nourished by the World’ 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

Speaking to the Guardian, Pahlavi explained that the collection was bought during Iran's 1970s oil boom. Iran's hidden Warhols revealed 2012-08-01T15:52:55Z

The film is narrated by Leila, who describes growing up in Iran and America, “two countries that used to be in love with each other.” "The Persian Version" director on creating a film that is "playful in terms of sexuality" 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z

“I think our archaeological past in Iran has at least left a positive imprint,” the French diplomat said. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

This is what I felt and experienced in Iran as a woman. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Jobrani, originally from Iran, moved to California at age 6 with his family. Politics still pack a punch(line) for Iranian-American comic 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z

“I wish I could come to Iran. Visit my city, my own Tehran,” he said. Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

It was also the first for which the crew allowed their names on the credits - “proof of a change of mood in Iran,” according to the film’s press notes. Banned director's Cannes film gives Iranian take on women in film 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z

Last year's DGA winner, Ben Affleck for Iran hostage drama "Argo", was not nominated for the best director Oscar award, which was given to Ang Lee for "Life of Pi". Cuaron wins directors award as 'Gravity' gathers speed to Oscars 2014-01-26T20:31:48Z

"Attacking Iran militarily would only worsen the confrontation and lead to further upheaval in the region," he said. UN inspectors in Iran for nuclear talks 2012-02-20T10:35:00Z

"People hear all kinds of things about Iran, and they're mostly pretty bad," she said. This refugee-run catering company cooks up food from around the world in Queens 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

Burning Question: Kerry was instrumental in key diplomatic advances including the Paris agreement and the Iran deal. Is Everyone in Politics Writing a Tell-all? Yes. 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

My parents wanted to drive from Uganda to India, which you could still do then as North Africa, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan were stable. Seeing Africa by Road 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

A Canadian woman’s vivid foodie travelogue about home cooking in Iran turns into a surprising romance. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

I demonstrated in my book “The Song of the World in the Art of Safavid Iran” — written in French — that Iranian book painting translates concepts found in Persian literature. Art Review: Iran's Mirror of the World 2011-02-25T12:00:05Z

Clearly, widely differing schools marked by the Greek legacy thrived in Afghanistan, a remark that equally applies to the many Hellenistic-period sculptures dug up on the territory of Iran. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z

In a televised speech on Monday, Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei said: "Sanctions imposed on Iran by our enemies will not have any impact on our nation." Iran sentences American to die for spying 2012-01-09T12:02:00Z

They said satellite operators believed that jamming of programs in Persian originated in Iran. Satellite TV news, serials widen Iranian-Arab gulf 2011-12-14T14:11:39Z

A top official from the Iran Drug Control Headquarters said last year that shishe could be found in Tehran in "less than five minutes," according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency. Methamphetamine use soars in Iran as lifestyles speed up 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

The show, at the Chelsea museum, was a success, and the two decided to continue, putting together “Iran Inside Out” in the autumn of 2009. Art Reoriented, a Curator Duo, is in High Demand 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

There he is in Libya, in Iran, leading Americans by the hand and the taste buds through those lands and others they wouldn’t dare to set foot in otherwise. From “A Cook’s Tour” to “Parts Unknown,” Anthony Bourdain made us want to know him 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Most tantalizing are glimpses into the westernized side of Iran, notably into Tehran’s underground nightclub scene. Review: ‘Desert Dancer’ Tells the Story of the Afshin Ghaffarian 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

And of course, if it were fiction, the movie Argo would actually get made and be a massive hit in Iran. Argo – review 2012-11-08T15:30:01Z

But before Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, the countries were close allies and Iran was home to a large and thriving Jewish community. New Israeli espionage TV series tackles shadow war with Iran 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z

His father is just a voice on the phone; his mother, who was a doctor in Iran, has to work different jobs to make ends meet; his classmates shoot paper clips at his neck. From Iran to America, One Epic Tale at a Time 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z

A strong community of Iranian businesspeople built booming enterprises here after 1979 and as Dubai became a key transshipment point for Iran for goods and supplies. Iranian pop star Googoosh wows Dubai despite Tehran’s outcry 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

“America and Iran” rightly posits that “antagonism between Iran and America is wholly unnecessary,” and, as Ghazvinian affirms, there is in the United States a powerful chorus that wants nothing to do with Iran. What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

Fake film crew enact daring rescue of US diplomats in Iran. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-03-02T06:00:12Z

Relations between Iran and France have grown fraught of late, rattled by the uncertain future of the Iran nuclear accord and French concerns over Tehran’s ballistic missile tests and military activities in the Middle East. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

All pondered some version of the question that CNN’s Erin Burnett posed to a guest less than 24 hours after the death of Iran’s Maj. The TV pundits are talking about the prospects for war with Iran, and it sounds a lot like 2003 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z

Being a biology and ecology geek in high school, my mind nurtured environmental concerns, especially in my birth country of Iran where air and environment pollution, uncontrolled hunting, deforestation and desert formation are rampant. I was once a climate change denier 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

First, it was Affleck's desperate attempt to make a film set in Iran without having been either there in person or able to shoot within its borders. Why Argo is hard for Iranians to watch 2012-11-13T16:56:00Z

In Mr. Toobin’s early career he clerked for a federal judge, served as an associate counsel during the Iran Contra proceedings and worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Brooklyn. The Undoing of Jeffrey Toobin 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

I did a journey in the early 70s which is virtually impossible to do now – in eastern Turkey and Iran, then northern and southern Afghanistan, and around Kashmir, northern Pakistan. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z

This week, after escalating tensions and violence between the United States and Iran, we’re bringing you a selection of pieces about the current crisis and other perilous foreign-policy standoffs. Sunday Reading: On the Precipice 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

That could cool down worries in international markets over possible military action, but reinforce the suspicions of Israeli leaders who claim Iran seeks only to buy time to keep up its production of nuclear fuel. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian media say authorities are planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning "Argo" because of the movie's allegedly "unrealistic portrayal" of the country. Reports: Iran mulls suing Hollywood over 'Argo' 2013-03-12T10:44:11Z

Police say the plot ranged from Canada to Iran, Afghanistan, Dubai and Pakistan, but did not elaborate. Canadian terror arrests include 'Idol' contestant 2010-08-26T21:16:00Z

He was eventually charged with spying on the Iranian government and working with a government that is an enemy of Iran. Post reporter Jason Rezaian back in court in Iran 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

Hassani was born into an Afghan family living at the time in Tehran, Iran. Afghan woman risks all to bring color to war-torn Kabul with her street art and feminist murals 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z

When she criticized the condition of women in Iran, Khomeini said, “If you do not like Islamic dress you are not obliged to follow it. The chador is only for young and respectable women.” The Life of Oriana Fallaci, Guerrilla Journalist 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

As its title suggests, this book is broader than the previous volumes, covering more than 40 countries, including Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, India and Israel. Just when we need it, ‘Humans’ reminds us what it means to be human 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

“Propaganda for the Iraqis and the Iranians — to support the king in Iraq and the shah in Iran.” Sam Greenlee, Writer, Producer, Government Agent, Dies at 83 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

One of Iran's leading young athletes writes to me about how he "lives for Bach" and occasionally sends me poems penned in his free time. Mahan Esfahani: Why I'm proud to take part in the Proms 2012-07-20T14:06:00Z

And one day soon, I hope we get to do this play in Iran. Sanaz Toossi on Her Pulitzer: ‘This Signals to Iranians Our Stories Matter’ 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

With the exception of the many years of the Iran hostage crisis and the demonizing of just Iranians, which was just a little special note in the '80s. Muslim-American comics after 9/11: "I thought comedy was over, but it was more important than ever" 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

“The Citadel has always been such a hidden and taboo subject in Iran. Even when I was a child in the ’60s, everybody knew it existed but didn’t dare speak about it. | Shirin Neshat on Kaveh Golestan’s Humanistic Portraiture 2014-02-26T17:30:51Z

And — unless I missed something — it seems that he never actually told Saul for sure that Iran wasn’t breaking the nuclear arms deal. ‘Homeland,’ Season 6, Episode 8: The Never-Ending Trials of Quinn 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

The United States State Department discourages, but does not prohibit, travel to Iran by American citizens, and Americans can travel to Iran only as part of an organized tour. 52 Places to Go in 2019 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

So when Rita released an album entirely in the language of her country's arch-enemy Iran, naturally more than a few eyebrows were raised. Israeli music icon hopes Farsi album charms Iran 2012-07-03T13:54:11Z

There was the moment, three months in, when we had to make the call to cut Iran from my travel plans. In a Year of Perpetual Motion, Moments That Stopped Time 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

His discovery of the medium reprises the story of photography’s arrival in Iran. Review | It’s time we looked at Iran through the same lens as its best photographers 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

Starting in Iran in 2012, Stanton worked with over 200 interpreters to collect stories from every corner of the globe. Now More Than Ever, Brandon Stanton Makes People Feel Less Alone 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

Ghattas, a Lebanese-born journalist and scholar, takes a sweeping look at the unrest in the Middle East, arguing that much of it is the result of the competition between Saudi Arabia and Iran. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

“Other places like Iran, Turkey, California, do not have this kind of soil.” Sicily’s Emerald Green Gem: the Bronte Pistachio 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

"Argo" producer-director Ben Affleck, riding high after his Iran hostage thriller took its third major award at the weekend, shrugged off being overlooked in the Best Director Oscar shortlist. Oscar night to have something for everyone, producers say 2013-02-05T01:16:10Z

Iran threatens to boycott the 2012 Olympics over the logo, which it claims spells out “Zion.” Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2011-03-02T18:30:29Z

Chastain has fought for pay equity in Hollywood, pushed for support of Planned Parenthood and used red-carpet and talk-show appearances to champion causes such as the women protesting repression in Iran. Jessica Chastain Returns to the Stage With Nothing to Prove 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

Rasoulof said the film would never be shown in Iran due to its subject matter. Iran filmmaker gets standing ovation for secret film at Cannes 2013-05-24T17:10:50Z

On the banks, we found a parade of eerie figures, statues of soldiers with fingers pointing towards Iran. Baghdad, Iraq: 10 years after Saddam 2013-03-17T00:05:30Z

He was arrested by the intelligence ministry shortly after his song went viral in September, generating some 40 million views — close to 87 million people live in Iran — in 48 hours. ‘Baraye,’ the Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement, Wins a Grammy 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

Some experts fear this may be only part of the story, that Iran is also seeking militarization technology in space. Iran’s next move: Send a Persian cat to space 2013-09-16T18:10:00Z

Instantly, like a Pixar dog distracted by a squirrel, the networks forgot about Iran and went all Jacko, all the time. Review: Jon Stewart's Rosewater: Laughing Through the Torture 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

With “Cooking in Iran,” Batmanglij travels through the land she once sought to conjure from a distance four decades ago. Najmieh Batmanglij is the grande dame of Iranian cooking. It’s time you knew her name. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

Or think of Mrs. Kennedy at the state dinner for the shah of Iran with a sunburst brooch from the London jeweler Wartski in her hair. Why We Love the Bouffant 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

In labeling Iran, Iraq and North Korea an “axis of evil,” Mr. Bush “had spoken without weighing the consequences.” Review: ‘Bush,’ a Biography as Scathing Indictment 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z

As the series concludes, he's facing cabinet revolt, war with Iran and obfuscating intelligence services. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 26-30 November 2012-11-26T07:00:00Z

Bronze chokers with twisted fluting excavated at Nea Philadelphia are similar to scores of others from Western Iran — of which the authors make no mention in the important exhibition book. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z

In 1980 he landed one of his biggest scoops, breaking the news of the Carter administration’s failed attempt to rescue the American hostages being held in Iran. Longtime NBC News Correspondent John Palmer Dies 2013-08-04T02:34:29Z

Like A Separation, the first Iranian film to win the Foreign Language Film Oscar, Tales reveals an Iran less exotic than familiar; its citizens, especially its women, face challenges of universal pertinence. Addio, Lido: Last Postcards from the Venice Film Festival 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

A French diplomat was more blunt:“Whatever disagreements we may have with Iran we want to keep and develop a cultural relationship with Iranian society.” In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

No one in Iran was as qualified as he, and possibly nobody outside Iran could have gotten the requisite journalist visa. Jason Rezaian Recounts His 544 Days of Captivity in Iran 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

But one thing remains unchanged: Those in power in Iran continue to regard him and his work as subversive. ‘The Colonel,’ by the Iranian Writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 2012-07-01T18:15:33Z

So Asia Society’s “Iran Modern,” an exhibition of more than 100 artworks made in Iran in the two decades before the revolution of 1979, should be something to see. | Art: Identity Puzzles From U.S. and Iran 2013-08-30T21:29:09Z

“And now,” he said with a flourish, “the most important one, red saffron from Iran.” Don’t squander your layover in Dubai. Fill your bags with spices and gold. 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

The United Arab Emirates hoped that by helping to set up the back channel between Trump and Putin their interest in moving Russia away from its friendship with UAE enemy Iran could be advanced. All the Presidents’ Spies: Blackwater-founder Erik Prince is the latest Trump cut-out to parlay with Putin’s men 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

In her memoir, Stein also tells the story of her decision to quit her job as an assistant curator at MoMA to live in Iran. Hired by the Empress of Art at Tehran’s Hidden Museum 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z

The subject matter seen in "Dog Sweat" is forbidden in Iran. "Dog Sweat" shows secret life of rebellious Iranians 2011-11-16T19:25:04Z

It is obvious that she is unaware how the internet works; "walls" around it won't work unless you want to create your own internet, very much like they are doing in Iran. Iceland's internet 'porn shield' is misguided and unworkable 2013-02-15T15:13:32Z

Last year, Iran hostage drama 'Argo' won the top prize at the Producers Guild and went on to win best picture at the Oscars. '12 Years a Slave,' 'Gravity' up for Producers Guild Awards 2014-01-02T18:17:29Z

Syria has been a major regional player, allied with Iran and the Lebanese Shi'ite Hezbollah group. Suicide bomb kills 26 in Syria: interior minister 2012-01-06T18:06:07Z

The Foreign Language Film citation went to A Separation, from Iran—which, in the current geopolitical and Republican-primary climate, is about as foreign as a movie can get. Big Winners at the Golden Globes: Clooney and Streep, The Artist and The Descendants 2012-01-16T08:16:23Z

It found that in the week following the ban, bookings from the affected countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen – fell by 80% compared with the same period last year. US tourism experiences a 'Trump slump' 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

I would love to take him to Iran. Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

Foreign women visiting Iran must, by law, comply with the Islamic dress code in public, wearing loose-fitting clothes and covering the hair. Iran to let foreign women watch men's volleyball tournament 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

A creative writing professor at UC Riverside who holds a PhD in sociology with a focus on religions, Aslan became a born-again Christian after coming to the U.S. from Iran. In CNN's 'Believer,' Reza Aslan to aim for a window on world religions 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

One element that encouraged the current revival of the instrument in Iran, he said, is its alluringly theatrical strumming sound. Ostad Elahi, a Tanbur Master, Is Celebrated at Met Museum 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

The West fears the work is a secret atomic weapons program, while Iran says it is purely peaceful. Iran sentences American to die for spying 2012-01-09T12:02:00Z

"Iranian officials therefore seriously perceive any cultural products about Iran, like movies, as a political statement and a part of what they call the west's cultural invasion against Iran." Iran to sue Hollywood for 'distorting image' of Islamic republic 2013-03-12T17:11:51Z

The reality was that people in Iran weren't using Twitter. SXSW 2011: How the BBC gets round censorship using social media 2011-03-13T21:32:00Z

The Americans close the tournament’s opening day against Scotland, Ukraine or Wales, and they also play Iran on Nov. 29. Fox to televise 35 of 64 World Cup matches on main network 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z

Leaving Iran would be very worrying for a younger artist. Cannes 2012: Abbas Kiarostami: 'The world is my workshop' 2012-05-28T17:32:06Z

A bird-shaped pouring vessel, “askos” in Greek, reproduces a type established in Iran as early as the beginning of the second Millennium B.C. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z

Still, nobody tell Iran about “Family Guy” or “South Park.” ArtsBeat: Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children? 'Simpsons' Toys Banned in Iran 2012-02-06T17:25:58Z

But Sir Adrian insists that the boy can be more useful in London by gaining access to supposedly impenetrable databases in Iran, North Korea and Russia. Review | At 80, Frederick Forsyth has produced a classic thriller that’s also eerily relevant 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

Iran, the world's No. 5 crude oil exporter, says its nuclear facilities are part of a peaceful energy program and it would retaliate for any attack on them. Iran to load own nuclear fuel rods in Tehran reactor 2012-02-15T12:59:02Z

The West suspects that Iran may be heading toward production of nuclear weapons, imposing the sanctions to persuade Iran to drop its uranium enrichment project. Musicians: Iran's national orchestra disbanded 2012-10-29T13:34:07Z

It is not just an attack against us, it is an attack against Iran. Assange: WikiLeaks film script leaked to WikiLeaks 2013-01-25T23:37:03Z

His father, a successful businessman who helped start Iran’s cotton industry, bought two large movie theaters in central Tehran that showed the latest French and Italian films. The Cinematography of Darius Khondji 2012-07-15T00:23:01Z

In Haghighi’s daring vision, the very question of who “these people” are—who the enemies of artists and artistic freedom in Iran are—is at the root of the action. “Pig,” Reviewed: An Iranian Comedy About Filmmakers Who Become the Targets of Murder 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

Panahi thanked the cinema industry for its support -- particularly at this year's Cannes festival, where French actress Juliette Binoche criticized Iran for imprisoning him in her acceptance speech for the best actress award. Iran director banned from travelling to Venice fest 2010-09-01T17:48:00Z

And at times Iran is an entire culture that is estranged from itself, enchanted by all things Western, particularly French. A Persian Turned Parisian Insists: I’m Not an Immigrant, I’m an Exile 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

Only time will tell if Iran becomes the Prussia of 21st-century America. We’re living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

The artwork was on its way back to Iran from the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, where it was displayed in an exhibition celebrating the centenary of the artist's birth. Pollock art returned to museum 2012-05-29T16:00:41Z

Unless they’re feeling particularly daring, women who want to use a beach in Iran are restricted to areas cordoned off by curtains made from fabric or plastic. An Exile from Iran on the Beaches of Australia 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

In addition, the victor will face the fallout from Europe's economic problems, Iran's nuclear ambitions and the poisonous atmosphere in Washington DC, which certainly won't be at ease with an Obama victory. Has a disillusioned Barack Obama lost the will to win? 2012-10-06T23:06:37Z

The concert marked the opening of the museum’s dazzling New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia. Music Review: Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers at Met Museum - Review 2011-10-30T22:51:18Z

PECK: The most amazing thing was seeing how many different types of people were taking this class … People in Africa, Iran, a full family in India. Tiler Peck missed dancing onstage. She went and found one. 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

His movies are personal and also political, as he aims his quizzical gaze at the petty hypocrisies and large injustices of modern Iran, as well as at the paradoxes of his own creative practice. ‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

It also features work by 15 queer, trans and gender nonconforming Muslim artists from around the world, including Syria, Iran, and Pakistan. The Scion of a Pakistani Political Dynasty Comes Out 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

‘Trump tweets praises to Russia, threats to Iran’ To “The Bells of Notre Dame” from Disney’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” Morning in Washington; citizens wake To the tweets of Donald Trump. Style Invitational Week 1291: Film flam — movie anagrams 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

With Iran interested in several venues for financial as much as symbolic reasons, Germany and Italy quickly joined forces. Sending its fabulous collection of Western modernism abroad 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

Her first book offered an often-flattering juxtaposition of the Western literary ethos of personal liberty against the totalitarian fundamentalism of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Why this Iranian-born writer fears for America’s soul 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z

O.G., as NSA technicians called it, had done its job, perhaps delaying Iran’s nuclear program for a year or more while engineers struggled to figure out what diabolical gremlin was causing repeated failures and breakdowns. “Science fiction cyber-war is here”: Alex Gibney on “Zero Days” and Stuxnet, the secret weapon that got away 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

Trump lampooned the Iran nuclear agreement as the “worst deal ever”, hobbling it and constantly threatening to destroy it. Ben Rhodes: ‘Obama has a serenity that I don't. I get more exercised’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z

No less powerful, however, are the leaders of the current regime in Iran, particularly Ali Khamenei, who thrive on United States-Iran antagonism. What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

She had been detained on the grounds that she was not properly observing Iran’s hijab law. With ‘Eyes on Iran,’ Artists Bring Protests to Roosevelt Island 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

He is now in the process of mastering slow-roasted Persian lamb accompanied by a pomegranate salad, in hopes of “defusing the tension” over Iran’s nuclear reactors. Cultural Studies: Food Is the Latest Arena for Macho Contests 2012-09-15T00:37:02Z

Now is a good time to be looking at images from Iran. Review | It’s time we looked at Iran through the same lens as its best photographers 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

Archer Zahra Nemati had a big smile and a wave for the crowd as she carried Iran's flag into the opening ceremony in her wheelchair. The Latest: De Lima lights the Olympic cauldron 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

As Michael Axworthy points out in the prologue to this long, dense, meticulously fair and scholarly work, the myths about Iran are tenacious. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z

But Ms. Behbahani viewed herself as patriotic, and said that her impassioned writings and public statements were always intended to make Iran better. Simin Behbahani, Outspoken Iranian Poet, Dies at 87 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

But the videos below defined recent uprisings in Iran, Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Montreal, Syria, and elsewhere around the world. 14 protest videos that went viral and changed the world 2014-02-25T14:00:00Z

“I’m going to upset some people because I’m going to do pork and I’m going to do scallops, which you can’t get in Iran,” she said. At 59, a Gutsy Chef Makes Her Restaurant Debut 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

The book will share his experiences growing up as an Iranian American in the United States and reporting from Iran, as well as the story of his imprisonment. Washington Post reporter to write memoir about his 18 months in an Iranian prison 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

For outsiders to take responsibility for conservation “completely undermines national integrity” of the affected countries, Mr. Simpson, the senior curator of the museum’s Ancient Iran and Arabia collections, said in a telephone interview. A Shelter for Art Caught in the Crossfire 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

I think the fear that we had as comedians from that part of the world, even though Iran was not . Muslim-American comics after 9/11: "I thought comedy was over, but it was more important than ever" 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

The eight-lobed rosette is a solar symbol widespread in Iran by the early first millennium B.C. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z

He went on: “Anyone who strengthens the strategic position of Iran is, by definition, working to weaken the United States of America.” Jon Stewart investigates the extreme hypocrisy of Dick Cheney 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

Rarely does a single accord return one of the world’s great civilizations to center stage, but the recent nuclear agreement with the UN Security Council may well accomplish that for Iran. These Are the Best Places to Travel in 2016 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

A very different look into the history of the museum and its artworks is found in a limited-edition 2018 coffee-table book, “Iran Modern: The Empress of Art.” Hired by the Empress of Art at Tehran’s Hidden Museum 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z

Most recently it is the question of Iran's nuclear programme which preoccupies decision-makers and policy analysts. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z

There’s nothing I’m not excited about, but I think Iran takes the top spot. Meet the 52 Places Traveler for 2019 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

He is also banned from leaving Iran, shooting films or scriptwriting for 20 years. Coens' "True Grit" opens the Berlin film festival 2011-02-10T17:22:19Z

Its architect believes the building, which will cost at least £100m and is sited in a sensitive area of historic buildings, will embody "Iran's public image in London". New Iran 2010-08-01T21:10:00Z

You can probably see where this is going: Come Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, “The Other Side of the Wind” will join the roster of American hostages. The story of the final — and unfinished — work of Orson Welles 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Tabriz also has some of Iran’s most comforting street food. A foodie tour of Iran: it's poetry on a plate 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

Indeed, The Clash famously wrote Rock The Casbah to protest at the banning of rock 'n' roll in Iran after the 1979 revolution. Beating the ban 2010-03-25T08:04:00Z

I went to a middle school and asked the kids what they think of when they hear of Iran. Firoozeh Dumas sees the humor amid middle-school stress 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

Before being jailed, he was interviewed in Iran by "Daily Show" correspondent Jason Jones. Stewart taking 'Daily Show' break to direct film 2013-03-05T20:43:09Z

A similar video appears to show men in Iran performing a similar greeting "in the age of the coronavirus." Coronavirus fears prompt people to seek healthier alternatives than shaking hands 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

Now Shauder lives in Brooklyn, New York, and hopes to release "The Iran Job" in U.S. movie theaters later this year. "The Iran Job" spotlights U.S. basketball player in Iran 2012-06-23T01:17:33Z

The Blacklist The murder of a nuclear scientist from Iran sparks a revenge plot that puts an American in danger in this new episode. Monday's TV Highlights: '15 Songs That Changed Country Music' 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

“A lot of men in Iran understand what we are talking about. It’s not about hating men – it’s about fighting for equality.” 'I'm proud of my sin': the 'criminal' stars of Iranian TV promoting women's rights 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

Circumstance, she says, reflects issues in both cultures – and, while set in Iran and scripted in Farsi, its glossiness and pace feel American. Maryam Keshavarz: 'In Iran, anything illegal becomes politically subversive' 2012-08-23T20:00:04Z

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcasts news and other programing in 26 languages to Russia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iran, and a range of other countries. Radio Free Europe, Voice of America launch new Russian-language TV channel 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

Following the international publicity that Binoche helped to generate, and the widespread condemnation of Iran for its cruel and unusual punishment of women, the Iranian authorities changed Ashtiani's death sentence from stoning to hanging. Juliette Binoche 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

"It's my favorite night of the year," gushed my cousin Setareh, who grew up in Iran and now lives in San Diego. On Shab-e Yalda, red fruit and fortune-telling rule the night 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

It stirred protesters inside and outside of Iran, who claim she was an innocent victim. Film shows life and bloody death of Iran protester 2010-06-22T22:21:00Z

The best-selling writer posted a letter from his editor in Iran on his blog, informing him of the news. Iran bans author Coelho's books 2011-01-11T16:11:22Z

Embassy employees trapped in Iran, live in a house together for a week. The Carpetbagger: Video: Tate Donovan, on Living Like It's 1979 2013-01-28T19:32:29Z

Virgin Islands, he said his experience in Iran is never far from his mind. "The Iran Job" spotlights U.S. basketball player in Iran 2012-06-23T01:17:33Z

I would like to see articles on the elimination of Christians, Jews, Yazidi and secularists in Muslim majorities like Egypt, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Bangladesh…. Flying While Muslim: A Civil Rights Advocate on Travel Right Now 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

Now, the officials said, "it seems Iran is focusing squarely on influential elite audiences in Delhi, with a view to shaping the debate of India's International Atomic Energy Agency policy and the nuclear deal". WikiLeaks cables show warming relationship between India and US 2010-12-16T21:30:23Z

In the case of Iran, I knew within an hour after I got there. Photographing Impeachment Proceedings Against Three Presidents 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

Carlson and Boot went back and forth over various topics of foreign policy including Syria, Russia, Iran and the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. Tucker Carlson, Max Boot get into petty exchange over who is more wrong on foreign policy 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

Worthington wrote his poem in the voice of the Iranian, who returned to Iran after the reunion and was imprisoned and tortured for dissidence. Poetry calls out from the screen at Silent River Film Fest 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

A suspenseful drama about the unusual rescue of six Americans during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, "Argo" managed only second place for the weekend, taking in about $20.1 million at North American movie theaters. ArtsBeat: Ben Affleck's 'Argo,' With Strong Reviews, Opens in Second Place 2012-10-14T18:31:11Z

But for Ms. Stitt’s mother, who moved to the United States from Iran with her husband in 1963, preparing food without herbs would be unthinkable. The Verdant Food of Iran Entices at Persian New Year 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

It argues the west should pursue human rights violations against Iran instead of focusing its nuclear threat. Sundance documentaries offer broad view of the world 2011-01-26T17:23:24Z

Robin Wright reports on the growing sense of foreboding in Washington over the confrontation with Iran. Sunday Reading: On the Precipice 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

The executive order, which was signed by Mr. Trump on Friday, blocks entry into the United States for 90 days for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Visa Ban Leaves Artists in Limbo, and Institutions Perplexed 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

Restrictions on all Iranian nationals entering the US are part of Donald Trump’s expected new measures against seven Muslim-majority countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Iranian Oscar contender: I'll boycott awards over Trump's 'racist' visa ban 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

To get more specific, it was a weapon jointly designed by U.S. and Israeli intelligence, meant to infect the supposedly secure computer system at Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility. “Science fiction cyber-war is here”: Alex Gibney on “Zero Days” and Stuxnet, the secret weapon that got away 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

“Not to be, like, really a downer, but there’s a lot of tragic death in my family, after the revolution,” she said, referring to Iran’s revolution of 1979, which dethroned her grandfather. Young Socialites Conjure the Ghost of Leonard Bernstein at the Dakota 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z

Dashti’s photographs show large rooms in abandoned buildings in Mashhad, the second most populous city in Iran. Review | It’s time we looked at Iran through the same lens as its best photographers 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

Minor mistakes aside, the film takes a black and white view towards Iranians, like many other western films about Iran. Why Argo is hard for Iranians to watch 2012-11-13T16:56:00Z

Like the movie, the discussion is soothing, civilized and quietly touching, and because the Baha’i continue to be persecuted in Iran it’s also inherently political. Movie Review: ‘The Gardener,’ Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Inquiry Into Religion 2013-08-08T22:53:11Z

Mohammad Hosseini, Iran's minister of culture and Islamic guidance, described the film to Mehr News as an "offensive act", motivated by "evil intentions". Ben Affleck's Argo takes Iran's revolutionary themes as its own 2012-11-07T15:09:52Z

Conversely, travelers should be mindful about public displays of affection when traveling in destinations where their communities aren’t generally well accepted, including Brunei, Ethiopia, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Advice for Gay and Transgender Travelers 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

I’m building will never equal the original—my home, a village in Iran, a gaggle of family, a turmeric-stained cavern of a kitchen cradling my grandmother’s familiar body, a place where I belong without question. “Marriage is an uncut watermelon”: How translation brought my native language to life 2014-03-21T22:58:00Z

Pompeo’s statement implied that Kelly had agreed before the interview to confine her questions to developments in Iran and that he would not be asked about other subjects. Emails support NPR host after Pompeo calls her a liar in setting up contentious interview 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

Most of them think Pakistan or Iran will take over. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z

And things from Iran, whether they’re people or objects, are all Persian. Television: The Persian-ness of ?Shahs of Sunset? on Bravo 2012-03-09T23:39:45Z

“It was one of the first shows specifically looking at artists in Iran and to showcase young artists and support them,” Mr. Fellrath said. Art Reoriented, a Curator Duo, is in High Demand 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

She is in wartime Iran, waiting for news of her son, whom she fears may be dead. Im Heung-soon Explores the Horrors Women Endure in War 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Persian cuisine, Batmanglij demonstrates in “Cooking in Iran,” is one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse. Najmieh Batmanglij is the grande dame of Iranian cooking. It’s time you knew her name. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

“I remember growing up in Iran and reading these books,” Mr. Banuazizi said. A Lifetime Quest to Finish a Monumental Encyclopedia of Iran 2011-08-12T22:29:57Z

Best screenplay went to Iran hostage film Argo, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, also an Oscar favourite. The Master wins over LA Critics 2012-12-10T10:30:34Z

Consider, for example, a lovely hemispherical wine cup just three inches in diameter made of hammered gold in Iran in the 11th century. The Met Explores an Islamic Dynasty’s All-Embracing Big Tent 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

This Iran treaty stinks; Congress will shred it! Style Invitational: Gaaah! It’s Limerixicon XII 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Iran scored a victory at last year's Oscar ceremony when its official submission, Ashgar Farhadi's acclaimed drama A Separation, won the best foreign language film award. Alter Argo: Iranian film to tell other side of hostage crisis 2013-01-11T17:37:56Z

As Mr Sebestyen argues, it was a Soviet-sponsored coup in an obscure corner of Iran at the beginning of the year that first prompted policymakers in the West to question Moscow’s motives. The cold war’s first chill 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

He played a clip of the president’s speech where he said that a pause in hostilities between Iran and the United States was a very good thing for the world. Did Fox’s Tucker Carlson play role in calming Iran pressure? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

President Trump has been impeached by the House of Representatives and has brought the nation to the brink of a war with Iran. Perspective | Stephanie Grisham is not the worst-ever White House press secretary. Here’s why. 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

On Tuesday night, Jon Stewart went on a spirited rant about the open letter to Iran signed by 47 Republican Senators — blatantly trying to undermine a nuclear agreement. “We’re f**king cuckoo! Cuckoo bananas!”: Jon Stewart rips the GOP Senators’ letter to Iran 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

He traveled to the far corners of Iran, to the rural spaces of a wide and unforgiving land, developing a deeper understanding of his country. The Saturday Profile: An Iranian Filmmaker Tiptoes Around the Censors to Explore Risky Subjects 2011-05-07T01:56:05Z

Photograph: Soheil Riahi/Alamy Independent travel isn’t allowed in Iran, Brits must book a group trip, but you can tailor-make one with a minimum of two people with some operators, and on a budget. 10 ideas for adventurous holidays in Iran 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

The arrival of "House of Cards" has caused something of a stir in Iran, where American programming is extremely rare, and where authorities routinely denounce Western pop culture as decadent and un-Islamic. Watching 'House of Cards' in Tehran, to hard-liners' delight 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Standing in a room that held a 13th-century ceramic mihrab, or prayer niche, from Iran, she was counting how many human figures were on the Persian lusterware tiles that lined the doorway. A Hawaii Home for Islamic Art Widens Its Scope 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

Even though most of the historic rulers of Iran were not of Iranian stock, but of Turkic parentage, all sought models in the Shah-Nameh. Art Review: Iran's Mirror of the World 2011-02-25T12:00:05Z

She, her husband and two children left Iran in June 2009. Nazila Fathi’s ‘The Lonely War’ Is a Memoir of Iran 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

Administration officials did not identify the targets of the sanctions and say the term "entities" describes both government agencies and private companies in Iran and Syria. Obama to cite new technologies in rights abuses 2012-04-23T12:11:00Z

That “A Separation,” from Iran, was nominated at all means it has ardent fans — but enough to offset those who won’t vote for a foreign film outside of the best foreign language film category? The Carpetbagger?s 2012 Oscar Predictions 2012-02-24T00:38:40Z

It follows her and her teenage son, Saleem, as they, in separate journeys, flee across Iran, into Turkey, then across Europe in a desperate bid to forge a life in England. How an emergency room pediatrician became a global best-selling author 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

But Iran remains a key supplier for many countries, and some of its major customers are seeking waivers from Washington from the sanctions while they look for alternative sources of oil. Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work 2012-02-04T13:45:12Z

Mr. Burton was a little less adept when another journalist asked about the directors Jafar Panahi, who’s under arrest in Iran for his political views, and Roman Polanski, who remains under house arrest in Switzerland. Film: Cannes Runs a Bit Short on Stars This Year 2010-05-13T21:44:00Z

He was a U.S.I.A. officer from 1957 to 1965, working at embassies in Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Pakistan and Greece — all places teetering on the edge of political disorder — dispensing information to the local news media. Sam Greenlee, Writer, Producer, Government Agent, Dies at 83 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

She read a letter from the three dissidents thanking PEN and saying their thoughts were with the many others persecuted in Iran and beyond. Hundreds gather for PEN America gala, hosted by Awkwafina 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z

Filmmaker Oliver Stone on Tuesday praised Brazil's efforts to mediate with Iran on its nuclear program, as he visited the South American nation. Director Stone praises Brazil for Iran mediation 2010-06-02T00:16:00Z

But he is surprisingly optimistic, saying he hopes some day to get his films shown in Iran. Defying political pressure, Iranian director keeps camera running 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

The same concern for Christianity led to the arrival of American Presbyterian missionaries in Iran at the end of the 19th century. What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

I’m talking about everything that’s happening in Iran, the missile strikes in Iraq, and all the reaction around this new conflict in the Middle East. Why Ari Fleischer is against resurrecting the extinct White House press briefings 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

Under duress Hariri appeared on television denouncing the role Iran and its client militia Hezbollah played in his country, which was a good way to start a new civil war there. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

Sarvestani skipped a follow-up meeting at the Chapel Hill Mall, in Akron, and returned to Iran as planned. The U.S. won’t admit this dying Iranian sociologist 2012-11-22T13:00:00Z

An indictment in Manhattan federal court alleges that the plot was part of a wider plan to lure three individuals in Canada and a fifth person in the United Kingdom to Iran. Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap US journalist, 4 others 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

Iran hosts some of the world’s oldest cultural monuments, including 19 Unesco World Heritage Sites, and its varied terrain ranges from desert locales to ski resorts. Sanctions Lifted, American Tourists Head to Iran 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

He sprinkles nigella seeds over rice to boost immunity and overall health, and although chickpeas aren’t big in Northern Iran, he adds them to stews because they are thought to be good for chest pain. A Chef’s Childhood in Iran Shaped His Cooking in the Pandemic 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

Although the film-makers may have hoped to address the abolition of Iran's family protection law following the revolution, their stark juxtapositions between the protagonists' religions make the film a crude vehicle for Christian triumphalism. Ben Affleck's Argo takes Iran's revolutionary themes as its own 2012-11-07T15:09:52Z

The Islamic Republic of Iran now owns this trove of Western modernism, which is widely held to be the best collection outside Europe and North America. Sending its fabulous collection of Western modernism abroad 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

I came from Iran on the eve of the revolution, and we came to Miami because my aunt was in medical school there. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Miami During the Cocaine Boom 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

Presidential drama "Lincoln" goes into Sunday's ceremony with seven nominations, followed by Iran hostage movie "Argo" and Quentin Tarantino's slavery-era "Django Unchained" with five apiece. Factbox: A look at Hollywood's Golden Globes 2013-01-13T15:10:43Z

The Post said the would announce new sanctions against both Syria and Iran on Monday. Obama to cite new technologies in rights abuses 2012-04-23T12:11:00Z

How has the Iran protest movement affected you? Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

Her book, however, was far more widely read in Iran. Simin Daneshvar, Iranian Author and Translator, Dies at 90 2012-03-17T04:26:17Z

This has been spectacularly true of cinema in the Soviet Union and Iran. The best art is born from democracy 2010-04-07T11:48:00Z

Rasoulof, who in 2019 was sentenced to prison in Iran for “spreading propaganda” and has been banned from making films and leaving the country, was not able to attend the ceremony. ‘There Is No Evil,’ About Executions in Iran, Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z

It combines old and new art from Iran. Review | Can art help us understand Iran? A new LACMA exhibit misses the mark. 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Western nations say talking is pointless unless uranium enrichment is on the table, something Iran refuses to discuss. Iran to announce nuclear progress: Ahmadinejad 2012-02-11T11:45:00Z

Much thinner are China, Iran, the Arab world and much of Africa, due to both political and technical considerations. Website allows users to listen to thousands of radio stations around the world 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

The character of Memed was drawn in part from Mr. Kemal’s memory of his mother’s brother, an outlaw named Mayro — “the best-known outlaw in the eastern Anatolia, Iran and Caucasus areas.” Yasar Kemal, Turkish novelist and voice against political injustice, dies 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

They were arrested along the Iran- border in July 2009 and sentenced last month to eight years each in prison. Iran to release 2 jailed U.S. hikers today 2011-09-21T10:23:00Z

Israel accuses Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons — a charge Iran denies. Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

Fars is deep in the south of Iran, not in Western Iran. Auctions: Century-Old Vandalism of Islamic Art, and Its Price 2011-04-15T12:00:27Z

Iran has said lately that it is willing to hold talks with Western powers, though there have been mixed signals on whether conditions imposed by either side make new negotiations likely. EU bans Iranian oil, Tehran responds with threats 2012-01-23T12:51:00Z

She confronted the shah of Iran about women’s ability to rule as his wife, the western-educated empress Farah Pahlavi, sat next to him. The Best of Barbara Walters 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z

“Iran first told me that night that things weren’t going so well for him,” she said. Iran Barkley and Pamela Graham: A Boxer Marries His Champ 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

Iran remains defiant but says it wants nuclear technology strictly for peaceful purposes. Obama, Netanyahu face struggle over Iran 'red lines' 2012-03-05T13:09:00Z

"Your president is like an ayatollah in Iran and your church is like in the United Arab Emirates," they chant, without explaining the reference to the United Arab Emirates. New Pussy Riot video lambastes Putin, Russian energy industry 2013-07-17T13:05:20Z

At the time, Mossadegh wanted to nationalize Iran’s oil industry, which had been controlled by Britain until that point. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Trinkets’ and ‘The Haves and the Have Nots’ 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

In October, the White House denied a Post story that Trump would decertify the Iran nuclear agreement as not in the national interest. Scoop. Denial. Scoop confirmed. That’s business as usual for writers covering the Trump White House. 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

Pirate DVDs of the film, however, are available on the black market across Iran for as little as 50 pence. Iran to sue Hollywood for 'distorting image' of Islamic republic 2013-03-12T17:11:51Z

Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, she earned the unofficial title of the "Lioness of Iran" for what admirers saw as her courage in the face of official censorship. Poet Behbahani, 'lioness of Iran', dies at 87: state media 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

Where Meacham breaks new and startling ground is reporting how needlessly harsh Bush 41 thought the rhetoric was, including Bush 43’s characterization in 2002 of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an “axis of evil.” Jon Meacham’s ‘Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

She thinks of London as her homeland, "but I speak fluent Farsi, and there is a sense of real attachment to Iran", despite the fact she has never been able to return. Shappi Khorsandi: the last laugh 2011-08-10T20:30:02Z

Why, for example, is ousting the rulers of Iran even today deemed a good idea in some quarters? Where Does American Foreign Policy Go From Here? 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

As an example, Mr. Laric points to photographs released on the Internet in 2008 by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, purporting to show four missiles built in Iran and capable of attacking Israel. Art Review: ‘A Different Kind of Order: The ICP Triennial’ 2013-05-16T21:04:47Z

He was one of the finest chroniclers of the 1979 Islamic revolution that overthrew the shah of Iran, his native country; the nearly eight-year Iran-Iraq war; and Saddam Hussein’s gassing of the Kurds. Photography: Rare Glimpses of Iran’s Lost Underworld 2014-03-20T14:32:28Z

EU officials said they also agreed to freeze the assets of Iran's central bank and ban trade in gold and other precious metals with the bank and state bodies. EU bans Iranian oil, Tehran responds with threats 2012-01-23T12:51:00Z

Powerful men in the Reagan administration conspired to illegally trade arms to Iran to finance the Nicaraguan Contras. How to pull a friend out of the conspiracy theory rabbit hole 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

The Swiss embassy in Tehran looks after the interests of the United States, which broke off diplomatic ties with Iran shortly after its 1979 Islamic revolution. Iran to release of U.S. men jailed as spies 2011-09-13T11:01:05Z

Another pause, because — as “you are products of the American education system” — he’ll have to tell us where Iran is, too. Review: In ‘One Thousand Nights and One Day,’ New Tales of Old Persia 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z

She wants to tell the story of the real horrors that she and her parents fled in the 1980s in Iran, where Zaree was born in the notorious Evin Prison for political dissidents. ‘Born in Evin’ Review: No Place for a Baby, or Anyone Else 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

It's not often you hear about rappers from Iran – and it's even rarer to hear of female MCs – but 25-year-old Salome is used to being an exception. Salome: straight outta Tehran 2011-01-04T22:30:01Z

The latest statements are certain to fuel tensions with the U.S. and its allies, which are trying to turn up pressure on Iran with new sanctions to punish it over its disputed nuclear program. Report: Iran begins uranium enrichment at new site as Guard threatens key strait closure 2012-01-08T12:44:00Z

Affleck, 40, whose Iran hostage thriller "Argo" swept the board at last weekend's Hollywood awards shows, was also notable by his absence, as were Hooper and Tarantino. Spielberg seen winning director Oscar for "Lincoln" 2013-01-30T12:02:23Z

Irving also touches on Trump’s travel ban, calling it “discriminatory” and that it has “already helped the hardliners in Iran”. John Irving attacks 'intolerant' Trump in defence of political awards speeches 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z

Iran said in January that it had produced the first nuclear fuel rod, and that it had to find a way to make them because Western sanctions prohibit their purchase from foreign markets. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

He headed the department of pathology and started a new hospital in Shiraz, Iran, and I was the second baby born in that hospital. Valerie Jarrett's leap of faith that started her path to the Obama White House 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

“I’m hoping if the Iranians retaliate it will be three months on their side,” said Steve Kulay, who runs Iran Luxury Travel in North Carolina. Trump’s Travel Ban Draws Growing Opposition From Tourism Executives 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republicby Michael Axworthy Yet, according to Michael Axworthy in his calm and literate portrait of the Islamic Republic, certain long-lived chickens are coming home to roost. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-01T17:30:02Z

What you have come to accept as the picture of Iran in contemporary Iranian movies is heavily censored and retouched. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

In his message, he also denounced the use of his song for political benefit outside of Iran, which some suspect was forced by the Iranian authorities. The power of this Iranian protest song at the Grammys ... and around the world 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z

“I follow news from Iran very closely still,” he says, “especially the stories of dual nationals like me, who are currently being held hostage there for political reasons.” Washington Post reporter to write memoir about his 18 months in an Iranian prison 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

“That means a lot from a guy from Iran,” joked Clooney. George Clooney: 'There’s not going to be a President Donald Trump' 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Like many people, I want to read more about Iran. The Verdant Food of Iran Entices at Persian New Year 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

Maybe Iran would have been even better but it’s difficult for me to make a film in Iran these days with the restrictions. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: A Director Who Likes to Start in the Middle 2012-05-23T12:00:56Z

Even in prison, Maziar is engaged in political dialogue about Iran, though now also with the dead and not just the living. ‘Rosewater,’ Directed by Jon Stewart 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

Khosrou lives in Oklahoma, having fled Iran with his sister and his mother, whom the secret police threatened for practicing Christianity. From Iran to America, One Epic Tale at a Time 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z

His friend Pejman, 19, finds himself in hip-hop, which he regards as the only true avenue of expression for young people in Iran. Iranians pump up the volume for banned tunes 2013-05-07T13:46:41Z

His clients “were waiting for Iran to normalize and they want to get there before the crowds,” he said. Sanctions Lifted, American Tourists Head to Iran 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

Algeria, Iran, Jordan, Pakistan and India are the worst performers. Women will get equal pay … in 118 years 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

Is this a reflection, then, of the secondary status of women in ancient Iran, Afghanistan and western India, the principal areas where Persian has been spoken and written? Review | At last, we hear the beautiful — and sometimes bawdy — Persian poems by women 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

Pomegranates, the most iconic and beloved fruit in Iran, also have a place on the Yalda table. On Shab-e Yalda, red fruit and fortune-telling rule the night 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

Iran was and continues to be the enemy for 40-plus years. Muslim-American comics after 9/11: "I thought comedy was over, but it was more important than ever" 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

With people who are exiled, it’s like we are stuck in limbo: I’m not from France, but I’m out of Iran for more than 13 years now. TV Was an Alien World for Golshifteh Farahani. Then Came ‘Invasion.’ 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

People heard stories of women from as far away as Iran and Pakistan. Fashion, Philanthropy and Women’s Rights 2013-06-10T13:15:55Z

Unlike many other artists, Mr. Kiarostami chose to remain in Iran. Abbas Kiarostami, Acclaimed Iranian Filmmaker, Dies at 76 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

Beinart accuses American Jewish leaders, with their focus on the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and threats to Israel by Iran and Arab militants, of being complicit in Israel’s West Bank policies. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z

On Tuesday, Farhadi said artistic restrictions in Iran remain about the same. Iran returns to Oscar race with 'The Salesman' 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

I did a gig in Abu Dhabi recently, and we flew over Iran. Shappi Khorsandi: the last laugh 2011-08-10T20:30:02Z

The film was “an insult to Iran,” said one of Ahmadinejad’s spokesman; it was “part of a comprehensive U.S. psychological war aimed at Iranian culture,” another. Zack Snyder and the West Should Stop Killing Ancient Persians 2014-03-10T14:33:58Z

Mr. Rassi was born in Iran as a child of privilege. Up Close: A Rebel’s Cause: Fortifying the Fashion Flock 2012-08-08T18:52:46Z

Or a sitting president who sends more than 100 tweets in a 24-hour period and then takes the country to the brink of war with Iran just as the race heats up. The surreal lives of 2020 campaign spouses: What happens when your loved one wants to be president 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

My own life – not being able to go to Iran, being separated from my family – has been ruled by those who have control, so the anger, bitterness and resentment is there in me, too. Shirin Neshat: A long way from home 2010-06-13T21:01:00Z

"It’s set in Iran, it was made in Iran, the characters are Iranian. But these are problems that exist throughout the world and I see them in my society. " Iran's change at the top gives director cue to show social ills 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

Travelers from Iran were also photographed receiving health screenings from health officials in protective, full-body suits upon deplaning in Najaf, Iraq late last month. Airports are nearly empty amid coronavirus outbreak, photos show 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

The United States is providing some sanctions relief to Iran as part of those negotiations, freeing up about about $490 million in Iranian revenue held abroad every three weeks. The endless siege: The Tehran hostages are still seeking compensation and closure 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Though we hear or read the words “Iran” and “Iranian” on a daily basis, we are starved of any but the most cliched images of this country of 83 million people. Review | It’s time we looked at Iran through the same lens as its best photographers 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

So it’s the combination of those two things, along with the vibrant artistic expression coming from the artists who are residing in Iran and outside Iran. 'Art Brief: Iranian Contemporary Los Angeles': Bridging communities, one pop-up at a time 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

Then three plays set in Iran or Afghanistan, written by playwrights of Middle Eastern descent, offered her real scope. Marjan Neshat on Her ‘Kind of Miraculous Season’ Onstage 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

Performers and ensembles from Iran, Belarus, the Netherlands, China, Japan and Australia, as well the United States, will be represented. ArtsBeat: Under The Radar Festival Announces Full Roster of Shows 2012-11-08T19:23:00Z

Zarghami faces another problem on Friday for a volleyball match between Iran and Cuba. Iranian hardliners apoplectic over Shakira Confederations cup shot 2013-07-03T18:32:49Z

Filming was impossible in Iran, given the government’s hostility to the project, and months of preparation in Turkey came to nothing when the Turkish authorities, apparently under pressure from Tehran, blocked the production. An Iranian Exile Channels Her Trauma Into Film 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

Iran has repeatedly denied it seeks nuclear arms and says its reactors are only for power and medical research. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

Now, some of the former hostages wonder whether their cause might come up in the ongoing talks over curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, whether compensating them could be part of an ultimate diplomatic deal. The endless siege: The Tehran hostages are still seeking compensation and closure 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

The most recent offender is Ben Affleck's , based on the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-1981 and winner of this year's best picture Oscar. Never mind Iran and Argo, the Brits should sue Hollywood 2013-03-13T16:11:22Z

“The condition of women in Iran is that, despite their social and political position, they are resisting. Iranian women are winning,” she told reporters on the Lido. Iranian film director attacks US sanctions 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

There is no very deep tradition of enmity between Iran on the one hand and Israel and the US on the other. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-01T17:30:02Z

Does he pay attention to politics in Iran, with that country still in the clutches of zealots? Dara Khosrowshahi, Dad of Silicon Valley 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

In a recent telephone interview from Los Angeles, Mr. Fallah spoke about the Hong Kong work, his life and trajectory, and the uprising in Iran. Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

“My Iran: Six Women Photographers” investigates the difficulties of life within and outside Iran. In the #MeToo Era, Museums Celebrate Women 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

"Genocide," a Holocaust film that won the best documentary feature Oscar in 1982, resurfaced this week in one of the unlikeliest of settings: On satellite broadcasts into Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. The Carpetbagger: Holocaust Film to Be Broadcast to Iran 2013-01-25T21:43:08Z

Suffice it to say that the literal truth is a slippery thing in Iran, and language is the last place you should go looking for it. “Marriage is an uncut watermelon”: How translation brought my native language to life 2014-03-21T22:58:00Z

Panahi was accused of making a film without permission and inciting opposition protests after the 2009 election that led to months of political turmoil in Iran. Banned Iranian director in spotlight in Berlin 2011-02-10T15:12:15Z

Identity Puzzles From U.S. and Iran More than ever, tension among forces of cosmopolitan democracy, religious traditionalism and militaristic order roil the Middle East. | Art: Identity Puzzles From U.S. and Iran 2013-08-30T21:29:09Z

An activist and moralist by temperament, he moved from Iran to the United States in 1960 to study art and stayed to produce his celebrated series of architectural sculptures based on utopian themes. Art Review: Shows at Asia Society and N.Y.U. Grey Art Gallery 2013-09-05T21:50:26Z

They discussed morality and the Iran nuclear deal. Date Lab: They were so instantly comfortable that our photographer asked if they had met before 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

Masih Alinejad’s memoir, “The Wind in My Hair,” details her political struggles in Iran and her support for Muslim women after she ended up in the United States. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

S,M,L,XL itself was so popular that it was counterfeited in China and published in a weird bootleg version in Iran. Tome, sweet tome 2010-05-17T15:37:00Z

The few instances of actual plot are mere landscapes to locate the film in Iran. Iranian film-maker Mohammad Shirvani takes aim at weighty issues 2013-04-23T15:31:08Z

The veil, an inevitable symbol for female artists from post-1979 Iran, appears in many forms and contexts. Review | In the galleries: A D.C.-Madrid ‘conversation’ between artists, two shows infused with color and light, and Persian perspectives 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

But that day in the taxi in Northern Iran I got it wrong. Safety or politeness? That time I let myself be taken captive — because I didn’t want to be rude 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

Liman ducked a question from an Iranian journalist about whether the international case against Iran's nuclear program is built on a sounder footing than the Bush White House's case against Iraq. Cannes: Naomi Watts on Valerie Plame 2010-05-20T17:30:00Z

Iran released four prisoners who have been in the country for years as part of a prisoner swap last week. Ted Cruz’s warmongering, hypocrisy: “A good day for Obama only lasts the seven minutes before Republicans sh*t all over it” 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

It’s only at peace because Iran and Hezbollah will violently crush any rival. ‘Beirut’ Trailer Was Supposed to Thrill. Instead It Offended. 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

“My personal hope was that Iran would someday become an open society,” he writes. Jason Rezaian Recounts His 544 Days of Captivity in Iran 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

Critics of the film have questioned its authenticity, and whether Keshavarz has the right to tell stories about Iran at all, given she does not live in the country. Maryam Keshavarz: 'In Iran, anything illegal becomes politically subversive' 2012-08-23T20:00:04Z

Americans in Iran must also be accompanied by a guide. Sanctions Lifted, American Tourists Head to Iran 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

The director, who hails from Iran, boycotted the ceremony in protest of the travel ban implemented by President Trump in late January targeting travelers from seven countries, including Iran.  Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who boycotted the Oscars in protest of Trump's travel ban, wins for foreign film 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

Abbas Kiarostami, often hailed as Iran’s greatest filmmaker, whose searching, parablelike dramas of ordinary people and their problems reflected a poetic vision and a philosophical turn of mind, died on Monday in Paris. Abbas Kiarostami, Acclaimed Iranian Filmmaker, Dies at 76 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

Elizabeth pressed further east than the Ottomans and dealt directly with the Safavid Empire in what is now Iran. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Born in what was then Persia, now Iran, on October 22, 1919, Lessing was raised in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Nobel Prize-winning novelist Doris Lessing dies aged 94 2013-11-17T20:50:17Z

While foreigners “might see Iran as one culture, to us it consists of many different ideologies, worldviews and cultures.” Asghar Farhadi?s ?Separation? to Open Dec. 30 2011-12-21T13:00:00Z

But 12 women from Iran and Arab countries — individuals all — insist that photography, despite its limitations, can still demolish the fictions that linger in our minds. Art Review: Mideast Photography at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-12-26T22:22:28Z

Jafar is innocent and his only crime is wishing to continue to freely exercise his profession as a film-maker in Iran ... Film stars urged to oppose Jafar Panahi imprisonment via online petition 2010-12-21T15:49:23Z

Iranian Festival: Culture and history of Iran, performances, visual arts, food, games, bazaar, Persian tea house, poetry, author appearances, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Celebrations of art, food and diversity | Community Corner 2013-06-27T21:56:51Z

As the nuclear deal between Iran and the West was falling into place, Italy’s then foreign minister, Paolo Gentiloni, visited Tehran. Sending its fabulous collection of Western modernism abroad 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

In Iran, every example around her showed that a woman's power was her beauty and being thin was the key to achieving it. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

"It's pretty clear that they don't want this story told in Iran," Heap said. HBO works to get film on dissident seen in Iran 2010-06-15T19:34:00Z

He expected to talk about the cultural differences between Iran and the United States, but instead they bonded over a mutual interest in mountaineering. At Woodrow Wilson Plaza, a Portal to connect with faraway strangers 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

But it influenced me deeply, because I thought: I’d like to take a long trip, leaving London, going to Paris, taking the Orient Express, going through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan – which became The Great Railway Bazaar. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z

This perception that came out of Iran hostage crisis, that people think he's a nice sweet guy, but he's a strong-willed person. "Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President": A loving relationship to music that "cuts through politics" 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

Shourd was allowed to leave Iran more than 13 months after the three Americans were arrested while hiking near the border of Iran and Iraq. Freed American releases song written in Iran jail 2010-12-01T19:21:00Z

OK, so you went to Iran with him. Juliette Binoche on her new Tuscan-seductress role 2011-03-12T22:01:00Z

As he looks back on his life and on the woman he loved, Sarah, a scholar of the Middle East, he thinks back to visits to Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Iran. The French Literati and the Arab World Do a Complicated Dance 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

Only in the final pages, in the context of Trump’s threats to dismantle the Iran deal, does Farrow get into the years of diplomacy that yielded that agreement. In His First Book, Ronan Farrow Laments the Decline of Diplomacy 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

Several presidents over the years have missed the event because of scheduling: The Iran hostage crisis kept President Jimmy Carter away in 1979, and Presidents George H.W. The Bidens will attend Sunday’s Kennedy Center Honors, restoring a tradition that Trump rejected 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

In a quirk of timing, Everybody Knows premiered on the same day that Donald Trump announced that the US would withdraw from the international nuclear agreement with Iran. Cannes 2018: Asghar Farhadi demands Iran lift travel ban on Jafar Panahi 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

Iran is still a pariah, caught up between the radical elements of Islam and the Arab spring. Former spy talks "Argo," and Iran rescue mission 2012-10-12T15:03:31Z

Nearly 70 percent of Iran's roughly 80 million people are under the age of 35, and while Keshavarz was raised in the United States, he said he returns frequently to Iran. "Dog Sweat" shows secret life of rebellious Iranians 2011-11-16T19:25:04Z

Is humor very different in Iran than in the United States? Firoozeh Dumas sees the humor amid middle-school stress 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

“In addition to the Islamic Center of Washington,” Owens notes, “the embassy of Oman and the former embassy of Iran are very close to Obama’s new mansion.” The Daily Caller loses it over Obama family mansion that’s (gasp!) 1,096 feet from a mosque 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

The theory that Iran is trying to awe its own people, rather than foreign powers, with the stealth jet gains credence when you consider where the Photoshopped image of the fighter in flight first appeared. Iran's self-aggrandising 'fake' fighter plane and a history of doctored photos 2013-02-13T12:22:04Z

It’s about the five months he spent in Iran’s Evin prison, when he was accused of being a spy after covering the 2009 elections. Jon Stewart: ‘I’m doing a movie about torture – I’m not being tortured’ 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

South Korea will hold another round of talks soon with the United States on significantly reducing its imports from Iran, a source at the Korea's economy ministry said on Wednesday. U.S. exempts 11 countries from Iran sanctions; China, India exposed 2012-03-21T12:14:00Z

I don't want to say anything about the politics between Iran and America because politics is not my line of work. Why horror flick "The Night" is the first American film to be released in Iran in four decades 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Iran poses particular difficulties to photojournalists, both male and female. Art Review: Mideast Photography at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-12-26T22:22:28Z

There was never a question of filming in Iran, so Keshavarz engaged in "an extensive search" for the perfect location which she found in Beirut. "Circumstance" sheds light on gay life in Iran 2011-08-24T12:33:38Z

It's amazing because it goes from huge events like in Collins Square in London to six girls in a living room in Iran. Ensler's Billion Rising movement spans the globe 2013-02-14T19:47:08Z

The rest of the defendants are fugitives believed to be based in Iran, authorities said. Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap US journalist, 4 others 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

"We commend these countries for their actions and urge other nations that import oil from Iran to follow their example." U.S. exempts 11 countries from Iran sanctions; China, India exposed 2012-03-21T12:14:00Z

Back in Iran, Reza’s family wanted to watch this news report. An Exile from Iran on the Beaches of Australia 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

Lest any viewers think the script spills real secrets about Israel’s covert operations in Iran, Israeli intelligence officials say the show is entertaining, but highly unrealistic. ‘Tehran’ Is the Latest Israeli Thriller, Emphasis on Thrills 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

Anavian has, as usual, an exceptional display of ceramic vessels from Iran and Iraq, plus a few elegant muskets. Art Review: New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show in a New Space 2010-03-25T21:27:00Z

What responsible mother would want her child to grow up in Iran? A Separation: How about an Oscar for This Fascinating Iranian Drama? 2011-12-30T17:42:11Z

France has historically had a less fractious relationship with Iran than either Britain or the United States. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

It’s really the entire known world from Mesopotamia and Iraq and Iran to the British Isles. Tim Gunn’s Happy Place Is ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ Washed Down With Good Gin 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

The real ruler was the Sheikh’s half-brother, who began calling the shots a few years earlier and nurtured a relationship with Iran, which sits 40 miles across the Persian Gulf at the Strait of Hormuz. The sheikh and I: Ghostwriting for a crown prince in exhile 2013-01-12T14:00:00Z

“I’m reading it, and all I see in this play is Iran,” he said. Arian Moayed Plays Creepy Men for Thoughtful Reasons 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

It's also unclear what deal, if any, Iran struck with the show's producers. Watching 'House of Cards' in Tehran, to hard-liners' delight 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

And the round piece is a map with Iran centered and ominously painted in bronze. In Chelsea, a Little Piece of Prerevolutionary Iran 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

The “principle of accountability” is compelling, says Limbert, who went on to become deputy assistant secretary of state for Iran and whose wife is Iranian. The endless siege: The Tehran hostages are still seeking compensation and closure 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Also nominated for best ensemble cast were the Iran hostage-crisis thriller "Argo" and the British retiree adventure "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." 'Lincoln,' 'Les Mis,' 'Playbook' lead SAG awards 2012-12-12T14:26:11Z

A few years earlier, Mohammad Ghazi, one of the most prolific translators of western literature in Iran, had trouble with the title of Ignazio Silone's Bread and Wine, the latter being banned. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z

Much of this recouping and reassembly has been about Iran, using my fading memories of people and places as refurbished landscapes for my stories. “Marriage is an uncut watermelon”: How translation brought my native language to life 2014-03-21T22:58:00Z

Once my parents saw that Iran would be controlled by a theocratic authoritarian regime, they decided not to go back. The power of this Iranian protest song at the Grammys ... and around the world 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z

Today, some of Iran’s more outspoken poets have gone into exile. Review | At last, we hear the beautiful — and sometimes bawdy — Persian poems by women 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

"When I was in Iran, my hair was like a hostage of the Iranian government." Iranian veil site gets half million 'likes' and state TV rebuke 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z

The complete collection of 61 images will appear as part of a wider exhibition on Iran titled “Unedited History: Iran 1960-2014,” at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris from May 16 to Aug. 24. Photography: Rare Glimpses of Iran’s Lost Underworld 2014-03-20T14:32:28Z

“There are now a lot of climate refugees in Iran,” Salemi told me. A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z

Cutting Iran crude imports may be easier for Japan than the likes of China and India. U.S. exempts 11 countries from Iran sanctions; China, India exposed 2012-03-21T12:14:00Z

"In the past few years for fairly obvious reasons, perhaps, I had to work outside Iran," Kiarostami told reporters in Cannes on Monday, saying this presented him with a challenge. Iran's Kiarostami goes to Japan for latest film 2012-05-21T16:38:13Z

After the success of A Separation, Farhadi had become too prominent to be comfortable in Iran and arranged to make his new film abroad. Bérénice Bejo: 'The Artist was a gift. But I thought I was really good' 2013-05-25T18:00:02Z

Also nominated for best ensemble cast were the Iran hostage-crisis thriller Argo and the British retiree adventure The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Lincoln, Les Mis, Playbook Lead SAG Awards 2012-12-12T19:24:58Z

In Iran, main-body films are also in a state of crisis. Why the Iranian film industry is like Hollywood before 1969 2013-02-08T15:16:10Z

Iran's military threats and sanctions news have caused spikes in the price throughout recent weeks. Iran sentences American to die for spying 2012-01-09T12:02:00Z

I enjoyed all of these delights and more when I travelled through Iran in search of the secrets of the Persian kitchen. A foodie tour of Iran: it's poetry on a plate 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

The big early hit for both was Argo, the true story of an audacious rescue of US diplomats from Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis. Toronto closes after very public festival 2012-09-13T10:22:04Z

Americans are conditioned to value free speech, and when we see things such as a media blackout in Iran, we're reminded how good we have it. 2009-12-11T20:11:00Z

This exhibition focused on art and material culture from what is now Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq and Iran, creating a rich picture of cultural exchange and aesthetic diversity. Perspective | In a year of upheaval, the best art was also the bravest 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

In 2012, he was declared persona non grata by the Israeli government for his poem “What Must Be Said,” which cast the country as a threat to world peace for its bellicose posture toward Iran. Günter Grass, German author and Nobel laureate, dies at 87 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

Spanning 40 years, "The Luminous Heart of Jonah S." tells the story of an Iranian-Jewish family and their lives in Iran and then the United States. Gina Nahai on her new novel, 'The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.' 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

The pavilions of most of the 192 countries exhibiting at world’s fair are mainly government-funded and Iran reportedly had hoped Expo would showcase entertainment from present-day Iran. Iranian pop star Googoosh wows Dubai despite Tehran’s outcry 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

In light of the recent saber-rattling between the U.S. military and Iran, that number is stunning. Why Ari Fleischer is against resurrecting the extinct White House press briefings 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

The bombs spark a high-speed diplomatic race: Ellen flies around meeting world leaders, including the grand ayatollah of Iran, in an effort to prevent the detonation of nuclear devices hidden in three American cities. Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny Deliver a Page-Turner Part Sly, Part Sweet 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Mohammad Lesani of The Hoax of Hollywood conference said that the conference was aimed to "unify all cultural communities in Iran against the attacks of the west, particularly Hollywood". Iran to sue Hollywood for 'distorting image' of Islamic republic 2013-03-12T17:11:51Z

"The key word for the Iranians is resistance as in the Supreme Leader's declaration of a resistance economy," said Scott Lucas, a specialist on Iran at Birmingham University. The Review Show's move to BBC4: a typical piece of BBC cowardice 2013-02-26T15:41:12Z

There are still countries – China and Iran, for example – where artists are so heavily censored they must perform underground. Spirit of the underground: theatre 2011-01-30T23:00:00Z

They'll sell him a rifle, a turban and a ticket to Iran. Tere Bin Laden: satire with a sting 2010-07-22T15:25:00Z

Your film is the first American film to receive a release in Iran since 1979. Why horror flick "The Night" is the first American film to be released in Iran in four decades 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

The night’s big prize, for best motion picture drama, went to “Argo,” a reality-based thriller about the rescue of American diplomats from Iran during its revolution. ‘Argo’ and ‘Les Misérables’ Win Top Golden Globes 2013-01-14T05:28:16Z

It includes a trendy barbershop, children’s wear, bicycles, and, most recently, goods from Iceland and Iran. Five Places to Go in Eindhoven, the Netherlands 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

Assange told the Oxford Union that Condon's film began with scenes inside a military complex in Iran, where nuclear symbols could clearly be seen. Julian Assange attacks new WikiLeaks movie 2013-01-24T11:20:29Z

Hajipour lives in Iran and did not respond to a request for comment. ‘Baraye,’ the Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement, Wins a Grammy 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

The group circulated pamphlets tying him to the U.S. and mentioning his family, who are Baha’i, a persecuted religious minority in Iran. The U.S. won’t admit this dying Iranian sociologist 2012-11-22T13:00:00Z

You were 4½ years old when you left Iran. Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's official news agency says protesters in front of the German Embassy in Tehran are seeking return of an Iranian-born singer who went into hiding after receiving death threats. Iranians seek return of singer from Germany 2012-05-23T18:44:08Z

Among Mr. Yergin’s fears is Iran possessing an atomic bomb and upsetting the balance of power in the Middle East. Books of The Times: ?The Quest? by Daniel Yergin - Review 2011-09-20T12:00:00Z

Caryl is good on the cognitive dissonance induced by the Islamic revolution in Iran. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-25T07:01:00Z

Iran’s traumatic history folds in on itself here until it is almost asphyxiated. Review | It’s time we looked at Iran through the same lens as its best photographers 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

Still, the divorce parties are a sign of an undeniable trend: divorce in Iran is soaring. Rise in divorce in Iran linked to shift in status of women 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

It is thus odd, however, that Axworthy, so careful to counter myths about Iran, states so baldly that the US financed "al-Qaida and the Taliban to prevent pro-Iranian groups taking over Afghanistan". Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z

And it is equally ridiculous for her to say that comparing an Iranian-born woman to an ape was meant as “a commentary on Iran.” Roseanne Barr suggests she was fired by ABC because she is Jewish and supports Israel 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

The distinction is important because of the perception that Rouhani was more favorably disposed toward American interests and more trustworthy than the hard-line faction that holds ultimate power in Iran. Obama official says he pushed a ‘narrative’ to media to sell the Iran nuclear deal 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

He bought a ticket to New York months ago with plans to visit his sister there and then travel with her to L.A. to see “Focus Iran 2.” New U.S. travel restrictions leave Iranian woman in L.A. museum show in artistic limbo 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

Yet until the disputed election, Mr. Azari’s work never focused on Iran. Shoja Azari Puts New Faces on Islamic History 2010-05-20T20:28:00Z

Renewed relations between Canada and Iran hinge on the outcome of the investigation, but Khattak’s search for those behind Sobhani’s murder is complicated. Review | 3 action-packed thrillers that take you around the world 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

There is a very important sequence in Iran that informs the family’s life in America. "The Persian Version" director on creating a film that is "playful in terms of sexuality" 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z

To silence an artist, and indeed to alienate possible constituencies of liberal sympathy for Iran in the west, is fantastically crass. Cry freedom for Jafar Panahi 2010-12-21T11:15:46Z

The Rockefeller name came to symbolize unpopular U.S. banking policies in debtor countries, and Rockefeller was scorned on the left for working with Chile's Augusto Pinochet and the shah of Iran. Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller dies at age 101 in New York 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

In the Middle East, Iran's government disputed claims on Monday by a lawmaker from Qom who reported a death toll of 50 in the city. Korean Air cabin crew worker tests positive for coronavirus, report says 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

Addressing the Oxford Union from his refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London last night, the activist also described the film as an inflammatory attack on Iran. Julian Assange attacks new WikiLeaks movie 2013-01-24T11:20:29Z

Frequent competitors - such as France, Spain, Iran, South Korea and Chile - have opted to bank on festival favorites from directors with significant art-house clout. Oscars 2017: best foreign language race stacked with auteurs and provocations 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

"The Iran you know geopolitically and the Iran you see walking down the street, it is a very jarring difference," he said. In 'Parts Unknown,' Anthony Bourdain is not a man on a mission 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

She was born in Abadan, Iran, a city that smells of the local oil wells, and started learning English when she moved to Compton, California, in second grade. KidsPost Summer Book Club: ‘It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel’ 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

Shishe addicts in Iran are mostly urban, middle class and young, experts say. Methamphetamine use soars in Iran as lifestyles speed up 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

Ayatollah Khomeini raised no objection when Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses” was translated into Farsi and first sold in Iran — not until Saudi Arabia started to campaign against it. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

In 1979, when I was 8 years old, my family fled Iran because of the revolution. The power of this Iranian protest song at the Grammys ... and around the world 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z

Now ninety-one, she left Iran for the United States toward the end of the Second World War. Two Iranian Artists and the Revolution 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

Banished from her native Iran, the narrator of Djavadi’s remarkable novel builds a life in France by recalling family stories. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

As Duke collected historic works, she commissioned new ones too, from artists in India, Morocco, Iran and Syria, Pope said. Artwork from Doris Duke's Shangri La comes to NYC 2012-09-08T16:15:10Z

Toossi, who was born and raised in Orange County, Calif., spoke Farsi with her family at home and English outside the home, and she visited Iran regularly while growing up. Sanaz Toossi on Her Pulitzer: ‘This Signals to Iranians Our Stories Matter’ 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

In "Argo", which is based on a real account, Affleck also plays the lead role of a CIA agent entrusted with extracting six Americans from revolutionary Iran after the U.S. embassy is stormed. Affleck wins directors' top award as "Argo" hurtles toward Oscars 2013-02-03T08:34:23Z

The terrain is dominated by giants, ancient competing superpowers seen late in their long histories: imperial Rome to the west and Parthia in Iran to the east. See Ancient Trade Route Treasures at the Met 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

But, she says, she has spent much of her life shuttling between the countries – spending summer holidays, a year of school, and time as a visiting scholar at the University of Shiraz in Iran. Maryam Keshavarz: 'In Iran, anything illegal becomes politically subversive' 2012-08-23T20:00:04Z

Because what do you say across 6,500 miles from your dining room in Rockville to someplace in Iran where your father is being held hostage? The endless siege: The Tehran hostages are still seeking compensation and closure 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Although the film has not been shown in Iran, predictably news of the award has not gone down well there. Oscars 2013: Daniel Day-Lewis collects record third Oscar with a smile 2013-02-25T22:43:24Z

However, Haghighi, who plans to showing his film in Iran, said he was tired of journalists’ constant questions about his political views and censorship in Iran. Khook - Pig challenges images of Iran at Berlin film festival | Reuters 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

President Trump said Wednesday that Iran appears to be “standing down” or backing away from additional attacks after the country used missiles to strike two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. Iran backing away from more attacks, President Trump says 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

He also reiterated that Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel between the Gulf and open sea through which a third of all oil tanker traffic passes to importers around the world. EU bans Iranian oil, Tehran responds with threats 2012-01-23T12:51:00Z

The security at this small private institution will be formidable, with members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on hand to back up veterans of America’s Special Forces. Marilyn Stasio Finds Herself Rooting for the Bad Guy 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

Iran A diverse and fascinating country, filled with many treasures for the visitor. Can Middle East tourism ever recover? 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

First, Britain and the Soviet Union invaded Iran in 1941 and deposed Shah Reza Pahlavi, worried about his overtures to Adolf Hitler in Germany. Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

Downing Street knew the US wanted regime change, but the Foreign Office thought Iraq a lower priority than Korea, Iran or Libya. How Radio 4 reopened The Iraq Dossier 2013-02-26T20:00:06Z

The cook, who would share only her first name, Nasrin, for fear of endangering her family still in Iran, is a refugee in the United States. A Festival Where Refugees Cook for New York 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

"Columbo" appeared in 26 foreign countries and was a particular favorite in France and Iran. Peter Falk, TV?s Detective Columbo, Has Died 2011-06-24T18:17:23Z

In 2010 he made his first film outside Iran, “Certified Copy.” Abbas Kiarostami, Acclaimed Iranian Filmmaker, Dies at 76 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

Lessing was born in Iran to British citizens; the young family moved to Southern Rhodesia when she was around 5 years old. More than 3,000 of Doris Lessing's books heading to Zimbabwe 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

A 54 to 36 percent majority said they would support airstrikes against Iran if there is proof that Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. Poll: Global policy a hit at home 2012-05-18T06:05:00Z

That tradition continued for four decades with only a few exceptions: Carter missed the 1979 show because of the Iran hostage crisis; George H.W. Trump’s absence at Washington’s premier social event is a relief for some. But the prestige of the presidency is missed. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Mullahs of Iran, kneel before our pop culture! The Pharrell Williams, “Footloose” paradox: Why Iran should really fear Brooklyn 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

But this time they went on a voyage, tracing the 150-year path of the Boucheron family’s historic links across Russia, China, Japan, Iran and India. Beyoncé and J-Lo’s designers cap Paris couture 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

No matter America’s fraught relationship with Iran, Bernstein’s piano music happened to be played in Tehran on Jan. 1. Leonard Bernstein at 100: Why the music world is making this the Year of Lenny 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Iran, host to many unique cultural treasures largely unseen by western eyes, is expecting a significant rise in the number of tourists visiting the country in the wake of this week’s historic nuclear deal. Tourism to Iran set to rise sharply after nuclear deal 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

It's interesting because it was almost more about me confronting actual Iranians in Iran than it was . Muslim-American comics after 9/11: "I thought comedy was over, but it was more important than ever" 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

Amnesty found that executions in Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia accounted for 90 percent of worldwide executions, excluding unrecorded tolls in China. World executions reach highest toll in 25 years — and the U.S. is the fifth highest on the list, according to Amnesty International 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

Back then, Israel and Hezbollah, a group backed by Iran, fought through the month of July, the conflict spilling over into the Bekaa Valley near the border with Syria, the main grape-growing region. From Lebanon, Bottles That Reward Diving Below the Surface 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

The distrust was running high in January when the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, Maj. Defiant Iranian Directors Speak Out About Censorship, Onscreen and Off 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

The biennial film festival closed Thursday after an eight-day run that offered North Koreans and foreigners the chance to see movies from North Korea as well as France, Britain, Iran, India and Russia. German film wins top prize at Pyongyang film fest 2012-09-28T06:46:04Z

The book’s publication, in 1988, put a target on its author’s back and led to book bans, violent demonstrations and killings after Iran’s leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa calling for his death. Writers Gather to Read Salman Rushdie and Support Free Speech 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z

Born in Iran, Sharif was raised in Dubai, which, before the 1960s oil boom, was a low-rise town that made money from harvesting pearls. The Materials Man of the Emirates 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Cohen also loved light music and jazz, and led Frank Sinatra's orchestra in London and on tours as far afield as Iran and Egypt. Raymond Cohen obituary 2011-03-22T18:23:06Z

Political thriller Patriot follows a CIA officer trying to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Amazon's Fall Pilots Feature Projects From Louis C.K. and Shaq 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

You simply couldn’t call any of this stuff transparent and exploitative rubbish in The Goop Lab, which you should assume ranks somewhere between Iran and Somalia on the blasphemy laws front. Do not adjust your set: Gwyneth Paltrow is spreading Goop all over TV 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

In “Everything Sad Is Untrue,” Daniel Nayeri weaves an equally rich history of his family’s journey from Iran to America. From Iran to America, One Epic Tale at a Time 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z

Jeb Bush said it is ‘appalling … there has been no effort to try to support the American held hostages by the Iran government.'” Ted Cruz’s warmongering, hypocrisy: “A good day for Obama only lasts the seven minutes before Republicans sh*t all over it” 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

We have a lot of them in Iran. Iranian director finds freedom and moral victory 2010-05-25T13:25:00Z

The most recent talks between world powers and Iran failed in January 2011 because of Iran's refusal to suspend its sensitive uranium enrichment work, as demanded by several U.N. resolutions and major powers. Iran to load own nuclear fuel rods in Tehran reactor 2012-02-15T12:59:02Z

He continued travelling through Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and onwards. I cycled from India to Europe for love 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

Russia’s co-operative stance on brokering the nuclear deal with Iran shows that the country is not always and everywhere a deluded spoiler in world affairs. Blind alley 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

He was a hostage, taken in the early days of the high-stakes negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program and released upon their conclusion. Jason Rezaian Recounts His 544 Days of Captivity in Iran 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

Only 4 percent of Americans thought "Argo," which depicts the rescue of American diplomats in Iran in the 1970s, should win the Academy Award for best picture. Americans favor "Lincoln" for top Oscars: poll 2013-01-15T22:04:51Z

It is unknown how “Three Faces” made it from Iran to Cannes; the movie’s French distributor declined requests to comment. Fighting for the Palme d’Or, and the Right to Fly to Cannes 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

This recalled a tradition of painting with henna on the skin, but it also opened myriad interpretive possibilities for thinking about women in Iran. It’s written all over their faces 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

These are not familiar images of Iran, complicated as they are by other stereotypes of women and drug culture. Art that forces us to reconsider what we think we know 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

When a journalist started crying while asking another question about Iran, Ms. Binoche wept as well. Film: At Cannes, Films Echoing World Events 2010-05-20T22:16:00Z

Mr. Trump has taken pride in the freeing of hostages from Iran, North Korea and Turkey, including Andrew Brunson, a pastor who had been held by Turkish authorities for years. Hostage Affairs Envoy Takes On an Unlikely Case: ASAP Rocky 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Across 750 square meters of exhibition space, it presents the work of 23 artists who identify as L.G.B.T.Q. and come from the “Arab world,” broadly defined to also include North Africa and Iran. Art Challenges Social Norms in the Arab World 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

Before Ms. Alinejad, now 41 and living in Brooklyn, founded international movements or wrote books or became one of the Iranian government’s fiercest critics, she grew up in Ghomikola, a rural village in Iran. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Widespread international skepticism of government responses, particularly in Iran, underscores our vulnerability to pandemic, said Oliver, since “trust in institutions is critical when trying to contain a possible pandemic.” John Oliver's coronavirus advice: 'Don’t be complacent, and don’t be an idiot' 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

The Obama years strained the marriage, philosophically: Health care, the remedies for climate change and the Iran deal were particular sticking points. Margaret Hoover and John Avlon on their Post-Partisan Marriage 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

One of the original cast members, Yasin Moradi, a Kurdish martial artist from Iran, is still waiting for his visa in London. ‘We’ve Experienced the Stories We’re Telling’: ‘The Jungle’ Is Back. 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

I cited Saddam Hussein’s use of chemical weapons against Iran during the 1980s and against the Kurd and Shia population in the aftermath of the first Gulf War. “Dude, you get to blow up stuff”: The moral awakening of a Navy man 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kerry’s accomplishments as secretary of state include his work on the Paris climate accord and the Iran nuclear agreement. John Kerry to Write Memoir for Simon & Schuster 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

President Barack Obama approved new sanctions against Iran a week ago, targeting the central bank and its ability to sell petroleum abroad. Report: Iran begins uranium enrichment at new site as Guard threatens key strait closure 2012-01-08T12:44:00Z

But even her grandmother, who adopted a British identity and said she “wanted nothing to do with the past,” can’t deny her roots: She writes letters brimming with the heart of Iran. She Fled the Iranian Revolution, but Her Troubles Didn’t End There 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

She maintained that her coverage of the Iran nuclear diplomacy “was certainly not done as a favor to or in support of any administration.” Obama official says he pushed a ‘narrative’ to media to sell the Iran nuclear deal 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

She said she knew solo performances by women were illegal, but she still wanted to see Iran. British singer Joss Stone says she was deported from Iran 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

That Dar — and the Israelis — will do whatever it takes to manipulate the United States government into hostile action against Iran. ‘Homeland,’ Season 6, Episode 3: Quinn and Carrie, Please Work Out Your Issues 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

No artifact here was purchased or borrowed; each was discovered by university researchers and is owned according to arrangements with other institutions and governments in the regions now known as Iran and Iraq. An Awkward Trek Through Time at the Penn Museum 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

But Syria is a complicated case, raising different issues than the attack on Iran did. Obama Sees Limited Options for Cyberwar in Syria 2014-02-24T22:03:46Z

The Berlin Staatskapelle, of which Mr. Barenboim is the music director, confirmed in a statement that it was in talks with Iran about a possible concert in Tehran. Daniel Barenboim Provokes Backlash Over Iran Concert 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

The work is open enough to talk about the broader themes of the struggle for democracy and basic human rights as a whole, because I don’t think this issue is isolated to Iran. Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

Q. The United States is on the brink of possibly ending sanctions against Iran and opening up diplomatic relations. Salman Rushdie on His New Novel, With a Character Who Floats Just Above Ground 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

President Barack Obama opposes a near-term military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

Besides, the moment he cites as the real “turning point” for him in the administration had to do with an attack on Iran that, to Bolton’s abject disappointment, didn’t happen. In ‘The Room Where It Happened,’ John Bolton Dumps His Notes and Smites His Enemies 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

Their quest takes them to northwest Iran, where he speaks Turkish to Azeri villagers. ‘3 Faces’ Review: On the Road in Iran (and Off It, Too) 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

Within weeks, Fadyekin was transferred to a junior consular office in Iran, merely for the crime of glancing through it. T Magazine: First Man Up 2011-03-08T14:00:35Z

Mr. Whitney stops short of implicating The Paris Review in the overthrow of the democratically elected President Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran, the ouster of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala and other American actions. ArtsBeat: Salon Article Rekindles Debate about Paris Review and C.I.A. 2012-05-29T18:13:10Z

A major stakeholder was the brother-in-law of the Shah of Iran; after the Iranian revolution, the government attempted to seize the negatives. A Morgan Neville Documentary Will Put an Unfinished Welles Film in Context 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

Ms. Alinejad, who was on her first trip outside of Iran, was immediately struck by the city’s relatively relaxed attitude toward women’s appearance in public. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

There is a man who is in Iran today. Boring or beautiful? Cannes winner splits critics 2010-05-24T08:21:00Z

The stories of the grotesque failure of the Bush administration to seize a historic opportunity to better relations after the 9/11 attacks and of Iran's nuclear programme are deftly told. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z

The Iran trip, which took place a week before the disputed 2009 elections and subsequent Green Revolution, was both satirical and poignant, with many of his interviewees later arrested and questioned by police. Who will replace Jon Stewart? 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Shams was from Tabriz, a city that's presently in northwestern Iran. Who would you cast as Persian poet Rumi — Leonardo DiCaprio? 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

Niloo, the protagonist of Nayeri’s second novel, was 8 when she left Iran with her mother and brother for Oklahoma, and the story charts her reinvention in exile over the next two decades. New in Paperback: ‘An Odyssey,’ ‘Dunbar’ 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

With eight stories from different countries — the United States, Britain, Brazil, China, India, Iran and Peru — the documentary is so sprawling as to be overwhelming. ‘Convergence: Courage in a Crisis’ Review: Tracing a Pandemic’s Arc 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

And Iran is planning to sue Hollywood for the movie's alleged "unrealistic portrayal" of that country, according to Iranian media reports. Passing reference in 'Argo' rankles New Zealand 2013-03-21T06:46:08Z

Neshat processes history as personal tragedy, often seeming to inhabit her own imagined Iran as an alienated wanderer, moving through crowds, riots and violence in a ghost-like, disengaged manner. It’s written all over their faces 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

In a recent demonstration in Tehran, protesters held signs that read: "Stop supporting Syria – focus on our situation," and "Neither for Gaza nor for Lebanon; my soul is sacrificed for Iran." Zero Dark Thirty and Argo don't do justice to Arabs 2013-02-20T13:00:00Z

If the definition of democracy is that it can spring ballot-box surprises, then Iran has a democracy. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-01T17:30:02Z

Visitors look at ancient artifacts during a press preview of new galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Turkey's restitution dispute with the Met challenges the 'universal museum' 2012-10-07T13:00:01Z

An inclusive series of performances, workshops, master classes and conferences, it features dancers, musicians and guitarists from Brazil and Iran, as well as some of the greatest masters of the form from Spain. In Transit: The Pulse of Flamenco Invades Amsterdam 2011-01-20T11:00:51Z

He is best known outside Iran for his 2006 film, “Nose, Iranian Style,” about the prevalence of nose jobs in Iran, a world leader, per capita, with 60,000 to 70,000 operations a year. The Saturday Profile: An Iranian Filmmaker Tiptoes Around the Censors to Explore Risky Subjects 2011-05-07T01:56:05Z

We have been enemies with Iran for 40 years. Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

But they rarely get star billing in our memories of Iran or the stories we tell our friends. New friendships narrow the Persian gulf 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Affleck was named best director at the Golden Globes in January for Argo - which is based on the kidnapping of American embassy staff in Iran in the 1970s. Argo wins regional critics' award 2013-02-04T03:24:21Z

But many analysts doubted Iran would be able to convert its uranium into special reactor fuel. Iran to load own nuclear fuel rods in Tehran reactor 2012-02-15T12:59:02Z

TEHRAN, Iran — Followers of Iranian state TV say the Academy Award-winning film "A Separation" shows the world-class talent and sophistication in the Islamic Republic even as it confronts the West over its nuclear program. Iran fans say Oscar film shows rich culture 2012-02-27T03:42:09Z

“The Wind in My Hair,” which Ms. Alinejad wrote with her husband, Kambiz Foroohar, paints a vivid portrait of modern Iran and chronicles her journey from Iran to Britain and finally the United States. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

The hardship comes just two months before a parliamentary election, Iran's first since a 2009 presidential vote that triggered eight months of angry street demonstrations. Iran sentences American to die for spying 2012-01-09T12:02:00Z

Shahrzad, the most expensive production of its kind in Iran, brought Iranian lifestyle under the late Shah to the screen, depicting snooker clubs, women and men partying together, cabarets and drinking alcohol. Iranian Oscar contender: I'll boycott awards over Trump's 'racist' visa ban 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Marion accelerated her tapings in the late ’70s, at the time of the Iran hostage crisis, and continued until her death in 2012, capturing decades’ worth of news images of world events. ‘Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project’ Review: A VCR Obsession 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

They don't like Iran – Arabs generally don't like Iran – but they didn't consider it a threat. Noam Chomsky: 'No individual changes anything alone' 2013-03-22T19:08:27Z

Trying to leave Iran, there were mechanical problems with Swiss Air, which was a surprise. Former spy talks "Argo," and Iran rescue mission 2012-10-12T15:03:31Z

Iran says it is enriching uranium only for peaceful energy. Iran to let U.N. nuclear sleuths visit military site 2012-03-06T13:19:00Z

"Insulting the officials of other countries and using inappropriate words … is not approved of by the Islamic Republic of Iran," he said. Iranian media warned after paper calls Carla Bruni-Sarkozy a 'prostitute' 2010-08-31T11:40:00Z

Born in Iran and now based in New York, Neshat left her homeland as a teenager to study in the United States. In an endless news cycle, art at Glenstone both echoes and quiets the chaos 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

He also agreed to go along with the CIA's film production cover story to get the Americans out of Iran. Ex-Canada ambassador slighted by Affleck's "Argo" 2013-02-23T17:28:08Z

The Farsi-language network, funded by the U.S. government, is reportedly one of the most popular outside networks to be seen in Iran. HBO works to get film on dissident seen in Iran 2010-06-15T19:34:00Z

Even in Iran, a country not known for its progressive public policies on any issue, possession of small amounts of cannabis is permitted. Desperate for health care in Myanmar 2012-06-22T14:06:00Z

SC: Hey, did you know that “Carnation” is code for “Iran At Con” and just like Don predicts the future popularity of Carnation Instant Breakfast, so does this episode foretell the Iran-Contra Affair? ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: What About Bob? 2013-06-03T12:47:01Z

In addition to Syria and Iran, it restricts travel from Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Venezuela and North Korea, and was just upheld by the Supreme Court in June, after two previous versions were overturned. How 3 Actors Overcame Trump’s Travel Ban to Take the New York Stage 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

"SPY NETWORK" In an apparently separate case, Iran also said on Monday it had broken up a U.S.-linked spy network that planned to "fuel unrest" ahead of the March parliamentary election. Iran sentences American to die for spying 2012-01-09T12:02:00Z

“This book is about overcoming obstacles as a woman in Iran and fighting for my identity.” 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Ben affleck in Argo: 'At the Golden Globes, there were gongs for a heroically bearded CIA spook saving hostages and American face in Iran.' And the winner is … Islamophobia 2013-01-15T08:30:03Z

Reza was born in Shiraz and spent his early childhood in Bushehr, in south Iran, where his father worked on a military base near the Persian Gulf. An Exile from Iran on the Beaches of Australia 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

Bani-Etemad, often known as the “first lady of Iranian cinema”, expressed confidence that Tales would get a distribution deal in Iran, despite its controversial subject matter. Iranian film director attacks US sanctions 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

Set after the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979, the book was originally written in Persian, and the English-language translator is unidentified because of security concerns, according to the publisher Europa Editions. First two longlists announced for National Book Awards 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

Israel views Iran as a threat to its existence, citing among other things some Iranian calls for its destruction and fears that Iran aims to produce nuclear weapons. Nobel winner Grass: Israel a threat to world peace 2012-04-04T13:41:08Z

Iranian secularism, Geramifard explains, has been written out of the makeup of Iran – and is even less known in the west. A chance to hear Iran's Voices of the Unheard | Rachel Aspden 2010-03-19T10:24:00Z

Tensions over the Gulf Arab showdowns with Shiite power Iran also have brought pressures on Kuwait's minority Shiites. Kuwait drama on war unity contrasts current feuds 2012-08-16T12:25:15Z

A dramatic remake of Channel 4's groundbreaking show relocated to Iran's edgy capital city, Tehran. Iran's Modern Family – no gay couple included 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

The cylinders are mainly exported to Pakistan, Malaysia, Bangladesh, the UAE, Iran and Turkey. Fueling the Cars of Tomorrow 2011-01-07T17:00:00Z

Like many people, I want to read more about Iran. The Verdant Food of Iran Entices at Persian New Year 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

After asserting that Israel cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran, he argued vociferously that negotiations with the Palestinians over a two-state solution must continue, and that they must be successful. Pick of the week: One Palestinian village resists 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z

The West has made clear that Iran must show evidence that its nuclear program is peaceful before it will even consider lifting sanctions. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

"Paranormal Activity" finished ahead of Iran hostage drama "Argo," which collected $16.6 million at domestic theaters from Friday through Sunday. Fourth "Paranormal Activity" scares off box office rivals 2012-10-21T16:27:01Z

And I went, "No, I was born in Iran." Valerie Jarrett's leap of faith that started her path to the Obama White House 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

Here, on one of his first missions, going to Iran and being a marine who guarded everything, and he's this young innocent midwestern kid. "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

That leads her to Iran, to learn how the locals cook — and that leads her to Vahid, with whom she falls in love over bowls of a yellow soup made of tongues and brains. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

But the story of how the CIA used the cover of a trashy sci-fi movie for the extraction of six Americans from Iran in 1980 was based on fact. Baftas: stars dress for show not snow as awards hail director Ben Affleck 2013-02-10T21:57:39Z

The impact of the contacts with Iran is reflected in the Macedonian adoption of Iranian royal motifs as early as the mid-sixth century B.C. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z

This was the first installment in the three films called the Koker trilogy, set in the village of that name in northern Iran, rocked by a devastating earthquake that struck in 1990. Abbas Kiarostami, Acclaimed Iranian Filmmaker, Dies at 76 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Golestan’s original prints remained in his archive in Iran until about two years ago. Photography: Rare Glimpses of Iran’s Lost Underworld 2014-03-20T14:32:28Z

A Shiite cleric who as Iran’s ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and lost his right hand to a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

He broke relations with the neighboring emirate of Qatar, claiming it supported terrorists and was too cozy with Iran, and demanded that it shut down the contentious Al Jazeera television network. ‘MBS’ Chronicles the Shockingly Young, Powerful and Ruthless Saudi Crown Prince 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. D’Souza argues that the president has emasculated NASA, refused to take a “meaningful step” against Iran’s nuclear ambitions and is willing to let Argentina reclaim the Falkland Islands from the British. Movie Review: ‘2016: Obama’s America,’ Directed by Dinesh D’Souza 2012-08-12T22:09:29Z

Founded by the street-fashion magazine Vice, VBS takes an irreverent look at music, underground culture and news, but its selling strength is its "infotainment" documentaries covering volatile countries such as Liberia, North Korea and Iran. Sloths, sharks and spoofs sate appetite for online DIY films 2010-08-17T22:11:00Z

He began attracting notice outside Iran with the feature film “Where Is the Friend’s House?” Abbas Kiarostami, Acclaimed Iranian Filmmaker, Dies at 76 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

Iran is a country, he said, where the authorities “get some sort of pleasure out of humiliating women.” An Iranian Exile Channels Her Trauma Into Film 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

The daughter of Armenian immigrants, she never met her paternal grandmother, who lived in Iran when Mary was a young girl. ‘I’m really just trying to get to know my granddaughter again’ 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

We always insisted that they are property of the emirate and Iran should vacate. The sheikh and I: Ghostwriting for a crown prince in exhile 2013-01-12T14:00:00Z

Iran says the two Germans broke the law by not getting the proper visa to work in the country as journalists. Germans urge Iran to free journalists 2011-01-04T10:36:44Z

“No camping. Men in Iran — no good” he said gravely, shaking his head, when I mentioned I should get going before dark. Safety or politeness? That time I let myself be taken captive — because I didn’t want to be rude 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

Later that year, after Islamic forces overthrew the U.S.-backed shah of Iran, Ames flew to Tehran. 'Good Spy' scrutinizes Middle East CIA officer Robert Ames 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

"Closed Curtain" is set in an empty villa in Iran, presumably beside the Caspian Sea. Iran protests Berlin film award for banned Jafar Panahi 2013-02-19T14:17:22Z

“But Pam liked Iran long before she knew he was once a professional fighter,” she said. Iran Barkley and Pamela Graham: A Boxer Marries His Champ 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

An international co-production, it was one of the last films shot in Iran by Western producers before the revolution there in 1979. Leslie H. Martinson, Director of Prime-Time TV for Four Decades, Dies at 101 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

The New York Times covered the Iran hack — eventually known as Stuxnet — on its front page. Are computer viruses the future of war? A provocative new movie makes the case. 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

She details her career as a journalist covering Iran’s parliament, her first marriage, raising her son and her 2009 exile from Iran. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

The intimate setting of less than a 100 seats features bands from Colombia, South Africa and Iran playing traditional music while overhead soar the castle's resident population of storks. Moroccan activists slam music festival as corrupt 2011-05-29T15:01:06Z

The film briskly recounts the history of U.S.-Iran relations, beginning with Imam Khomeini taking power in February 1979. "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

His family left Iran, and he grew up in America. "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

While Hannity didn’t advocate all-out war with Iran, he suggested that nation was about to be hit with the full force of the American military. Did Fox’s Tucker Carlson play role in calming Iran pressure? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

They went there not to convert Muslims, but to provide “spiritual enlightenment” to the Armenian, Assyrian and Chaldean Christians who lived in Iran but whose Christianity was deemed to be “twisted and degenerate.” What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

But the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency reported in November that it had evidence suggesting Iran had worked on designing an atomic bomb. EU bans Iranian oil, Tehran responds with threats 2012-01-23T12:51:00Z

Argo is banned in Iran, where it is viewed as 'anti-Iranian'. Alter Argo: Iranian film to tell other side of hostage crisis 2013-01-11T17:37:56Z

Josh, Shane, and Sarah were hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan when they accidentally crossed an unmarked border into Iran. Motherlode: The Imprisoned Hikers' Moms 2011-07-05T19:38:11Z

At 8 years old, she left Iran, along with her mother and brother. Dina Nayeri’s ‘Refuge’ Follows the Reinvention of an Exile 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

The U.S. has been vague about its immediate goals, with officials saying the talks will gauge Iran’s seriousness and explore elements of a possible agreement. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

Our most significant female poet, who broke conventions and taboos when she started publishing her poems – full of sensuality, desire and longing – in 1950/60s Iran. Kamin Mohammadi's top 10 Iranian books 2011-07-20T11:07:13Z

Having Baghdad as the venue is a symbolic victory for Iran and a showcase of its deep influence in the country more than nine years after U.S.-led forces toppled Tehran’s archenemy, Saddam Hussein. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

When she heads to Iran to help her partner, the story takes on the air of a James Bond movie, including an explosive finale on the Caspian Sea. Review | 3 action-packed thrillers that take you around the world 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

No doubt the 1979 "Canadian caper" – whereby six American diplomats fled Iran using Canadian passports in a scheme devised by the CIA, film industry professionals and the Canadian government – helped to shape the regime's suspicions. Ben Affleck's Argo takes Iran's revolutionary themes as its own 2012-11-07T15:09:52Z

Shortly after, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, issued a statement calling for Rushdie’s death, putting a $2.5 million bounty on his head and urging Muslims to target him. Salman Rushdie Has a New Book, and a Message: ‘Words Are the Only Victors’ 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z

The hosts wore costumes that were embroidered and gold, including, in Mr. Hendifar’s case, his mother’s jewelry that she brought with her from Iran. This Design Studio Knows How to Party 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

Just over a decade ago, I met O’Leary after going to Iran to do a piece for The Post magazine on a Zoroastrian shrine in Yazd. A Grand Canyon and slot-canyon challenge for the mostly over-the-hill set

Many came from the “Shahnameh,” an epic Persian poem that weaves the history of Iran like a colorful tapestry. From Iran to America, One Epic Tale at a Time 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z

Even so, Farhadi hopes he will continue making films in Iran. Asghar Farhadi’s new film grapples with the idea of heroes 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

Mr. Esfahani, born in Tehran, left Iran for the United States with his family at the age of 4. Making the Harpsichord Modern Again 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z

The Hill family ships products all over the world, from Iran and Qatar to Sweden, Turkey and Australia. Living With the Sweet Smell of Sap 2011-03-17T21:06:09Z

Although of Turkish stock, the Seljuks totally identified with the world of Iran. Turkey Reawakening to Its Vast Iranian Ties 2010-04-23T11:35:00Z

They were brothers and members of the Yellow Dogs, who described themselves on their Twitter feed as "a Post Punk/Dance Punk band from Tehran/Iran, living in Brooklyn at the moment". Iranian band members shot dead in NY 2013-11-12T02:12:33Z

The protest letter was described by a film critic in Iran as one of the most explicit and harshest of its kind. Defiant Iranian Directors Speak Out About Censorship, Onscreen and Off 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

“Instead of feuding over theology, Ghattas shows, Saudi Arabia and Iran transformed latent religious divisions into weapons wielded in the pursuit of political power, by cultivating and often arming sectarian militias across the region.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

Republicans have criticized Obama for holding talks with Iran at all. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

The shah of Iran was overthrown in 1979, a firebird-style mix of blessing and curse that marks a turning point in the cataclysmic history of Western imperialism in the Middle East. Matthew Barney's 'River of Fundament'? Well, it's certainly big 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z

In May Iran said it had arrested 30 people on suspicion of spying for the United States. Iran sentences American to die for spying 2012-01-09T12:02:00Z

Though she grew up in Brooklyn, Staten Island and New Jersey, she spent summers with cousins in Shiraz, a city of 1.5 million in southern Iran. Living and Loving Underground in Iran 2011-08-21T03:33:02Z

"They are happy because, at a time when talk of war, intimidation and aggression is exchanged between politicians, the name of Iran is spoken here through her glorious culture." Alter Argo: Iranian film to tell other side of hostage crisis 2013-01-11T17:37:56Z

A more conventionally boozy space, New Town's Thistle Street bar hosts a charming if equally rough-in-its-early-days production called Poland 3 Iran 2. En Route; Fair Trade; Shakespeare: The Man from Stratford; Up 'N' Under; Odyssey; Poland 3 Iran 2; Beautiful Burnout 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

"In Iran it was all 'death to America' and 'you are American, you are a spy!'" Maryam Keshavarz: 'In Iran, anything illegal becomes politically subversive' 2012-08-23T20:00:04Z

Ms. Soleimani seeks to rectify that by using her practice to deepen viewers’ understanding of Iran, from which her parents escaped in the 1980s as political refugees. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

The pioneering female explorer and writer was one of the first Westerners to travel through Iran and Arabia in the 1930s. Meet Jessica Pociask, your tour guide for crazy destinations 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

One novel about sisters in Japan, and another about a political prisoner in Iran. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

Following the film among top nominees for the Hollywood awards were Iran hostage drama "Argo" and Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" with five nods each. "Lincoln" leads Golden Globe nominations 2012-12-13T14:19:08Z

It looks like we're going to have a new Iran deal. Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

It also enabled the development of continent-sized empires such as the Scythians 2,500 years ago in what is now Iran. Ancient DNA reveals history of horse domestication 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

You were born in Iran and you have a lot of insight into your Iranian heritage. Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

His first, In Xanadu: A Quest, was written as the recent Cambridge graduate tried to cross revolutionary Iran before getting thrown out. William Dalrymple: a life in writing 2013-01-19T10:00:01Z

Eisenhower extricated the United States from Korea, but he also staged secret coups in Iran and Guatemala, eventually committing military aid to what his advisers called “nation-building” in the southern half of Vietnam. Think You Know the 1960s? ‘The Shattering’ Asks You to Think Again. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

Some are designed to amplify sound, some to mute, but all made with the same clay that is typical of parts of Iran. Iranians scream into pots at new contemporary art center 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

More than 100 countries will now screen the Games, with deals covering Latin America, Pakistan, the USA and Iran. Global TV deals for Paralympics 2012-08-28T12:28:24Z

Iran says it will fight EU sanctions with counter-measures and its parliament plans legislation to ban oil exports to the EU. Iran to announce nuclear progress: Ahmadinejad 2012-02-11T11:45:00Z

Affleck cleverly foreshadows the Hollywood angle with a prelude told in storyboard form, efficiently providing background on the mounting dissent in Iran over the United States' sympathetic stance toward the Shah. Review: Ambitious `Argo' one of year's best films 2012-10-08T22:48:11Z

He has not been back to Iran, where he was subsequently sentenced in absentia to 13 and a half years in prison plus 74 lashes. Jon Stewart takes break from The Daily Show to make directorial debut 2013-03-06T10:54:26Z

Mark says it came as a relief when he could finally talk openly about the events in Iran. The truth behind Affleck's Argo 2013-01-14T00:55:56Z

Didn't they know about the apocalyptic ambitions of Shia Iran? Russell Brand rules Question Time's clash of the egos 2013-06-21T00:13:16Z

It was last seen in depth in 2002, and the small selection now on view offers, among other things, work by some wonderful artists — Bijan Dowlatshahi is one — not included in Asia Society’s “Iran Modern.” Museum and Gallery Listings for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T01:03:39Z

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of Iran, found the book blasphemous and issued a fatwa, or religious edict, urging Muslims to kill the author. The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Renews Free Speech Debates 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

The Shah ran Iran, Water- was the only -gate, and a pack of cigarettes cost 45 cents. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z

Iran banned Panahi from making films for 20 years in 2010 and sentenced him to six years in prison on charges of "propaganda against the state" following the country's 2009 disputed presidential election. Iran protests Berlin film award for banned Jafar Panahi 2013-02-19T14:17:22Z

The membership stretches across North America, Europe and parts of Asia, encompassing a sizable diaspora; for cultural and political reasons, working as a composer inside Iran is challenging at best, even more so for women. Finally, a Stage for Female Composers From Iran 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z

In March, five young Iranian women posted a video of themselves dancing TikTok’s “Calm Down” challenge — defying Iran’s draconian modesty laws, which prohibit women from dancing or appearing without head scarves in public. TikTok Is Dead (Maybe). Long Live TikTok Dance. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

“It’s a vivid and commanding statement of those being unjustly silenced at a time when significant diplomatic focus is being placed on Iran and its renewed engagement with the world.” ArtsBeat: Protest Installation to Document Prisoners in Iran 2014-02-18T11:30:30Z

This is morality policing of the kind you'd expect in Iran or Saudi Arabia. Why do our paranoid, anti-fun police seem to think they run the country? | George Monbiot 2010-03-29T20:00:00Z

They claim it will lead to the kind of state interference in what people can access seen in countries such as Saudi Arabia, China and Iran. Can Iceland lead the way towards a ban on violent online pornography? 2013-02-16T22:46:28Z

This impulse, too, is rooted in his childhood in Iran: When crisis strikes, it’s common to see Iranian cooks turn to I.T.M., he said. A Chef’s Childhood in Iran Shaped His Cooking in the Pandemic 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

“At a time of war and isolation, when the whole world thought we are a warmongering country, Kiarostami showed another, peaceful face of Iran,” the professor and journalist Mehrdad Hodjati said in an interview. Abbas Kiarostami, Acclaimed Iranian Filmmaker, Dies at 76 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

Flavorwire surveys spellbinding Islamic architecture at mosques and palaces in Iran. Links We Love: What We're Reading This Week 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

It all began one Friday morning, a weekend in Iran, over breakfast. Azar Nafisi: “Over the years I have often thought of Alice as my ideal reader” 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

It can — even a work like this one, whose symphonic cluelessness not incidentally suggests just how out of touch Iran may be with the West. 2010-02-03T21:58:00Z

A diverse selection of 19 movies, including films from Kazakhstan and Iran, will vie for the main Golden Bear prize at Europe's first major film festival of the year. Berlin film fest mixes US stars, global contenders 2013-01-28T13:26:08Z

A Family Coming Apart at the Seams Asghar Farhadi’s “Separation,” with its deliberate ambiguities and multiple points of view, looks at the complexities of life in Iran. Awards Season: The Golden Globes 2012-01-13T23:42:11Z

Argo was banned in Iran and plans were made for the state-affiliated Arts Bureau to produce The General Staff, a film that would tell the true story of American hostages held in the country. Strike Up the Banned: 5 Films That Sparked International Incidents 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

“Whether Netanyahu achieved his goals of sabotaging a deal with Iran, or mistakenly opened up a rift in U.S.-Israeli relations, one thing is for certain,” Stewart concluded. Jon Stewart destroys Netanyahu over speech to Congress 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

"The country that worries us is Iran," he was quoted as saying, adding that "his poem distracts attention from that." Nobel winner Grass: Israel a threat to world peace 2012-04-04T13:41:08Z

During the 1970s he was invited to Iran, then under the Shah, when dissidents were being hanged naked or toasted on racks by the hated secret police. Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic by David Caute – review 2013-06-20T07:00:34Z

In another, Mahboubeh, of Iran, takes us inside the enigmatic black box she carries with her, containing the sculptures she made to express her feelings about her childhood abuse. The Little Tramp and the Refugees Who Loved, Then Loathed Him 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

She had been arrested on the grounds that she was not observing Iran’s mandatory hijab law. Amir H. Fallah Feels the Pull of His Iranian Origins 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

Sasy’s videos are not authorized in Iran though many have shared them through social media. Music video on Iranian app with US porn actress spurs probe 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z

More than any other place on the list, or even in the world, Iran is somewhere that I’ve only ever been able to look at from afar, through the lens of scary newspaper headlines. Meet the 52 Places Traveler for 2019 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

Cousins coolly repudiates parochial Anglo-Hollywood bias; he juxtaposes contemporary films with ones from the distant past, and places emphasis on cinema from Iran, India and Africa. Cannes 2013: A Story of Children and Film – review 2013-05-17T16:25:01Z

Perhaps because of his instincts as a progressive historian, he is more dogged in the pursuit of exculpatory arguments or suppositions that could place less blame on Iran’s leaders. What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

Protests and raucous debates endure today in Iran, Turkey and many Arab states – a sign of healthy societies in flux. Zero Dark Thirty and Argo don't do justice to Arabs 2013-02-20T13:00:00Z

Buildings are similar to those in Iran, the houses are not that different, the bazaar is quite like the actual shopping centre in south Tehran. Why Argo is hard for Iranians to watch 2012-11-13T16:56:00Z

Ms. Neshat, who was born four years after the coup, left Iran in 1979, just before the Islamic Revolution that drove the Shah into exile. | 'Women Without Men': From Shirin Neshat, Sisterhood Found During a Coup 2010-05-13T23:04:00Z

I grew up speaking Persian and went to Iran. "The Persian Version" director on creating a film that is "playful in terms of sexuality" 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z

Abbasi: The city of Mashhad is the second largest city in Iran, and it is an interesting city because it's the Vatican meets Las Vegas. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

I suppose it’s hard for Iranians to really leave Iran.” Two Iranian Artists and the Revolution 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

Films about a 1960s massacre in Indonesia and the harsh conditions in Iran under present-day international sanctions and how they affect ordinary people struck sombre notes at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday. Indonesia massacre, Iran sanctions impact infuse Venice film offerings 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

The exhibition is the first part of his new project “Archeology of the Final Decade,” which documents the cultural life of Iran in the years before the 1979 revolution. Photography: Rare Glimpses of Iran’s Lost Underworld 2014-03-20T14:32:28Z

His own involvement with protest began as a teenager when, in 1953, Iran’s democratically elected premier, Mohammed Mossadegh, was ousted by a coup that cemented the power of the shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Fraught and Fabulous: Art That Shows a Passion for Democracy 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

To secure the loans, the museum was in longstanding talks with the National Museum of Iran until early 2020, said Tristram Hunt, the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, also known as the V&A. Looking Beyond the Ayatollah to the Treasures of Iran 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z

The hypothesis is that he was a Sogdian trader from the eastern region of Iran. Exhibition Review: Another Stop on a Long, Improbable Journey 2011-02-20T21:00:36Z

“Simpsons” patriarch Homer Simpson, no longer welcome in Iran. ArtsBeat: Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children? 'Simpsons' Toys Banned in Iran 2012-02-06T17:25:58Z

Also, last year the United States imposed sanctions on Poly Technologies, a defense equipment division that American authorities accused of violating the nonproliferation policy that controls weapons traffic with Iran, Syria and North Korea. Chinese Arts Company Goes Public in Bid to Grow 2014-02-24T22:49:01Z

Tourism in Iran is already popular with Europeans. Sanctions Lifted, American Tourists Head to Iran 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

My wife, Jane, and I travel a lot and stay in a variety of accommodations, from a sleep-on-the-floor desert oasis in Iran to landmark hotels in Europe to jungle eco-lodges in Nicaragua. 8 Tips for Hotels, From a Hotel Guest 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

All public events in Iran need government approval. Iran cancels home ceremony for Oscar winner 2012-03-12T12:23:08Z

Trump went on to suggest that Iran is likely “laughing at the stupidity” of the Americans negotiating on the nuclear deal. Donald Trump has all the answers to the Iran nuclear crisis: “The Persians are great negotiators” — we’re just sending the “wrong people” 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

The four-month exhibition will display some 50 works from the Louvre, including a sphinx statue and other artifacts linked to Greek, Egyptian and Mesopotamian culture, as well as objects from ancient Iran. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Looking presciently to the future, he asks, "What happens when Stalin's got one? China? The shah of Iran?" 'Manhattan' an egghead's-eye view of the birth of the atomic bomb 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

Israel, widely believed to be the Middle East's only nuclear power, and the West fear Iran's enrichment of uranium is aimed at developing atomic weapons. New dad Nick Lachey to release a lullaby album 2013-02-26T17:01:05Z

Ripping apart the thousands of precious painted manuscripts removed from Iran, India or Turkey and taken to Europe in the 19th and 20th century was routine among Western dealers. Auctions: Century-Old Vandalism of Islamic Art, and Its Price 2011-04-15T12:00:27Z

Iran denies it is trying to nuclear weapons. Israeli official damns Khashoggi killing but deems Riyadh ally... 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

She still lives in Iran with her husband, actor Ali Mosaffa. Iranian backlash over Cannes kiss 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

“We want to show the world that Iran is open to debates, we want to break the Western cultural embargo against us,” said Talebzadeh, who was one of the organizers of the conference. ‘Argo’ just another insult by Hollywood, Iranians say 2013-02-19T06:28:19Z

Both her dress and the kiss "are unacceptable in the Islamic Republic of Iran", he explained. Iranian backlash over Cannes kiss 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Whenever political tensions flare between Iran and Western countries, pundits enjoy reminding their viewers what a hellhole they think the country is. Smart Watch: “Insecure,” “Disenchantment,” and more top TV picks for this week 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

At first I suspected empire-state-of-mind pride, though I slowly began to sense bony shame in an era when Iran equaled “hostage crisis” and “revolution.” Television: The Persian-ness of ?Shahs of Sunset? on Bravo 2012-03-09T23:39:45Z

"Now that it's an issue of the world against Iran, Israel likes it that way and would not be inclined to act precipitously,"Ross said last week. Obama, Netanyahu face struggle over Iran 'red lines' 2012-03-05T13:09:00Z

“In 2013, we took two groups to Iran, but next year we are planning 15 or 16 groups and the same number of tailor-made tours.” Can Middle East tourism ever recover? 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

We will note, though, that Mr. Affleck’s film, in which he plays a C.I.A. operative trying to rescue Americans trapped in revolutionary Iran, is very much rooted in actual events. Critic’s Notebook: Four Days of Films at Telluride 2012-09-03T22:16:36Z

"Because Iran is an extreme case of a common reality for women. What do I teach her? At what age? I don't know." As Iranians rise up, it's time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z

I left Iran in 2009 because my environment was too closed and I wanted to enter a more open society. Hossein Khosrojerdi's first U.S. solo show opens at Tara Gallery 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

But in Gaza, where the Islamist militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad are backed by Iran, Quds Day was commemorated. In Jerusalem, thousands pray at Al-Aqsa on last Friday of Ramadan 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

Ms. Alizadeh, who has no passport or papers, was not permitted to perform in Iran either. At the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, a Lot of the Humans Are Women 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

His lawyers suggested that another country, such as Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia or Jordan may have been responsible for the hacking. UK High Court finds that Dubai ruler hacked ex-wife’s phone 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

The Iran of the Revolution was no longer theirs, nothing like the Iran they knew. Inspiration Information: 'The Last Illusion' 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

The cables also reveal the constant effort of the US authorities to prevent states such as Syria and Iran from obtaining sensitive material from Indian suppliers. WikiLeaks cables: US officials voiced fears India could be target of biological terrorism 2010-12-16T21:30:38Z

“Artists have protected the dignity of Iran in the world,” she said. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, ‘Sustainability,’ ‘Mindfulness’ and Cocktails 2014-01-24T22:19:50Z

Embassy in Iran and dozens of workers there are taken hostage. Firoozeh Dumas sees the humor amid middle-school stress 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

Some are imported from neighboring countries, such as Iran and Pakistan, but traders said business was down, with few birds being imported these days. Wings of joy: Kabul's bird market brings comfort to war-weary Afghans 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

They’re watching negotiations underway between the United States and Iran, wondering whether there will finally be an end to the diplomatic standoff prompted by their horrifying ordeals — and how that might affect their cause. The endless siege: The Tehran hostages are still seeking compensation and closure 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Lloyd Owen, as a CIA operative on whom past derelictions in Iran weigh heavily, is both forceful and wary, using his wonderful rumble voice to suggest an edge of unearned authority. The Human Comedy; Blood and Gifts; Accomplice 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

I’d asked if he remembered anything from his earliest childhood, in Iran in the 1980s. Arian Moayed Plays Creepy Men for Thoughtful Reasons 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

“It was something I wasn’t interested in at all,” said Mr. Banisadr, who grew up in Iran and California, and now works in Brooklyn. New York Academy of Art Recovers From a Bad Reputation 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

“What happens when Stalin’s got one? China? The Shah of Iran?” WGN’s ‘Manhattan’: Hard to build but easy to bomb

The pomegranate is indigenous to Iran and, in ancient Persian mythology, the hero warrior Isfandiar is said to have eaten its seeds and become invincible. A foodie tour of Iran: it's poetry on a plate 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

This covert mission, a part of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, was supposed to be a simple exchange. A spy like us: Amazon’s “Patriot” is the screw-up’s answer to TV’s super-agents 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

Sinha claimed that Iran, Russia, and the Central Asian republics share similar doubt about the potential efficacy of such efforts. US embassy cables: Indian fears over reconciliation efforts in Afghanistan 2010-12-16T21:30:35Z

After an Iranian leader defeated the army which had taken power in India, the diamond went through Iran, then Afghanistan. King Charles III's coronation: The bloody history behind some of the crown jewels 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

Fridays in Iran are like Sundays in the U.S. The art of Persian brunch — and the spinach eggs that tie it all together 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z

Pomegranates and pistachios are two of Iran's most storied foods, going back thousands of years. On Shab-e Yalda, red fruit and fortune-telling rule the night 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

A movie by an Iranian who was previously sentenced to jail for his work in Iran won the top prize in the "Un Certain Regard" competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. Iranian film "A Man of Integrity" wins 'Certain Regard' competition at Cannes 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

The countries with the largest numbers of cases outside of China are South Korea, Japan, Italy, and Iran. How the coronavirus outbreak is affecting travel in Europe 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Soon after, he and his family fled the country, driving from Iran to Bunting’s mother’s house in England—a one-month trip—in a company car. The Improbable Life and Prescient Poetry of Basil Bunting 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

For my generation — my parents came over during the Iran Hostage crisis — they got prank phone calls and were very afraid. "An Act of Worship" is one Muslim American's "counternarrative of our last 30 years" 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

The United States seeks more Chinese support in dealing with the nuclear proliferation challenges of Iran and North Korea. U.S. eyes testy China talks, Chen backer expects Chinese decision 2012-04-30T12:08:03Z

A story about a middle-class couple in Iran ... separating. 5 favorite marriage movies with Barry Mendel 2012-12-20T20:28:12Z

“Nowadays, with all this talk about war, sanctions and nuclear weapons, people tend to forget about ordinary people, the actual people who live in Iran, and they only look at the government.” Lens Blog: Kiana Hayeri's Photos of Young Women in Iran 2012-05-29T15:12:25Z

The film was transported out of Iran on a USB stick hidden inside a cake and has since been shown to the world. Iranian lawyer and filmmaker win EU's Sakharov Prize 2012-10-26T15:29:22Z

Ms. Motamed, 44, was born in Iran and raised in Paris and New York. Nilou Motamed Is the New Editor of Food & Wine Magazine 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

Iran's hard-liners point to the show and say: This is what America is really like. Watching 'House of Cards' in Tehran, to hard-liners' delight 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Part autobiography and part novel, the book follows a girl named Zomorod who, like Dumas, moves from Iran to California in the late 1970s and struggles to adapt to her new home. Firoozeh Dumas sees the humor amid middle-school stress 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

I was a child of six, a new immigrant to America from Iran, still trying to bridge the old world with the new and latching on to the ultimate outsider parable. Inspiration Information: 'The Last Illusion' 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

Another family friend, from Iran, hauled two whole stuffed fish alongside yogurt rice with chicken. Friendsgiving Will Set You Free 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

He said that in a time of crisis, it’s common in Iran to gather and preserve as much food as possible. A Chef’s Childhood in Iran Shaped His Cooking in the Pandemic 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

“Argo,” about a C.I.A. operative who seeks Hollywood’s help to rescue Americans in Iran, was also a story about a character reckoning with false fronts and deception. Ben Affleck’s ‘Broken’ Batman 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

Partovi accepted the award on behalf of Panahi, who wasn't allowed to leave Iran, telling the audience that "it's never been possible to stop a thinker and a poet." Romanian movie `Child's Pose' wins at Berlin fest 2013-02-17T00:01:04Z

"A Thousand Tales", one of Pallett's most popular songs, is infused with imagery of soldiers and revolutionaries, evoking memories of Iran's eight-year long war with Iraq. Iranian blues and jazz bands find fans in Tehran 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

Across a swath of 20 or so countries, from Morocco to Iran, the area we think of as the Middle East seems tense but quiet. In 'The New Arabs,' millennials are key to remade Middle East 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

Wilderness Travel, which is based in Berkeley, Calif., canceled its April and May departures after its Iranian counterparts advised the company that Iran is presently not issuing travel visas to Americans. Tour Companies Cancel Some Iran Trips 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

Iran downed the flight after firing ballistic missiles at two bases in Iraq housing U.S. forces earlier on Wednesday. Iranian police crack down on protests after Ukrainian plane crash 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

Frank Rosemond, 80, of San Francisco, said he did not plan to alter his booking with SmarTours to visit Iran in October. Trump’s Travel Ban Draws Growing Opposition From Tourism Executives 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

A decade ago, when trade between Iran and the United States was more open than it is currently, Sharifi started selling varieties of imported manna to a handful of American chefs. Is this biblical food the next foodie fad? This chef thinks so. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

It also offers a window into the thinking of Iran's censors, who have approved the dark portrayal of power politics and even murder in the corridors of Washington — but not the bedroom scenes. Watching 'House of Cards' in Tehran, to hard-liners' delight 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Greengages, or green plums, were first popularized in Iran before eventually gaining traction in more temperate European countries. 5 rare pieces of produce to try this spring, according to an expert international grocery buyer 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z

Backed by Warner Bros, Argo portrays the behind-the-scenes adventures of six stranded US diplomats gone to ground in the Canadian ambassador's home in the immediate wake of Iran's Islamic revolution. Alter Argo: Iranian film to tell other side of hostage crisis 2013-01-11T17:37:56Z

The only other countries where this happens is in Iran, North Korea and Rwanda. Opening up the politics of Pandora 2011-03-14T16:14:51Z

Yet in Iran, where the government insists, for example, that protester Neda Agha Soltan was shot by her friends, there is already more than enough fable. The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah | Book review 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z

She has not returned to Iran, where most of her family still lives, and became a French citizen in 2017. An Iranian Exile Channels Her Trauma Into Film 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

Mir will also offer a new private train tour from Europe to Iran in October. In Transit Blog: New Trips to North Korea and Iran 2014-03-12T16:55:24Z

“I’ll do Tibet or New Zealand, but not Morocco or Iran.” Can Middle East tourism ever recover? 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Apart from nationality, in many cases the most acclaimed directors to emerge from Iran in the 1990s and 2000s have been linked by a common thread: Mr. Kalari. 4 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

He remained in Iran after the 1979 revolution and, never a political filmmaker, largely managed to work around the artistic obstacles thrown up by the new regime. Abbas Kiarostami, Acclaimed Iranian Filmmaker, Dies at 76 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

Iranian censors can impose strictures on filmmakers in the name of Islamic morality and national morale, although Farhadi, who lives and works in Iran, said his 2012 film was not subjected to such censorship. Iran returns to Oscar race with 'The Salesman' 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

It is depressing that western governments seem much more likely to send their military might into Iran than into Syria. A Woman in the Crossfire by Samar Yazbek – review 2012-06-22T21:55:08Z

Nazarian travels to London, Israel and Dubai to find emerging Iranian artists, she says, and relies heavily on the Internet to find talent; but she doesn't travel to Iran. Shulamit Nazarian's Venice gallery aims to 'build bridges' 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

The hikers’ ransoms — or bails — were eventually paid, they said, by the Omani government, a U.S. ally that maintains ties with Iran, as their fates became ever more entangled in larger geopolitical maneuvering. U.S. refusal to negotiate ransoms may be risky

But the most important journey I made specifically for this book was to Iran, where I stayed with the Bakhtiari, a nomadic tribe that winters on the Mesopotamian plains, near the Iraqi border. Beyond Borders: A Deep Dive Into the Nomadic Way of Life 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z

Barr, 65, then apologized “for making a bad joke” about Jarrett, who is black and was born in Iran to American parents. Roseanne Barr blames sleep aid Ambien for racist tweet 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

As Israel, Iran and the United States play their messy games of cat and mouse and musical chairs, the temperature has plunged to cold-warring with sanctions that have hurt Iran’s people while helping the regime. Television: The Persian-ness of ?Shahs of Sunset? on Bravo 2012-03-09T23:39:45Z

Two decades or so before the cameo was carved, the Sasanian Empire rose to power in what is now Iran. See Ancient Trade Route Treasures at the Met 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

Despite the risk of making such a provocative film, Gharavi was able to find a sympathetic producer who gave her the connections to make the Iran shoot possible. I Am Nasrine director Tina Gharavi: 'The British public has been hijacked' 2013-02-08T17:27:05Z

The plan is to set up a fake production, arrange a location recce in Iran, and pass the six diplomats off as Canadian film-makers. Argo – Ben Affleck's gripping CIA thriller sends reality into a tailspin 2013-02-22T09:00:02Z

Some analysts believe that, with political stability, Iran could rival, even replace, Egypt as the Islamic world’s most visited country. Can Middle East tourism ever recover? 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

“Lately there are things we’ve never seen before in Tunisia — burqas, like you see in Iran.” Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z

Last year, with all this in mind, Salemi began travelling across Iran to document the changing climate. A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z

Titled "The Iran Crisis - America Held Hostage," this late-night newscast was greeted by many viewers as a welcome alternative to NBC's "Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Kimmel moving into thick of late-night fight 2012-08-21T23:01:03Z

As always in this festival, the horrors of the world — including recent events like the unrest in Iran — are explored in many of the films. Critic?s Notebook: Faces on Film Add Humanity To the News 2011-06-15T22:24:44Z

Mr. Grigorian was born in Russia, studied in Europe and America, lived in Iran and died in Armenia. Art Review: Shows at Asia Society and N.Y.U. Grey Art Gallery 2013-09-05T21:50:26Z

Iran denies that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons. Netanyahu condemns killing of Saudi journalist but keeps focus on Iran 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

Faghihimani, the daughter of a senior ayatollah in Iran, says she is not too shocked considering the topics they tackle. 'I'm proud of my sin': the 'criminal' stars of Iranian TV promoting women's rights 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

Ghazvinian offers a fascinating look into what he calls “one of the great unspoken rivalries of the 20th century: the competition between the United States and Great Britain for Iran’s vast petroleum bounty.” What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

‘Artists are considered a threat in Iran - by a government which doesn’t care about culture’ . Shirin Neshat: A long way from home 2010-06-13T21:01:00Z

It's this sentiment that underpins a fascinating portrait of Empress Farah, once Iran's queen. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-09-21T07:00:00Z

It was the first time an American musician had played in Iran since 1979. Bob Belden, Jazz Saxophonist and Historian of the Music, Dies at 58 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

He was jailed for six years and banned from making films and leaving Iran for 20 years. Iran filmmaker gets standing ovation for secret film at Cannes 2013-05-24T17:10:50Z

Iran denies Western accusations it is seeking to develop a nuclear weapons capability, but major powers are pushing Tehran to become more transparent and cooperative ahead of talks later this month. Iran hangs 'Mossad agent' for scientist killing 2012-05-15T10:45:00Z

Turkey, which complained but fully complied with the sanctions, is dependent on imports for almost all of its energy needs and Iran is a leading gas and oil supplier. Factbox: Turkey's Russian missile deal strains ties with Washington 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, takes note in “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers From Iran and the Arab World,” an ambitious and revealing exhibition of work by 12 women, some internationally known. Art Review: Mideast Photography at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-12-26T22:22:28Z

The nuclear processing plant brought down by the stuxnet virus in Iran, in real life, was done by USB drives carried in by duped employees/ agents. ‘Blackhat,’ a Cyberthriller Starring Chris Hemsworth 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Set immediately before the protests of the Green movement swept through Iran, the film aims to show where the anger behind the demonstrations came from. Maryam Keshavarz: 'In Iran, anything illegal becomes politically subversive' 2012-08-23T20:00:04Z

Iran, Saudi Arabia’s nemesis, was taking advantage of the region’s turmoil to expand its influence. ‘MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman,’ by Ben Hubbard: An Excerpt 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

She wanted to study art in Iran, but she wasn't allowed because she was Afghan, she says. Afghan woman risks all to bring color to war-torn Kabul with her street art and feminist murals 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z

But, when one calls something from Iran, "Persian" we are then entering the area where it is much more limited and not inclusive of the entirety of the Iranian Cuisine. Persian Cuisine, Fragrant and Rich With Symbolism 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

"From time to time in the news in Iran you get stories about very average people who in their daily lives do something that is very altruistic," he said. Iranian director Asghar Farhadi denies plagiarism charge for "A Hero" after public indictment 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

Trump, who announced his decision not to retaliate against Iran’s missile strikes in a nationally televised address 14 hours later, told some close to him that he watched Carlson’s show, according to BuzzFeed News. Did Fox’s Tucker Carlson play role in calming Iran pressure? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

An ingeniously structured tutorial on the American-British led removal of Iran’s democratically elected leader in 1953, and the action’s disastrous ripple effects. Perspective | Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

The CIA’s overthrow of Iran’s Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, which would save Iran’s oil for the British, was also done in the name of the fight against communism. The real US policy toward Nelson Mandela 2013-12-12T12:35:00Z

But I want a sprinkle of Iran in my life. Divorce from my best friend 2013-02-12T01:00:00Z

The English edition comes with an introduction expressing the author’s desire to show Americans that Iran is not only a country of fanatics and terrorists. Review: ‘Persepolis,’ by Marjane Satrapi 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Yet a different story entirely caught on in Argo, as if there was nothing new in Iran 34 years after the Islamic revolution. Zero Dark Thirty and Argo don't do justice to Arabs 2013-02-20T13:00:00Z

Assad can still count on powerful allies such as Russia and China, as well as others including Iran, Venezuela and Cuba. U.N. aid chief seeks access to battered Syrian city 2012-03-07T13:18:06Z

Like many other important players in the region – Israel, Iran, Qatar – Lohan’s most recent gig was running a Mykonos beach bar for an MTV show. Even if nobody else is listening, the president's son is singing the praises of Kanye West's new album 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

But the renewed interest in Iran is by no means the sole expression of a focus on the past by Turks immersed in their history. Turkey Reawakening to Its Vast Iranian Ties 2010-04-23T11:35:00Z

I watch as the astoundingly brave people of Iran fight for their most basic human rights. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

But while much is left unsaid, the production gained renewed meaning in the aftermath of protests that have roiled Iran since the death of Mahsa Amini in September. At a Berlin Festival, Avant-Garde Theater from Europe and New York 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

The actual thing in Iran is much, much harsher and it's a place where these women are not being treated as human beings. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

On subsequent visits to Iran, she began to see herself as part of the storyline. Two Iranian Artists and the Revolution 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

Never mind the Arab spring or the green revolution in Iran. Zero Dark Thirty and Argo don't do justice to Arabs 2013-02-20T13:00:00Z

Previously unseen footage showed a news team in Iran shadowing an AI patrol unit as the situation degenerates into a bloody confrontation on the streets. Comic-Con: 'Spider-Man stands for everyone: black, white, Asian, gay, straight, bisexual' 2013-07-20T07:05:00Z

Jimmy Carter had failed to secure the release of the Iran hostages. A Novel Set at the Dakota Imagines John Lennon as a Neighbor 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

Certified Copy – which won't get a UK release until the end of the year – is Kiarostami's first picture outside his native Iran, effectively a work in exile. Juliette Binoche: the queen of Cannes 2010-05-28T06:59:00Z

Imagine an audio-tour treasure hunt guiding visitors to pieces on view from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. Future Shock at the Met? 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

The charm of the yogurt here: the faint crunch and decided tang of minced pickled shallots from Iran. Review | At Rumi’s Kitchen, you’ll find poetry on the plate and mannequins by your side 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

The Jewish state insists that military action against Iran would be warranted to prevent it from reaching nuclear weapons capability, as opposed to when it actually builds a device. Iran to let U.N. nuclear sleuths visit military site 2012-03-06T13:19:00Z

And they should “insist that the governments of both Iran and Israel allow an international authority free and open inspection of the nuclear potential and capability of both.” Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z

Beach lifeguards are poorly paid in Iran, Reza says, if they are paid at all. An Exile from Iran on the Beaches of Australia 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

Iran’s northern border ranges from mountains to plains to the Caspian Sea; Persians, Turkmen, and Kazakhs share the landscape. New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2010-02-25T17:48:00Z

It's fundamentally, at its root, about our relationship to Iran. The Carpetbagger: 'Argo' Nods Make Case for Risky Films, Affleck Says 2012-12-13T20:35:08Z

We all knew the ending, because it’s based on actual events during the 1980 Iran hostage crisis — and yet, Ben Affleck’s taut, careful thriller kept us tense until the final moments. 10 terrific movies of 2012 2012-12-27T20:02:57Z

In an interview with Mary Campbell of The Associated Press in 1989, Fanshawe recalled early journeys in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran, and how he was inspired by hearing pearl divers sing in Bahrain. 'African Sanctus' composer David Fanshawe dies 2010-07-10T18:31:00Z

The definition of South Asia is stretched, too — Ms. Abbassy was born in Iran, Ms. Mistry in South Africa — as are formal categories. Art in Review: ‘Fifteen Years of the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective’ 2012-08-16T20:00:35Z

They also compare women’s rights in Iran to other countries. 'I'm proud of my sin': the 'criminal' stars of Iranian TV promoting women's rights 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

I'm not a sociologist, but I hope that when people see my photographs, they'll understand the reality for women in Iran, then and now. Shadi Ghadirian's best photograph – Iranian tradition meets the CD player 2013-02-13T18:00:01Z

We are not just making work which demands the judgment of critics at an international level, but also the judgment of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Shirin Neshat: A long way from home 2010-06-13T21:01:00Z

In Iran, homosexuals are “encouraged” to undergo a gender transition as it is assumed that same-sex desires are proof of gender dysphoria. Queer rights are human rights: Fighting for freedom is polarizing the world 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Music in Iran must be approved by the Ministry of Culture, which vets both lyrics and instrumental sections. Beating the ban 2010-03-25T08:04:00Z

However, Haghighi, who plans to showing his film in Iran, said he was tired of journalists’ constant questions about his political views and censorship in Iran. Khook - Pig challenges images of Iran at Berlin film festival | Reuters 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he supported Barenboim’s plan to conduct in Iran because of his “dedication to making music accessible to all people, irrespective of national, religious or ethnic boundaries.” Iran Bans Famous Conductor For Israeli Citizenship 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z

When not at English boarding school, Forna spent periods in Iran, Thailand and Zambia. Aminatta Forna: a life in writing 2013-05-03T17:00:02Z

“The first few days after moving to Berkeley, I couldn’t tell whether I was in California or northern Iran,” he said. The Verdant Food of Iran Entices at Persian New Year 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

It could be to girls in Afghanistan or Iran. "She feels things deeply": How "A Radiant Girl" slowly realizes the persecution of the Holocaust 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

“A beautiful export like Persian rugs from Iran may not be available for a time,” Sroka said. Looking for a Persian rug? New Trump sanctions could make that difficult. 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

The book is set in New York at the beginning of the ’80s, Ms. Beattie’s heyday: Jimmy Carter is fretting over the hostages in Iran; a few people are beginning to talk about AIDS. In ?Walks With Men,? Ann Beattie Returns to the ?80s 2010-06-07T22:12:00Z

The president didn’t threaten just Iran’s culture sites. Review | It’s time we looked at Iran through the same lens as its best photographers 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

Likewise, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London has removed an online image of the Prophet Muhammad, created in Iran in the 1990s. Roundup: Gehry's bag building, free speech limits, Frank Lloyd leaves Santa Monica 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

He said it was “fundamental” to discuss the American movie industry’s ways of portraying Iran in order to prevent “an insane war.” ‘Argo’ just another insult by Hollywood, Iranians say 2013-02-19T06:28:19Z

"He started screaming about al-Qaida and possibly a bomb on the plane and Iraq and Iran and about how we were all going down," Schonzeit told the Amarillo Globe-News. JetBlue captain: 'They're going to take us down' 2012-03-28T11:26:00Z

President Abraham Lincoln, while the odds were on "Argo", a drama about the rescue of American hostages from Iran in 1979, to win best film. "Skyfall" beats "Les Miserables" to British film BAFTA 2013-02-10T20:58:58Z

In her first novel, French Iranian screenwriter Djavadi delivers the story of Kimiâ Sadr, who flees Iran at age 10 with her mother and siblings to reunite with her father in France. Ten books that explain the complicated nostalgia of being a child of diaspora 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

As Iran prepares to host the 2015 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, it said some women would be let in to a specially created women's section at Tehran's 12,000-person arena. Iran to let foreign women watch men's volleyball tournament 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Salehi, who was born in Iran, was detained for more than two months. Washington Post reporter to write memoir about his 18 months in an Iranian prison 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

The future of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers is shrouded in doubt after U.S. In Iran, France blends hard talks with soft power at Louvre exhibit 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

If election meddling weren’t enough, they are also clashing over the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, and Iran’s nuclear program. Russia has its own TV show like ‘The Americans’ — but it’s a comedy set during Trump’s presidency 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

They are going to remove our ability to communicate and act subversively so that means that the internet and other digital technology are going to be highly restricted, like in North Korea or Iran. "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

The song has become the anthem of protests that have swept through Iran in recent months. ‘Baraye,’ the Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement, Wins a Grammy 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

Iran pushed for Baghdad as a way to boost the international prestige of the Iraqi government, which has close ties to Tehran. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

A delicate white ceramic bowl looks like Chinese manufacture but was probably made in Iran in the 11th to 12th century. Review | In New York, a look into the early days of the world’s oldest Christian nation 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

Well, we certainly do not waste food in Iran. Firoozeh Dumas sees the humor amid middle-school stress 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

Now he turns to an early front-runner in the category: “A Separation,” from Iran, a domestic drama that turns into something of a legal puzzle. Carpetbagger Blog: A Human Side of Iran 2011-12-22T15:00:01Z

The Obama administration seemed reluctant to show any sign of weakness in its dealing with Iran. ‘A Sliver of Light:’ three Americans imprisoned in Iran 2014-03-19T18:53:32Z

Maybe this is appropriate, since the play comments implicitly on the strictures that all artists — indeed, all citizens — in Iran and other authoritarian states must confront and negotiate on a daily basis. Review: Nathan Lane, You’ve Got a Part (This Time) in ‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit’ 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

Like many moderate Iranians who've chosen to live and work in Iran, however, his life seems to have been affected by last June's contested presidential election and the brutally repressed protests that followed. Iranian director finds freedom and moral victory 2010-05-25T13:25:00Z

Some of the most stunning pieces on display are from New Julfa, a suburb of Isfahan in what is now Iran. Review | In New York, a look into the early days of the world’s oldest Christian nation 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

In his 2016 book, “The Iran Wars,” Solomon wrote that the deal “rather than calming the world’s most combustible region, risks inflaming it.” Reporter Jay Solomon fired by Wall Street Journal over report of business dealings with source 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

Legendary Polish foreign correspondent Kapuściński was in Iran throughout the revolution and his pared-down account of the events of those days is gripping and insightful. Kamin Mohammadi's top 10 Iranian books 2011-07-20T11:07:13Z

In a statement, the corporation reiterated that there were "no BBC Persian staff members or stringers working inside Iran". Iranians 'detained for BBC links' 2012-02-07T11:39:52Z

Iran maintains a major presence in Dubai, due to historical and current trade ties, and Dubai is believed to be a major station for Iranian intelligence services. Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

Senior French government ministers called on Iran this month to free him. Jailed director 2010-05-25T10:25:00Z

The People's Mujahideen of Iran is a religious leftist organisation that calls for the overthrow of the Islamic republic. Marzieh obituary 2010-10-19T17:18:00Z

During a segment from C-SPAN’s Washington Journal on Iran nuclear negotiations, a guy claiming to be “Jack Strickland” phoned in and took viewers back to the glory days of NBC programming. The “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” played a hilarious prank on C-SPAN 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

Still, despite some success in the treatment of shishe addiction, Iran's battle with the drug is far from over. Methamphetamine use soars in Iran as lifestyles speed up 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

When he returned to Iran, authorities confiscated his passport, charged him with propaganda against the state and in July sentenced him to a year in prison. Defiant Iranian Directors Speak Out About Censorship, Onscreen and Off 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

Naipaul ignored cold-war machinations in the Congo just as he would later scant the brutal rule of Iran's shah in exchange for broad musings on the innate defects of Islam. The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z

His film was banned in Iran for supposedly encouraging suicide. Abbas Kiarostami, celebrated Iranian director, dies at 76 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

The most intriguing feature is the movie's nation-blind casting, imagining a feudal world with faces and accents from South Korea, Norway, Japan and Iran. 'Last Knights' a pale 'Game of Thrones' wannabe 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

Many of those Afghanis became illegal immigrants in nearby Iran. 'Heiran': A soapy, enlightening look at immigration, star-crossed love in Iran 2010-10-07T19:37:00Z

“We urge Iran to take this opportunity to resolve all outstanding concerns about the nature of its nuclear program,” Wood said in a statement. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

Van rides across Europe, selling the van in Turkey, teaching English in Iran, touring eastern Africa ... wound up living in a ratty house in the Seychelles Islands, which was supposed to be cool. Martine Rothblatt: She founded SiriusXM, a religion and a biotech. For starters. 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

A ceremony in Iran to honor the Academy Award-winning director Asghar Farhadi was canceled on Monday after the authorities there denied permission for the event, The Associated Press reported. ArtsBeat: Iranian Ceremony to Honor 'A Separation' Director is Canceled 2012-03-12T13:37:26Z

The focus of this exhibition is on a calligraphic script that was developed in the 14th century in Iran. At museums this fall: Art and science, civilization and extinction

Both plays are set in Karaj, Iran — “Wish You Were Here” in the late 1970s and ’80s, “English” in the present — in classrooms and living rooms mostly populated by women. ‘Writing a Trauma Play Makes Me Want to Dry Heave’ 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

The Hunter Minimalist chase thriller with an angle on modern day Iran. This weeks new films 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z

Mr. Vali evokes the sounds, touched with microtones, and folk melodies of his native Iran, though all the musical elements are original. Music Review: MoMA Summergarden Series Opens With Contemporary Works 2013-07-08T20:52:46Z

Iran's leaders insist the country's nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes. Poll: Global policy a hit at home 2012-05-18T06:05:00Z

Their characters come from many countries — Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq and Iran, for starters. ‘The Jungle’ Review: Migrants’ Heartbreaking Search for Home in Calais 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

On other questions, however, involving Afghanistan, Iran and China, responses displayed a partisan division that usually loomed larger than other divides such as city-suburban, sex or race. Poll: Global policy a hit at home 2012-05-18T06:05:00Z