The author reconstructs the past and revives the voices of those silenced by forces beyond their power and control In The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize, the 1979 Islamic Revolution is the primary force propelling the story forward. However, the narr»»»

In The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize, the 1979 Islamic Revolution is the primary force propelling the story forward. However, the narrative is less concerned with major events or key figures of the revolution than with the lives irrevocably changed »»»

Shahrnush Parsipur, the celebrated Iranian writer whose subversive works of feminist fiction saw her repeatedly imprisoned, has died aged 80. The second woman to ever publish a book in Iran, Parsipur excoriated the country’s patriarchal culture in novels including Women Without Men and Touba and th»»»

TEHRAN (Defapress) - In an interview with Defapress correspondent Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, the Head of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army, explained the strategic dimensions of the successes of the Islamic Republic of Iran against its enemies, re»»»

Share: In this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026. (UGC via AP) Iran is planning to permanently break from the global internet, restricting access to a small group of pre-approved users, The Guardian newspaper said, ci»»»

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf praised the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force’s epical performance in the recent Israeli-imposed war on the country. “You hit wherever you wanted and made the land and air of the occupied (Palestinian) territory»»»

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf praised the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force’s epical performance in the recent Israeli-imposed war on the country. - Defense news - “You hit wherever you wanted and made the land and air of the occupied (Palestinian)»»»

According to the state-affiliated news outlet Etemad Online, on March 19, legal expert Kambiz Norouzi strongly criticized the Planning and Budget Organization’s refusal to publish the 2025 budget tables, calling it a sign of deliberate secrecy. In a harsh statement directed at the government, he sa»»»

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's movie "The Seed of the Sacred Fig," Germany's official Oscars entry, releases in Indian theatres on January 24. Set during Tehran's protests, it follows a judge's moral crisis and won the special jury prize at Cannes. Rasoulof, exiled for his work, used real pr»»»