“The Islamic Revolution was a horrific calamity for Iran’s Jews since our lives were suddenly turned upside down when Khomeini took power,” said Joe Shooshani, a businessman and Beverly ...

The international community should recognise Iranian artists as human rights defenders on a par with activists, lawyers and journalists opposing the regime. That is the recommendation of a new ...

However, after the outbreak of the Iranian Revolution in 1979—which brought an end to the reign of the Pahlavi Shahs and instated a theocracy led by Ayatollah Khomeini—Mohassess decided not to return ...

Some paintings – cubist, surrealist, impressionist and even pop art – sat ... during the revolution. Today, the collection is likely worth billions of dollars. Even with Iran now cash-strapped ...

Halasa explains that this mix of tradition and modernity underpins “dissident art” in Iran, which “often blends centuries-old indigenous motifs with contemporary global memes”. It also examines the ...

I was born in the summer of 1979 in California, a few months after Iran's Islamic Revolution; my mother was in her early 20s and my grandmother was 50. Millions of Iranian women took part in the ...