There is a segment of society yearning for reform and more liberal attitudes towards religion and life, yet the Shia Islam ...

J UST OVER a week ago it seemed as if Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, might be part of a breakthrough with ...

Kolkata: At a modest home tucked in a Ripon Street lane, Nuzhat Zehra spends her days in prayer and anxiety. Her elder ...

Cities like Lucknow, Barabanki, and Jaunpur have long been strongholds of Indian Shia culture, known for their grand Muharram ...

The Islamic New Year, marking the start of 1447 AH, is expected to begin on the evening of June 25, 2025, commemorating the ...

The FBI arrested a Round Rock man for allegedly making threats in the video game Roblox to attack a “Christian concert or ...

Millions of residents have left Tehran as Israel continues to attack Iran. Main roads have been clogged with traffic as ...

TEHRAN- The English translation of the book " From the Riverside to the Ocean" written by Iranian writer Vahid Yaminpour has ...

Ali Khamenei was a midlevel cleric who clawed his way up the political hierarchy.

Vali Nasr on how a decades-long power struggle with Israel ended in war — and what a failed Iranian state would mean for the ...

As Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls for regime change in Iran and US President Trump considers backing it militarily, ...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini — the architect of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and Iran’s first Supreme Leader -- has his ...