The government regards pet dogs as a sign of Western cultural influence. They are also considered impure, in Islam. Now there ...

To understand why hijab has become so politicized in Iran one needs to examine the country’s recent history and politics, not religious texts. Hadia Mubarak It was less than a century ago that ...

Three weeks in, Iran’s protests show no signs of stopping ... Iranians from different ethnic and regional backgrounds, nonreligious and religious alike, have taken part, defying government ...

And according to Esfandiari, the anger that fueled them caught Iran's leaders by surprise. Many Muslim women around the world choose to cover their hair for religious or traditional reasons ...

In Kermanshah, a Kurdish city in western Iran, a religious vocalist known as a maddah stood on the street, microphone in hand, singing about officials “stealing and devouring” resources away ...

Post-revolutionary Iran often is depicted as a society devoid and incapable of self-criticism that is dominated by a monolithic view of religion and politics. A revolutionary Islamic ideology is ...

Christian advocate: The uprising in Tehran coincides with the rising disillusionment with Islam and the growth of the underground church. Growing up in a home with a Muslim father and a Christian ...