Iran

Still in prison in Iran after one year, two of the three “hikers” had also been doing pathbreaking freelance journalism.read more

Women activists are at the forefront of the struggle for human rights in Iran.read more

The struggle for human rights and gender equality continues in Iran as we mark the one-year anniversary of the protests against the rigged elections.read more

Her criticism of Iran went over well in Saudi Arabia, which is actually a monarchy with no civil society and a global disseminator of Wahhabi Islam, the ideological fountainhead of Al Qaeda.read more

The latest moves of the regime—no matter how distressing—should not be mistakenly portrayed as a threat to the United States.read more

Iran is hardly the first Muslim country even in the recent past to have seen the use of peaceful protests against an authoritarian regime.read more

The democratic longing, and the democratic thronging, shows no signs of letting up.read more

“Democracy is incomplete in Iran,” said Noble Peace Prize winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi, who spoke yesterday at the UW campus.read more

If you want to understand the policy of a country, look at the map - as Napoleon recommended.read more

“We’ve never been at a greater risk of American military action against Iran,” says the former Marine and U.N. weapons inspector.read more