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The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the devastating twin blasts near the burial site of Gen. Qasem Soleimani in southern Iran, marking the deadliest attack in the country since its 1979 revolution.

Irans elite Revolutionary Guards and First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber have pledged revenge for the recent explosions at a ceremony commemorating top commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone in 2020 in Iraq. Mokhber stated that a strong retaliation would be delivered by the soldiers of Soleimani.

'While the teachers are detained, the classrooms will be closed,' reads one artist's painting on a wall. Khiaban Tribune via InstagramA recent rise in activism in Iran has added a new chapter to the country’s long-standing history of murals and other public art. But as the sentiments being expressed in those works have changed, the government’s view of them has shifted, too. The ancient Persians, who lived in what is now Iran, adorned their palaces, temples and tombs...

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Iran must one day write the history of the violence perpetrated on its women, especially under the 40-year Islamic Republic, if historiography is to serve its progress toward a peaceful, democratic society.

Iran and Saudi Arabia have announced they will restore diplomatic relations. The news may have proved startling — especially China's role — but is unlikely to dispel long-standing distrust between two regional rivals.

This edition of the program is about the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution victory.

In recent weeks, Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, has made repeated references to the end of Iran's last regime in 1979. Is may be a sign the country is indeed approaching another kind of revolution.

The showdown between Iranian protesters and the clerical regime is another episode in a decades-long clash of theocracy and Western-style secular modernity. Its outcomes will reverberate across the entire Islamic world, so the West needs to pay attention.

These women have been protesting against restrictions on personal freedoms in the Islamic country, stringent dress codes for women and an economy reeling under sanctions from the western world.