Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who has been imprisoned in Iran for over a year, was allowed to share a home-cooked meal with his wife and mother on Christmas day. Rezaian's wife ...

Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas, the festival commemorating the birth of the Prophet Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed ...

Christian population in Iran celebrates New Year Eve While some Iranian Christians celebrate Christmas in Iran on December 25 and New Year’s Day on January 1, Armenians celebrate Christmas on January ...

The Italian newspaper Il Foglio is calling on authorities to help bring home one of its journalists who was detained in Iran just before Christmas. Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was arrested in ...