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 ...

The Safavid Dynasty, a Golden Age in Iran, witnessed a cultural flowering under the charismatic Isma'il and and his son Tahmasp, the first two Shahs of the dynasty. This essay is a short history of ...

Two veteran Iranian Supreme Court judges known for handling high-profile cases were shot dead inside the court in Tehran, state-affiliated media reported. The Iranian judiciary said the assailant ...

Thirty-eight people got lashes. Amnesty said more than 200 members of Iran's largest Sufi Muslim order, the Gonabadi dervishes, were sentenced to prison and lashes after taking part in peaceful ...

Clashes took place outside a Tehran police station between police and members of the dervish minority Five Iranian security personnel have been killed in clashes with members of a Sufi Muslim ...

TEHRAN- The audio version of the bestselling novel “Savushun” by Iranian writer Simin Daneshvar has been released in Tehran.