The Islamic Revolution of 1979 brought seismic changes to Iran, not least for women. One area that has come under scrutiny is the way women dress and wear their hair - the old Shah, in the 1930s, ...

By Miranda Murray CANNES, France, May 20 (Reuters) - For Iranian filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani, making her documentary ...

Actress turned director Pegah Ahangarani used archive footage and home movies to explore 40-plus years of unrest in a country ...

With a history dating back well before the Christian era, the nation known to the West as Persia officially adopted its native name of Iran in 1935.

Sgt James Hughes was one of the hostages released early. With US-Iran relations once again in the spotlight, he talks about being ‘handcuffed, under armed guard’ ...