Iran

AsiaSociety.org articles, op-eds, videos and blog posts on Iran.

Women and Social Change in Iran

A panel of Iranian women's human rights experts paint a complex but encouraging picture of social reform in Iran.

How the country's intravenous drug epidemic helped spread the disease, and what's being done to fight both.

Zarif discusses Iran's nuclear program, the insurgency in Iraq, and Ahmadinejad's controversial comments on Israel.

Moses and the Wandering Dervish

The Iranian epic drama Ta'ziyeh Khani adapted and transfigured at Trinity College.

Martyrdom's Thousand Homes: Painted Shrines to Hossein, One of Early Islam's Slain Leaders, Dot the Lush Iranian Coast Tara Bahrampour [...

One of the most highly developed and powerful examples of the passion play is the ta'ziyeh performed by Shiite Muslims in Iran.

Religious epic theatre, ta'ziyeh or shabih, continues to be performed in areas of the Middle East with large Shi'a populations.

Experts discuss discrimination against women and the implementation of Islamic Family Law legislations.

Speech by Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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