Islamic revolution

Burial prices in Iran skyrocket by up to 50% after Tehran council approves new tariff - report

For a 10 km journey, families will now need to pay 9.75 million rials, not including the costs of ritual washing, the shroud, cold storage before burial, and gravestone installation.

Graves of recently-buried people killed in US-Israeli airstrikes are pictured at Beheshta Zahra cemetery on the southern outskirts of Tehran on March 9, 2026.
A woman walks next to an anti-Israeli mural on a street after US President Donald Trump said that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026.

Trump must consider terms for Iranian people in potential deal, expert warns - interview

Magen David Adom paramedics respond to a shrapnel hit site in central Israel following an Iranian missile attack, March 15, 2026.

Number of those wounded in Iran war matters more than number of those killed - analysis

Pedestrians pass in front of a billboard featuring an image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 4, 2026 in Tehran, Iran; illustrative.

Who are the most senior Iranian officials left alive after weeks of Israeli-US strikes? - explainer


U.S. ambassador slams German gov't for celebrating Iran's revolution

“No one should confuse the desire to have dialogue with a celebration marking 40 years of brutality"- US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell.

A boy holding a placard with pictures of (left to right) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, poses in front of a model of a satellite-carrier rocket last year

40 years of hate

The Iranian regime is using the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution to boast about its accomplishments in seeking to dominate the Middle East and threaten Israel and the United States.

A military vehicle carrying Iranian Zoobin smart bomb (L) and Sagheb missile under pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011.

Nasrallah: I am willing to ask Iran for anti-aircraft weapons for Lebanon

Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah praises Iranian regime's 'independence,' says no chance Israel will attack Iran.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivers a speech

Hijabs held aloft as Iranian women protest compulsory cover-up

Women attend Friday prayers in Tehran February 4, 2011.

CIA report reveals budding Tehran-PLO relationship in 1979

The 1980 report suggests there was a budding relationship between Tehran and Yasser Arafat's ruling Fatah party in the Islamic Republic's early days.

Iranian man stands between posters of late Palestinian leader Arafat and Khomeini during memorial for Arafat in Tehran Mosque

Intelligence Ministry D-G: Iran protests show Islamic Revolution rejection

Chagai Tzuriel said the protests show “that at least part of the public in Iran is willing to take to the streets despite the fear from the from the regime’s oppressive apparatuses.”

People protest in Tehran, Iran December 30, 2017 in this still image from a video obtained by REUTERS

The Iranian republic's history of dissent

History teaches repeatedly that these ideas can be suppressed, sometimes for long periods, but they cannot be eliminated.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran displays missile, calls Trump 'crazy' in marking 1979 US embassy takeover

Turnout for the annual Iranian street rallies commemorating the embassy takeover appeared higher than in recent years.

 Iranian students burn a US flag during a protest.

Ignoring White House warnings, Iran test-fires another missile

The test comes the same day the White House announced it is considering a proposal that could potentially designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.

Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards take part in a military parade to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran

Chief Rabbi Yosef forced to back down over rabbinical judges appointments process

The rabbis of the Council of the Chief Rabbinate