World & Nation
Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, has been appointed president of the Islamic Republic after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
May 20, 2024
Movies
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof was scheduled to go to Cannes for the premiere of his movie ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ when he received an 8-year prison sentence.
May 9, 2024
An American woman was fatally shot while participating in a protest in the West Bank. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers were responsible.
Sept. 6, 2024
Palestinian officials say Israeli strike on Muwasi, a crowded tent camp housing those displaced by the war, killed at least 19 people and wounded 60.
Sept. 10, 2024
A methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, killing at least 30 people and injuring 17 others; 24 miners are believed to remain trapped.
Sept. 22, 2024
As rescue crews recovered victims of Israel’s strike on Beirut, Israeli warplanes launched a withering attack on Lebanon’s south amid fears of wider war.
Sept. 21, 2024
Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi, has been sentenced to another year in prison over her activism
June 19, 2024
Israeli troops have raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
A mob of Israeli settlers killed one Palestinian and burned homes and cars. The deadly attack drew a rare condemnation from Israeli leaders.
Aug. 16, 2024
Books
Over lunch, the scholar, author (“Zealot”) and TV host (“Believer”) discusses “An American Martyr in Persia” and Iran’s ongoing fight for democracy.
Nov. 10, 2022