The Latest Breaking News from Tehran

In the lead-up to the Olympics here in Paris, we continue our series on the long-term impacts of the Games on host cities. We head to California, where Los Angeles was the only city vying to host the 1984 Olympics after Tehran withdrew. The mood heading into the Games had…

Iran's semi-official media say the embassy of Azerbaijan in Tehran has resumed its work after more than a year of negotiations between the two countries to ease tensions

Victory reflects deep dissatisfaction with direction of country and could bring greater cooperation with west

After almost 800 days in Iran's notorious Evin prison, the now-free Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus recalled the darkest moments throughout his imprisonment and how he survived them.

More than 1,000 days after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, women and girls are reluctantly seeking education elsewhere

Painted as ‘moderate vs conservative’, the vote is being closely watched.

Turnout estimated to be as low as 40%, a record low since the revolution and a rebuff for the regime

Candidates can technically announce their withdrawal until the time of the election on Friday morning.

Iran’s presidential election on June 28 may provide Tehran an opportunity to press reset on foreign policy issues after years of increasing hawkishness. Indeed, a key campaign issue has been the extent to which the candidates may – or may not – pivot to more engagement with the West.