As Iranians take stock of their finances, there are few signs of the improvements promised by president Hassan Rouhani With the Iranian new year that began last Friday , leaders are attempting to manage the expectations of a public who have seen few signs of the economic improvement promised by President Hassan Rouhani when he took office last August. Despite some progress towards a lasting nuclear...
US intelligence had suspected ship was to be blown up for propaganda but Iran says it is for a film of US shooting-down of civil airliner ...
Twenty-three Democrats write letter to president less aggressive than earlier Senate message ...
Sadhbh Walshe: Solitary confinement’s psychological effects are obvious enough. But you have to hear it from the prisoners to be truly horrified Sadhbh Walshe ...
We’d like to see how you’re celebrating Nowruz. Share your photos of Iranian new year celebrations via GuardianWitness Kelly Niknejad Guardian readers ...
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This year, four people - including a two-year-old - died in detonation-related accidents, and nearly 400 others were hospitalized ...
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani rewarded for good behaviour after seeing sentence reduced to 10-year jail term An Iranian woman sentenced to die by stoning for adultery and later given a 10-year jail term instead has been allowed to leave prison in a twist to a case that has prompted years of criticism of Iran's rights record. A spokesman for Iran's judiciary said that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani had been...
EU foreign policy chief says liaising with 'representatives of civil society' is central to her role when travelling The EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, on Tuesday has defended her talks with human rights activists during a recent visit to Iran, saying meeting dissidents is a central part of her official travels. Speaking on the sidelines of talks in Vienna between Iran and six world...
In today's multipolar world, events in Ukraine may well reverberate as far away as Afghanistan and North Korea EU imposes sanctions on 21 Russians and Ukrainians If international relations are a seamless web, then the crisis over Russia's actions in Ukraine risks entangling other knotty current issues – from efforts to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions, through the continuing carnage in Syria to wider...
Foreign minister says no deal was on agenda for Vienna as Iranian lawmakers urge negotiators to stand firm ...
Tehran Times blogger Araz Fazaeli says the Iranian capital boasts so much history and culture and yet still appears as if it is a city under construction Araz Fazaeli ...
Many young Iranian adults live rent free with their parents – at a social cost ...
UN secretary general condemns continuing abuse, highlighting 'executions, unfair trials and bias against minorities' The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has sharply rebuked the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, for failing to improve human rights since taking office in August. Despite "commendable steps" under Rouhani, including the release of a limited number of high-profile political prisoners,...
What’s in vogue among models is far from what many would consider natural Iranian beauty ...
The man behind the Tehran Times street blog shares his insider knowledge of a city defined by contrast and history City in brief: Tehran is a city of diversity and contradictions: Firstly, the many different ethnic groups that make up the "cultural mosaic of Iran" (from its ethnic Fars and Azerbaijani Turks to Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, and Balochis) are all represented in Tehran due to migration. Secondly,...
Photographs from our blogger of the week Araz Fazaeli, the street style blogger behind The Tehran Times ...
Interpol releases image of 19- and 29-year-old who were on flight MH370 using stolen Austrian and Italian documents Two passengers on the disappeared Malaysian Airways flight MH370 who were travelling on forged passports were Iranians with no links to terror, Interpol has revealed. The international police organisation has released an image of the two men, identified as 19-year-old Pouria Nour Mohammad,...
An Iranian teenager travelling with a stolen passport on flight MH370 'is not likely to be a member of any terrorist group', according to Malaysian police ...
Carry cash, take the metro and always look at people's feet – our blogger of the week Araz Fazaeli, who lives in Paris but runs the street style blog Tehran Times with a team in Iran, offers his tips about how to make the most of the capital How long have you lived in your city? Long enough to be considered a native, but not so long that I can no longer appreciate its unique charms. I grew up in Tehran,...