Iran's foreign ministry on Friday summoned the Italian ambassador to Tehran, protesting as an "illegal act" the arrest of an Iranian national by Italy, a day after a similar summoning in Rome.

The fate of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran and an Iranian engineer imprisoned in Italy on a U.S. warrant grew even ...

The fate of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran and an Iranian engineer imprisoned in Italy on a U.S. warrant have grown ...

The case of the prominent Italian journalist detained in Iran is a test for Italy’s government as it gets caught up in Iran’s ...

Iran has protested against the arrest of Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, defining it "illegal and in line with US hostile ...

In the winding alleys of southern Iran, artist Adel Yazdi has taken it upon himself to turn his rustic old neighbourhood into ...

Cecilia Sala, a reporter for the Il Foglio daily newspaper, was detained in Tehran on Dec. 19, six days after she arrived on ...

However, with the collapse of the Islamic Republic’s hegemonic project, the Middle East is poised for significant changes. The immediate fallout will be most visible in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, where ...

President-elect Trump is expected to increase pressure on Iran through sanctions as a first step to deter Tehran from procuring a nuclear weapon. But his team is also reportedly considering the ...

Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your in-box. In 1979, as Christmas approached, the United States Embassy in Tehran held more ...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have tightened their grip on the country’s oil industry and control up to half the exports that generate most of Tehran’s revenue and fund its proxies across the ...

Iran has executed a man convicted of 'corruption of earth' for attacking dozens of women on the capital's streets, its judiciary said today. Rastgooei Kandolaj attacked at least 59 women using an ...