During the New Year celebration Nowruz, Iranians chose their old traditions, while the regime imposed mourning for Imam Ali.

This year, against the backdrop of Ramadan and rising discontent, the celebrations took on an unmistakably political tone.

Soon after oil was discovered in Iran in 1908 as the first country in the region, colonial powers, particularly Britain and ...

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi – the son of the last Shah of Iran and heir to the Peacock Throne – hasn’t been home in 45 years. Neither has his wife, Yasmine.

Iran has a history behind its use of the F-14 Tomcat fighter, but its fleet of the jets have led to some friction over time ...

The nationalization of the oil industry in the Islamic Republic of Iran is the manifestation of a clear-cut victory over ...

On this bonus Battle Lines episode, Roland Oliphant speaks with Reza Pahlavi, the son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of ...

Iran was once one of the U.S.'s top allies in the Mideast under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who purchased American military ...

For some it is a relaxing day with loved ones, for some it is a revelry of food, fun and frolic. Do you know that one of the ...

At that time, Iran was not an overtly, strict Islamic country as it was under the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran. He came to power in 1941. It can be said that Iran was ...

Sabeti in the 1970s served as the deputy head of SAVAK, the feared security and intelligence service of the last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. RFE/RL’s Radio Farda has obtained a copy of ...