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Iranian Revolution

A bicyclist rides past the front entrance of the former Embassy of Iran.
History
Iran’s govt buildings in DC are vacant. But they’re full of stories.
Iranians walk past a burned and destroyed bank.
Protest
The Iranian government admits to killing protesters
Ken Kraus receives a medal in front of an airplane
A Marine remembers Tehran
three women take a selfie with a rainbow umbrella covering them from the rain
Forty years on from the Iranian Revolution, could the country be at risk of another one?
Roya Hakakian and Reza Aslan
Arts
The poetic heart of Iranian culture
Arts, Culture & Media
Masters of Persian Music
An Iranian Air Force F-5F fighter plane takes off during manoeuvres in southern Iran.
Global Politics
Where did Iran get its military arms over the last 70 years?
A boy holding a placard poses for camera in front of a model of Simorgh satellite-carrier rocket during a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran on February 11, 2016.
Conflict
Once a young Iranian revolutionary, now a self-made exile
President Obama talks with Cuban President Raul Castro before the thaw in US-Cuban relations was announced on December 17, 2014.
Global Politics
Iranians are jealous of the new US-Cuba thaw
The 1979 Revolution game
Culture
A video game designer wants to introduce a different side of his native Iran to the world
A large number of Armenian refugees live in the Los Angeles area. Every year the Armenian Christ Church hosts a Thanksgiving feast featuring traditional American and Armenian dishes.
Belief
For these Iranian Armenian refugees, Thanksgiving brings back memories of arriving in the US
Arts, Culture & Media
Iranian hardliners jail young people because they’re being too Happy
Health & Medicine
How Iran became a leader in fertility treatment, courtesy of the Ayatollahs
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, shakes hands with a US Air Force general officer prior to his departure from the United States.
Global Politics
The history of US-Iranian relations
A man holding a sign during a protest of the crisis in Washington, D.C., in 1979.
Global Politics
The US and Iran part III – the hostage crisis
Protestors during Iran's 1979 revolution.
Global Politics
The US and Iran part II – the Shah and the revolution
Tanks in the streets of Tehran, 1953.
Global Politics
The US and Iran part I – the 1953 coup
Global Politics
Journalist discusses details of real life story behind new movie ‘Argo’
Yemeni-Americans protest outgoing leader’s trip to U.S. for medical treatment
VIDEO: Former U.S. Marine sentenced to death in Iran
Protests, violence and arrests in Iran
Rocky start for Ahmadinejad second term
Arts, Culture & Media
Azar Nafisi’s new memoir
Arts, Culture & Media
1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century
Conflict & Justice
US foils Iranian assassination plot
Arts, Culture & Media
Sussan Deyhim and ‘Neda’s Eyes’
Arts, Culture & Media
30 years later, Tehran hostage can’t forget
Arts, Culture & Media
Protests in Iran mark 31 years since revolution
Global Politics
President Obama’s Tougher Talk on Iran
Global Politics
A Revolution in the Making? The Latest from Iran
Global Politics
Iranian-Americans Speak Out
Arts, Culture & Media
Iran celebrating a revolution that many don’t remember
Arts, Culture & Media
The 30th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution
Lifestyle & Belief
Marking the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution
Conflict & Justice
Iran’s vendors wield power
Global Politics
The balance of power in the Middle East