Published by the Atlantic Few world capitals have been as shaken by the dramatic ouster of Nicolás Maduro as faraway Tehran. Anti-Americanism has united Iran and Venezuela in a tight alliance for more than two… Change May Be Coming to Iran
Published by the Atlantic A wave of protests started by shopkeepers swept through Tehran in December. Iranians have had such a terrible year—facing such a decline in living standards and such a sense of political… Iranians Have Had Enough
Published by the Atlantic At the end of November, two aging clerics gave speeches in Tehran reflecting on the lessons to be drawn from the summer’s Israeli and American strikes on their country. The contrast… ‘Nobody Knows What to Do About the Future’
Published by the Atlantic Lynda Ben-Menashe, the president of the National Council of Jewish Women Australia, expressed an apt sentiment after yesterday’s terror attack at Bondi Beach: She said that she was “horrified and devastated”… Horrible and Devastating—And Worse, Not Shocking
Published by the Atlantic Crystal Wilsey, a cashier at a Cinnabon franchise in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, said some unforgivable things to a Somali couple who had the temerity to request more caramel on a pecan cinnamon… Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
Published by the Atlantic Publicity material for Googoosh: A Sinful Voice, a new memoir by the Iranian singer in exile, calls her a predecessor to Beyoncé and Madonna—a comparison that might seem over-the-top to American readers… The Star Who Represents Iran’s Golden Age—And Its Future
Published by the Atlantic On a busy sidewalk outside a café, a group of young people, many of them women, bob their heads to the beat of “Seven Nation Army,”by the White Stripes. Huddled around a live… The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
Published by the Atlantic For more than a decade, after the government of Iran deemed his work “propaganda against the system,” the filmmaker Jafar Panahi was banned from making films or leaving the country. He… What an Iranian Filmmaker Learned In Prison
Co-written with Graeme Wood for the Atlantic Four months ago, Israel bombed Iran for 12 days, in a campaign whose grand finale was the apparent destruction of three Iranian nuclear facilities in strikes by the… Anything Could Happen in Iran
Published by the Atlantic In early September, Zarah Sultana made a bold announcement. “Labour is dead,” the 31-year-old socialist member of Parliament told a crowd of hundreds gathered in Newcastle. She had left Britain’s ruling… How Not to Get a Progressive Party off the Ground