The intense mutual admiration of Martin Scorsese and Jafar Panahi was evident today as the American and Iranian directors embraced at length. Panahi bowed to “a god of cinema.” Scorsese challenged ...

“What else is left for them to do that they haven’t done yet?” asks resilient Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who was sentenced to six years in prison for “propaganda against the system” after planning ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi puts a lot on the line for his work. Authorities could again arrest him for speaking out against the country’s hard-line regime. They could send him back to the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that Iran is “tired" of war following June’s 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran, which included U.S. strikes on nuclear facilities. Speaking at the Knesset, ...

Iran became a pioneer in gender transition operations by forcing procedures on L.G.B.T.Q. Iranians. Desperate for cash, the Islamic republic is hoping to attract trans patients from around the world.

Iran announced on Monday that neither President Masoud Pezeshkian nor Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi would attend the Gaza peace summit in Egypt co-chaired by U.S. President Donald Trump. Araghchi ...

Iranian journalist Zeinab Rahimi has refused to wear the mandatory hijab for over two years, despite the risk of arrest and imprisonment. She is among a growing number of women and girls who have ...

With its regional influence vastly diminished in the two years since the Israel-Hamas war began, Iran had a muted response to the new cease-fire agreement. By Erika Solomon Iran, a longtime backer of ...

An Iranian lower court handed heavy prison sentences to two French citizens charged with spying for France and Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday, a week after Paris and ...

Russia and Iran this week discussed boosting their cooperation in nuclear energy, including in building small nuclear reactors (SMRs) in the Islamic Republic, Iranian media report. Mohammad Eslami, ...

Ian Lee is a CBS News correspondent based in London, where he reports for CBS News, CBS Newspath and CBS News 24/7. Lee is a multi-award-winning journalist whose work covering major international ...

For years, Iran’s ayatollahs dreamed of a Shi’ite crescent stretching from Tehran to the Mediterranean, forged in blood and ideology. They poured billions into Bashar al-Assad’s regime, propped up ...