The purchase is only possible after Iran lifted import bans on expensive goods like foreign cars and new iPhones, yielding to ...

AKBAR GANJI is an Iranian journalist. A former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, he became a political ...

This week's Farda Briefing looks at Iran's continuing struggle with blackouts and how it is frustrating a public already at ...

Iran’s vice-president, Mohammad Reza Aref, has ordered a probe into the killing of a university student during a robbery, after a protest gathering by students at Tehran University ...

As Iran's economy worsens, its theocracy worries conditions could again push the public back onto the streets in nationwide protests. That's why officials up to Khamenei have backed the idea of ...

Protests broke out in major cities ... Several factors suggest that the Iranian economy will experience even deeper declines than before, and the social and political ramifications could lead ...

The Iranian economy is under immense strain, with the rial hitting record lows against the U.S. dollar, while protests in recent years have highlighted growing public discontent. Yet, Iranian ...

Public anger mounts in Iran as the economy deteriorates under US sanctions, with the national currency hitting record lows and hopes for nuclear deal negotiations fading.

TEHRAN, Iran — All architecture student Amirhossein Azizi wanted for his 19th birthday was the latest iPhone — and for Iran's cash-strapped theocracy, it was just the gift they needed as well.