For women in Iran, riding a motorbike is part of a legal grey zone - they can own one, but licences remain off-limits. Yet more and more are taking to the streets anyway. "I used to be really scared ...

Why Israel Must Crush Islamic Republic. Over the past year, Israel, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has redrawn the ...

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world. Asharq Al-Awsat, London 16 The images ...

The key to the cease-fire was to defeat the Iranian bully first, and the President makes a strong case ...

Like two centuries ago, Tehran is caught between two competing powers: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the West, led by the U.S.

As important as this moment is, it is critical for policymakers to remain clear-eyed that there will never be true peace in ...

With Hamas in control in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, ruling in part of the occupied ...

Authorities could again arrest him for speaking out against the country’s hard-line regime. They could send him back to the ...

A deep sense of unease has gripped Iran since US and Israeli airstrikes in June - but many citizens are just trying to get by ...

Amid post-war unrest, Iranians face daily hardships, balancing government pressures with a growing sense of change. Citizens ...

A deep sense of unease has gripped Iran since American and Israeli airstrikes in June, but on a recent visit to the capital, ...