Faced with myriad problems including gridlocked traffic and a sinking earth surface in its current capital, Iran is ...

“The Imam is dead, long live the Imam!” With these words, Prince Aly Khan, the man who would have been Imam, embraced his son ...

Makran is a largely undeveloped coastal area on the Gulf of Oman, stretching across Iran’s southern, impoverished ...

He appeared to be a man of contradictions — a globe-trotting aristocrat who belonged to a tradition dating back to one of the ...

The more concrete evidence of the formation of a distinct community can be traced back to the British colonial period ...

Makran, an undeveloped coastal area stretching across Iran's impoverished Sistan-Baluchistan province and part of Hormozgan, has been identified as a potential new capital. Foreign Minister Abbas ...

Tehran, designated the capital by Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar in 1786, has served as Iran's political, administrative and cultural hub for over two centuries. Tehran province is currently home to ...