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Before the Veil: How Iranian Women Once Lived with Freedom—and What the Revolution Took Away

Before 1979, Iranian women wore miniskirts, earned advanced degrees, ran businesses, and lived lives that looked remarkably like their Western peers. Then came the Islamic Revolution—and everything ...

Iran’s president calls for new capital to replace Tehran

In 1786, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar moved the capital of his newly unified kingdom of Iran to a then-quiet settlement at the ...

Did you know? There is an Iranian neighborhood in Paris, a veritable Little Tehran since the 1970s.

Since the 1970s, Rue des Entrepreneurs in the 15th arrondissement has been a true Iranian neighborhood in Paris. Nicknamed "Little Tehran," this enclave, which brings together Iranian shops, ...