Persian Gulf

Sarah Chayes, a senior associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says politicians from both sides of the aisle are not taking seriously enough their duty to ensure they’re not turning their government role into an opportunity to make a buck.

Iran’s former hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month’s presidential election, going against the advice of the supreme leader.

A fake Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise was shuttered in Tehran this week, but that doesn’t mean Iranians aren’t preparing to work with western companies.

A nuclear deal with Iran is welcomed by many around the globe, including two brothers, one in Tehran and another in California

People were welcoming, but they were surprised, when a team of modestly dressed women surfers showed up in a remote corner of Iran. They had never seen surfing before. “Because we were only women in the water, they thought it was a sport for women,” says French director Marion Poizeau. “So the men asked us if they could also do it.”