In 'Titan of Tehran,' Shahrzad Elghanayan writes about her grandfather, a philanthropist who gave his life rather than abandon his community during the Islamic Revolution

Abolhassan Banisadr helped facilitate Ayatollah Khomeni's rise to power following shah's deposal but was impeached after 16 months by hardliners, leading him to flee to France

First report on Tehran's official curriculum in half a decade finds it is replete with hate and conspiracies, teaches kids to chant 'Death to Israel,' says state must be eliminated

Amid ongoing COVID-19 outbreak that has claimed 59,000 lives, government decides to replace traditional rallies and demonstrations with motorcades

Nasrin Sotoudeh, serving a 12-year sentence after defending women arrested for protesting compulsory headscarf laws, was supposed to be taken for an angiogram, husband says

Islamic Republic sees 4,019 new confirmed cases on Tuesday, bringing total cases to 483,844; overall death tally now stands at 27,658

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is being 'treated like a bargaining chip,' says British MP; UK-Iran citizen has spent over 4 years in jail or under house arrest

Health authorities say no cases of virus in Islamic Republic; regime criticized for staging mass rallies to mark anniversary of Islamic Revolution during global outbreak

State media says rallies to take place in more than 5,000 locations; Rouhani, Soleimani's daughter to address crowd in Tehran

Frank-Walter Steinmeier had decided to not congratulate Tehran on anniversary, but embassy accidentally sent out draft of message said to be 'very critical'