Iranian film director Mahnaz Mohammadi poses next to the poster of her film "Roya" on April 29, 2026 at a cinema in Berlin, before the preview screening of the movie, during an interview with AFP.

For women in Iran, life changed dramatically after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The new Islamic Republic of Iran enforced compulsory veiling, legalised polygamy, severely restricted women’s rights to ...

In Rome on the evening of April 4, as Iran was being pounded by U.S. and Israeli missiles, a large crowd celebrated the Persian new year in the Eternal City’s Alcazar club dancing to Middle East beats ...