Farnaz Fassihi

With major world leaders skipping the annual event, discussions will focus on climate change, sovereign debt relief and development goals.

A year after Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody ignited fierce anti-government protests, her family reminisces about the young woman they called Jina.

A year after Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody ignited fierce anti-government protests, her family reminisces about the young woman they called Jina.

Sept. 16 marks one year since Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police, setting off months of protests. Authorities are trying to...

The invitation came after a tumultuous year of domestic unrest and economic gloom, and follows a pivot by the country toward Russia and China.

The five Americans who are part of a prisoner swap could be released by September under a complicated agreement with Tehran.

The government announced a two-day public holiday, ordering all government agencies, banks and schools to close amid soaring temperatures that threatened public health and strained...

Under a previous arrangement, the U.N. and other aid agencies had Security Council approval to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria’s northern areas. That agreement, in...

Fighting for change has cost Narges Mohammadi her career, separated her from family and deprived her of liberty. But a jail cell has not succeeded...

The resolution, an uncommon display of consensus on the Council, called for the Taliban to end their prohibitions on women working and attending school after...