BBC News Persian profiles the former crown prince who is once again seeking a role in shaping his country's future.

For over four decades — save for a fleeting interlude — the Zia family has ruled the roost in BNP’s corridors of power ...

The videos do not stop. They come in waves, minute after minute. Iranians marching, in their hundreds, then thousands, then ...

The second sign is of fractures at the top. When ministers and other officials – especially younger ones – begin to quietly ...

Di protests start on 28 December, wen shopkeepers vex enta di streets of Tehran to express dia anger afta anoda sharp fall ...

Editorial: Iran’s unremittingly harsh leadership faces one of the most serious challenges to its theocratic rule since the ...

US president says he has ‘put Iran on notice’ not to target protesters after demonstrations were held across the country ...

Huge crowds of protesters have been marching through Iran's capital and other cities, with people heard calling for the ...

Video footage has shown buildings ablaze and violent clashes as anti-government demonstrations rage in cities across Iran, ...

I WISH East Lothian’s residents a happy 2026 and hope that this summer, our Tartan Army will be cheering on Scotland’s men’s team in the ...

The aide said that guys like me were “in what we call the reality-based community,” which he defined as people who “believe that solutions emerge from ...

Rallies on major roads in the capital and in Iran's second city were peaceful and not dispersed by security forces.