Two major churches, a 68-year-old synagogue, and a historic neighborhood in Tehran that hosts a large community of Iranian-Armenians were among the casualties of 39 days of US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, which has cost the US taxpayers, on average, $2 billion per day.
Iran’s academia will bear significant costs from indiscriminate airstrikes on its prestigious universities launched by the United States and Israel, even if the war comes to an end. In a country where education is one of the main pathways to success, the long-term repercussions will be grim.
After decades of undemocratic governance, economic sanctions, and information warfare by external actors, the US-Israeli war of aggression has increased the risk of mental health issues among Iranians and the intergenerational transmission of trauma
Having lived in Iran and later covered it from elsewhere, including Britain and now the US, I have seen how reliance on clichés and stale terminology affects the way some mainstream outlets cover the country. You can read commentary today and, if you removed the date, it could easily have been written 10 or 15 years ago.
Generations of Iranians have cherished their ancient New Year festival Nowruz, shielding it from attempts by some domestic rulers and foreign conquerors to erase it. This year, millions of Iranians marked the advent of spring under the shadow of US-Israeli bombs hitting their homes, businesses and cultural sites
At a time of unprecedented instability, people currently living in Iran can best describe the complexity of life under war and sanctions as the civilian toll of the US-Israeli aggression increases. Still, the internet outage has made it virtually impossible for families to get in touch with their loved ones abroad and for reporters to contact sources in Iran.
Iran’s top national security official Ali Larijani has been killed, marking the first time that Israel has claimed responsibility for assassinating a sitting politician during the ongoing war on Iran.
For a long time, the Iranian diaspora has projected itself as a far-right, firebrand community, one that is only a shadow of the entrepreneurial immigrants from Iran and their offspring who have made it in America. The expats' embrace of war on their home country and their indifference to ICE crackdowns on their neighbors have been unfathomable to observers
If Iranian arts and culture have been glaringly missing from our newspaper pages and TV screens for so long, if Iran resurfaces to the headlines and everyone has heard something about it without knowing anything about its provenance as a civilization, and if Iran's civil society continues to be discounted, it is the outcome of a collective failure.
A US-Israeli airstrike substantially damaged the Golestan Palace, a 15th century royal complex in Tehran and the former residence of the Qajar Dynasty. Since the start of the war, an increasing number of iconic locations, neighborhoods, parks, and local businesses have been bombed. Donald Trump had floated the idea of targeting Iran's cultural sites in his first presidency.
