What led to the overthrow of the Shah and the parallels with present-day unrest ...

Prominent Iranian actress-turned-docmaker Pegah Ahangarani offers her compelling personal perspective on Iran and its discontents. Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979, every ...

The Iranian revolution of 1979 saw the US-backed rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi collapse almost overnight, to be replaced with an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The impact of ...

When trying to figure out what’s going on in the Middle East in general and the war in Iran in particular, I have relied quite a lot upon the works of Mouin Rabbani and Trita Parsi, both of whom have ...

What were the broken promises of the 1979 Iranian Revolution? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with reporter Yeganeh Torbati about the new book she co-authored, Stolen Revolution. Let's talk now about a ...

Actress turned director Pegah Ahangarani used archive footage and home movies to explore 40-plus years of unrest in a country still embroiled in conflict. By Jordan Mintzer “The future remains ...

Two journalists chart the protest movements fighting for change inside the country. Iranians gather on Tehran’s Shah Reza Avenue, now called Enqelab (“Revolution”) Street, in 1979.Credit...Alain ...

"The future remains uncertain" is the closing title card in Iranian actress turned director Pegah Ahangarani's Rehearsals for a Revolution, a powerful autobiographical account of the political turmoil ...