As thousands of Iranian families have this month buried loved ones killed in the deadliest street protests in their country’s history, social media has been filled with unexpected scenes: families and ...

A group of Iranian teen girls who shared a video dancing to Rema's 'Calm Down' song were reported to have been detained and pressured into making a confession. According to a tweet from the Twitter ...

While the protests in Iran have reportedly simmered down, the death toll of demonstrators has crossed the 3,000 mark, a human rights group said on Saturday.

Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic, as the son of the ousted shah urged protesters on Saturday to plan to seize city centres. The two weeks ...

In Southern California, home to the nation's largest Iranian diaspora, the anti-government protests in Iran are being watched nervously.

1. Introduction -- 2. The invention of an ideal female national dancer in twentieth-century Iran -- 3. Mutribs and their dancers: the counter-ideal performers of new Iran -- 4. The cabaret dancer in ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Young women in postrevolutionary Iran used audacious acts of public dance, particularly during the past decade, to resist unjust gender-based laws and cultural norms that ...