Iran

Film & TVHoly Spider: why this Iranian neo-noir is attracting so much controversy

Life & CultureIs Iran really issuing death sentences to protestors?

Beauty newsIranian women weigh in on the French actresses’ solidarity haircuts

Life & CultureThe UK government’s support for Iranians is just lip service

Beauty newsIranian women are shaving their heads in protest of Mahsa Amini’s death

Film & TVThis poignant short film makes noise of women musicians’ silencing in Iran

Beauty FeatureThis new film is a visual celebration challenging Iranian beauty ideals

Art & PhotographyThree women artists rewriting the troubled history of feminism in Iran

PoliticsIranian women are being arrested for dancing on Instagram

Art & PhotographyThe dangerous life of an illegal fuel smuggler on the Iran-Pakistan border

PoliticsThis blogger was insulted in a viral interview but now she’s taking control

FashionThe menswear designer challenging Western ideas of Iran

Art & PhotographyIntimate photos explore Iran’s hidden gay community

MusicThe refugees hunted and attacked by regimes for rapping

MusicThe story of Ash Koosha, now banned from the USA

MusicThe Iranian DJ duo who risked their lives to party

Arts+CultureThe feminist Farsi horror film set in an 80s warzone

Arts+CultureIran students given 99 lashes for mixed gender grad party

Arts+CultureIranian women are dressing like men to avoid morality police

Arts+CultureKim Kardashian is a secret agent according to Iran

Arts+CultureModels arrested for not wearing headscarves on Instagram

PhotographyThe arthouse photographer mixing fetish with feral fashion

MusicMeet the Iranian MC who fled his country to come to the UK

Arts+CultureThe female Iranian motocross rider taking on a man’s world