Writer Liana Aghajanian Photographer Steve Eggleston & Tino Zahedi
Discover the glamorous ghost of parties past at Iran’s long-abandoned US embassy
Architect: Unknown
Date: 1959
For nearly 40 years, the Iranian Embassy in Washington DC has remained eerily vacant. Just across the street from the Brazilian Embassy and flanked by large trees, it now stands as a piece of lost history, seemingly frozen in time as the world around it moves on. Read More »
By: Gareth Smyth 29 September 2016
Some academics argue the Safavid Shahs gave Iranian Shiism a rule-fixation and abandonment of spirituality it has never lost
The crowning of Ismail as king of Iran in Tabriz in 1501 was low-key, as was his announcement that Shia Islam would henceforth be the official state religion. And yet this was a turning-point in Iranian history, with repercussions up to the present day. Read More »
One of Iran’s best known lakes is disappearing. These photos show what’s left behind as the waters recede.
by Yochi Dreazen on September 29, 2016
Lake Urmia, in the mountains of northwestern Iran, was once a source of national pride and one of the country’s top tourism destinations. It’s emerging now as something else entirely: Iran’s most visible symbol of the damage being wrought by global climate change. Read More »
Los Angeles Times
Hamid Reza Karimi, 24, left, and Ismail Karimi, 36, are unable to plant this plot of land because of the water shortage in Iran.
by:Shashank Bengali, Ramin Mostaghim
Watermelons once sprung from this soil, the giant striped fruit dotting the arid landscape like mushrooms after a rain. Read More »
By: Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani
“When I became Secretary of State, Iran was weeks away from having enough nuclear material to form a bomb.” Read More »
by Peter Jenkins
Many Europeans are indifferent to whether the occupant of the White House is a Democrat or a Republican. What concerns them is that he or she be a “safe pair of hands.” They want someone who is knowledgeable and intelligent on the one hand, and dispassionate and free of prejudice on the other hand. Read More »
While complying with the terms of the nuclear weapons agreement, Iran will continue to test and improve the range and accuracy of its ballistic missiles to deter or coerce potential adversaries — the United States operating in the region, Gulf Arab states, Turkey and Israel – four Middle East experts said last week. Read More »
By: Shirin Hakim and Kaveh Madani
Lake Urmia’s grim destiny reflects a wider trend of enviromental problems in Iran, including an over-reliance on dams, extreme weather patterns, climatic changes, poor irrigation practices and unregulated use of water
Long tucked away behind the mountains of northwest Iran, Lake Urmia is becoming a national symbol of environmental degradation that is eliciting public sensitivity and awareness. Launched at the end of August, the ‘I am Lake Urmia’ campaign is a grassroots effort to collect a million signatures to push the United Nations to discuss ways to revive this salt lake, which has lost 90% of its surface area since the 1970s. Read More »
By Tim Hepher
Iran urged the United States on Sunday to remove remaining obstacles to buying passenger planes following the lifting of international sanctions and it spread out the welcome mat to foreign investors as it seeks to boost its aviation sector. Read More »
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