Sophia College Journalism Project

The beating of war drums has begun but for the sake of the many lives that will be affected, I hope the leaders of Israel, USA and the other...

With the overthrow of Mossadegh, the Shah, who had been won over by the US on the assurance that he would be get his old throne back was ma...

In the early years of the 19 th century a discovery was made in Iran, which changed its politics forever – the discovery of oil. The site ...

Persian art has flourished for more than 2000 years, ever since the days of the Assyrian Empire of the Nineveh. Around 500 years before the...

The Iranian media has a number of press policies that while they may be considered restrictive compared to ‘western’ concepts cannot be cal...

In Shia Islam there is a concept of temporary marriage where a couple can be married from anywhere between an hour to 99 years. It is belie...

Before 1979, Iranian women were no different from their European counterparts at least in terms of lifestyle. They went dancing, attended p...

There was a young merchant in early 19 th century Persia who one day revealed to the world the coming of a new Prophet, the one who would ...

Today, Iran is home for majority of Shia Muslims across the world as they make up 90% of its population. When the Arabs marched into Persian...