Some parts of it were what you might call “visibly invisible”: Everyone in Tehran knows about Evin Prison, perched on the ...

T he enormous roundabout at Azadi Square was full of cars, yet still felt somehow deserted. Then it dawned on me: Humans—they ...

During the nearly two weeks of fighting between Israel and Iran, residents of Tehran were ordered to evacuate the city. But ...

One Tehran is filled with apartments and parks, evening picnics and bus rides, laughter and prayer and disappointment—the “city of man,” in Augustine’s sense, full of contradictions and grace.

The story behind every music ensemble is always the music,” says Sina Fakhroddin. For Iranian-Kurdish composer and percussionist Fakhroddin, it’s also a place ...

Tehran, home to 10 million people, suffers from severe traffic congestion making a speedy evacuation impossible.

Another time, I was taken to a back alley in northern Tehran, up a narrow flight of stairs, and into an unremarkable flat where an intelligence officer waited behind a desk, ready to resume our ...

Israel attacked Iranian state television after Iran fired another wave of missiles at Israel on the fourth day of open ...

In a city under attack, residents encounter gas stations that are closing because there is no fuel, and disruptions to internet and phone service.