AT A firm of solicitors in north Tehran, Fatimah Shirazi, a divorce lawyer, sat at her desk flanked by photographs of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Irans past and present leader respectively and complained she was run off her feet. Since the sanctions came weve never been so busy, she said as she prepared the paperwork ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has arrested 14 journalists for alleged cooperation with foreign-based Persian-language media organizations, several chief editors of Iranian outlets said Monday. The arrests signal a major escalation in a press crackdown that reflects Iran's zero tolerance for those who work with dissident media or outlets considered hostile ...

TEHRAN On Sunday, as they do each week, Shahnaz and her elderly mother turned on the smuggled satellite receiver, its dish carefully hidden on the balcony, and sat back to watch their favorite soap opera, The Tulip Age. For months, they had happily immersed themselves in the luxe world of the square-jawed Cinar and the long-legged Yesim, whose complicated ...