Iranian women have once more become the standard by which degrees of freedom can be measured. Their resistance will not only shape Iran's future, but have far-reaching effects on Muslim countries and the way Islam is defined.

Under this "legitimate" Iranian Government, freedom of speech is severely curtailed. Newspapers are regularly banned, journalists regularly imprisoned.

NEW YORK - When a young Egyptian died from what his family, activists and witnesses say was a savage police beating, many of his peers - the generatio...

After weeks of silence, the Iranian government has said it detained internationally acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi for making an anti-government film inside his house. His family completely denies the accusation.

Who is running the show? Is Mousavi really guiding the movement on the streets, or is the street guiding Mousavi?

For Samir, Neda and the many others who lost their lives for democracy, we should keep up the fight, with or without American support.

This article originally appeared on Dissected News, where James will be live-blogging the events surrounding the anniversary of the June 12th election...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon o...

In Iran, appointing loyal hardline females to ministries does not translate into women's equal rights. It is another cunning strategy by Ahmadinejad's government to fool the world.

With increasing accounts of rape, torture, forced confessions and skewed judicial proceedings, the Iranian government is losing any credibility it had left, including any legitimate claim to Islam.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police fired tear gas and beat anti-government protesters with batons to disperse thousands at a graveside memorial ...

With each death at the hands of the regime, a martyr is born, and with each martyr, the seed of revolution is planted.

Thanks to their new duties, which include increasingly violent and inhumane acts, reports of Basiji taking protesters up on their invitations to join the opposition movement are growing.

Iason's detention is part a pattern of arrests and detentions of foreign reporters and Iranians working for Western news agencies.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay...

Neda Agha Soltan is the martyr, and her visage is the image, which may resurrect the dreams of so many women and men around the world for equal justice.