Most importantly, pray. Pray that grief and oppression would continue to open hearts to the Gospel. Pray that the growing ...

Iran marks the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution as leaders face pressure from the U.S. and anger at home.

Since the Israeli and American airstrikes on Iran last June, the country has slid into chaos and endless protests. The unrest was slow to escalate into nationwide protests but that finally happened on ...

Iran is no stranger to such unrest. In 1979, similar circumstances led to the Iranian revolution. However, Iranians soon became disappointed that the revolution did not deliver what they had been ...

What led to the overthrow of the Shah and are there parallels between then and now?

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In a matter of days, nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy exploded into a crackdown and bloodshed that blew past reported casualty figures of decades of ...

The roots of Iran’s revolution lay in the deep and long-standing demands of the people, foremost among them the aspirations ...

The history of Islam in Iran is relatively new compared to its long-time proud Persian history. It was only introduced with a previous Islamic invasion and the forcing of Persians to become Moslem, ...

The commemoration represented a split-screen view of life in Iran, with state television showing hundreds of thousands of ...