Bijan DaBell

Persians are Iran’s largest ethnic group, but nearly a dozen other ethnicities represent well over a third of the 79 million population. The largest ethnic groups, which are major factors in Iranian politics, are Azeris, Kurds, Arabs, Baluchis, and Lors. Others include Turkomen, Qashqai, Mazandarani, Talysh and Gilaki. They hold dozens of seats in the current parliament. Some of the revolution’s biggest names have come from ethnic minorities:

Bijan DaBell           

      Iran’s po

      On August 30, Iran's new foreign minister Mohammed Javad

            On August 29, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office announced the launch of his English language

      During his first month in office, President Hassan Rouhani&

      In August, Supr

            Iran has made slow but steady progress on its nuclear program, according to a new quarterly report by the International Atomic

Hanin Ghaddar

            In a flurry of tweets, President Hassan Rouhani took a firm stand against use of chemical weapons in Syria.