The Flood

Hardly was the work of creation completed when God decided to destroy what he had made. “The earth became corrupt … More

This is not the end

At its height, around 620 CE, the Sasanian empire ruled over a territory stretching from Jerusalem in the west to … More

Reading Rorty in Tehran

When the late American philosopher Richard Rorty arrived to deliver a lecture in Tehran on a summer night in 2004, … More

Our men in al-Sham

Over the last few years, Seth Frantzman and Jonathan Spyer have reported on the ground from Syria and Iraq, as … More

Ahmadinejad’s bizarre bid for political relevance

In early April, the United States designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the most powerful branch of the Iranian military, … More

Farrakhan compares Trump to Satan during visit to Iran

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan compared US President Donald Trump to Satan and encouraged Iranians to resist American “plots” … More

Iranian immigrant raises over 1m. for Pittsburgh synagogue

Shay Khatiri, an Iranian immigrant to the United States, has raised more than $1 million for Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life … More

Echoes of the revolution

Widespread demonstrations protesting the deteriorating economic situation continued throughout Iran on Tuesday. Pictures and video posted to social media and … More

Iran bans Telgram

Iran’s ban of Telegram messaging app sparks infighting. Unlike previous efforts to block Facebook, Twitter and satellite TV, last Monday’s … More

Coming out, getting in

Payam Feili is a gay Iranian poet. Nadav Schwartz is an Orthodox Israeli Jew. But in ways both astoundingly similar … More

A tantalising find from the Jews of medieval Afghanistan

In 1946, the French philologist André Dupont-Sommer published the first Jewish tombstone inscription from Firozkoh in Afghanistan. Dated between the … More