Desperate odds: inside Iran’s quiet gambling boom
Despite legal and religious prohibitions, online gambling is quietly on the rise in Iran, offering an illusory hope of gain to many worn out by economic hardship.
Mehdi Jedinia
Iran International
Mehdi Jedinia is an Iranian-American journalist and a news editor at Iran International.
INSIGHT'Made in America': US classic cars evoke prestige and nostalgia in Iran
More than 40 years after the 1979 revolution and despite persistent tensions between Tehran and Washington, American cars remain a prized symbol of prestige and nostalgia in Iran.
INSIGHTOzempic hype grips affluent Iranians as others chase essential medication
Ozempic and other weight-loss injections have become the latest luxury craze among affluent Iranians, as the nation struggles with a chronic shortage and soaring cost of essential medications.
Potomac Mosque's Ties to Tehran Remain Under Scrutiny
A helicopter crash on May 19 claimed the lives of Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's eighth President, and his foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, leading to a series of consequential events.
