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How did Iran become the sworn enemy of Israel and the United States, despite being allies of Iran’s Shah in the 1970s? A look at shifting geopolitics and war in a troubled region.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

The Iranian regime is under threat both from outside by the United States and Israel, and from inside: many Iranians want an end to authoritarianism. 

Iranians experienced the first few days of the Israeli-American airstrikes with hope, joy, fear and trepidation.

A young woman observes an empty Tehran from her terrace, as Israeli American airstrikes continue.

Exclusive images and eyewitness accounts from inside Iran of the protests and bloody repression in January.

The Americans have named the attack on Iran "Operation Epic Fury". Tracks East asks what this war is all about.

How did Iran become the sworn enemy of Israel and the United States, despite being allies of Iran’s Shah in the 1970s? A look at shifting geopolitics and war in a troubled region.

As the Iranian regime brutally crushes the people’s resistance, brave Iranians still try and make their voices heard.

For more than forty years, Iran, Israel and the United States have been fighting a covert war. A look back at this long war which has brought hardship and choas to the Middle East. 

The Iranian diaspora tell how the brutal repression of protests in Iran have affected them.

Three months after the Israeli air strikes against Iran, a wave of arrests and executions has shattered the hopes of many Iranians for freedom.

The US and Israel’s war is inevitably also Europe’s war. But Europe is divided on how to act.

The war in the Middle East is turning into a global oil crisis and fuel costs in Europe are soaring.

The story of four Iranian women during the fall of Mossadegh in 1953. A fictional exploration of women’s freedom in Iran.

Farad Fathi is a Mullah who wants to speak directly to young people to keep them on the path of the Iranian Islamic Revolution.

Iran and Saudi Arabia have long been rivals in the Middle East. But with open war between Iran and Israel, is this the moment where Saudi Arabia cements its regional dominance?

The Iranian regime's funny Lego-style social media videos mark a new era in the regime's long history of propaganda.

Mapping the World explores how armed groups supported by Iran - Hezbollah, Houthi rebels and Iraqi militias - have become key players in the Middle East.

Straits across the world are crucial for global trade and provide strategic advantages for neighbouring countries.