Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has called for Islamic unity and praised Iran for its support of the Lebanese resistance movement.

At age of 25, Reza Eshalghi is among the most promising sculptors of his generation. His latest series is a depiction of Court of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( 1831-1896 ). A fresh look at ugliness and beauty, a parody to show repetition of history. Raising the question: Is anything new under this ancient Blue sky.

"We were not born enemies and there is no need for us to live as enemies," Peres said, referring to Iranians.

The Hamas prime minister in Gaza, Ismael Haniya, is on Friday to make a visit to Iran, which is celebrating the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic revolution, Iranian government officials said.

TEHRAN — A high-ranking former Iranian commander has sparked protests and angry denunciations by hard-liners and Revolutionary Guard leaders for publishing a commentary that critics said compares recent government crackdowns on the opposition to repression during the rule of the shah. Read full article >>

Hossein Alaei, a former senior commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC), has come under attack by his fellow guards and hard-liners over an article in which he appeared to draw an analogy between the rule of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the last days of the shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was ousted from power in the 1979 revolution.

TEHRAN — The Hamas prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, is on Friday to make a visit to Iran, which is celebrating the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic revolution, Iranian government officials said.

Iran's Ebrat Museum was once a prison of the shah's secret police, SAVAK. The museum displays and exhibits the documented atrocities of SAVAK including prison cells, interrogation rooms and torture chambers. -Armin Karami

We know the GOP will attack the president if he extends an olive branch to Iran; but they will attack him regardless, so he may as well do something of significance for the greater good of our entire civilization.

Payvand.com organizes hundreds of titles in more than 40 categories in its Iranbooks section. Here is a list of top 10 sellers in 2011, reflecting our state of mind.