US has helped install Taliban in Afghanistan which will lead to a resurgence of Al Qaeda, only to clash with Iran, but this plan will be foiled soon, Iran’s…

Yunus Qanuni, former speaker of Afghanistan’s parliament, is in constant contact with Ahmad Massoud, he told Independent Persian in an interview. “Ahmad…

Shukria Barakzai is a former Kabul MP, who also served as Afghanistan’s ambassador to Norway. Among the progressive Afghan women, she has also had the…

Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer and winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, has criticized Enrique Mora, a deputy to European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell for…

In recent years, Soraya Pahlavi has been a subject of intense attention among Iranian users on social media for a variety of reasons, the most common of which…

In an exclusive interview with Independent Persian, former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad whose candidacy was rejected by Iran’s Guardian Council, said that the…

Faeze Hashemi, daughter of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, is a political activist known for her biting criticisms of the government. Elected to the…

Iran’s Crown Princess Yasmine Pahlavi is among influential Iranian women who, as a woman, mother and wife, plays an important role in many social spheres. …