When Sadegh Nojouki fled Tehran for California in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he assumed he’d be back home ...

Born Faegheh Atashin, she’s been known as Googoosh since birth. In her new memoir, “Googoosh: A Sinful Voice,” the singer ...

After spending enough time with your cat, you end up knowing them better than anyone else — whether that's reading their body language, knowing their favorite food, toys, and areas in the house, or ...

“The stage is my first homeland,” 75-year-old Iranian singer Googoosh tells Newsweek from her Los Angeles home, noting that her second is Iran. A child performer who became one of the defining voices ...

Young people across Iran have been leading a dramatic change in social mores in recent months. “We have a fearless young generation that is breaking taboos.” Young people across Iran have been leading ...

Iran's famed singer Googoosh recalls family, exile and life in the spotlight - Iran's most-famous singer has written an ...

The first time Googoosh was asked to write a memoir, the request came from Iran's Islamic Republic interrogators. Their goal was for the pop superstar to relay a “cautionary tale.” This, of course, ...

More than half the members of Iran’s parliament have accused the judiciary of failing to properly enforce the law on mandatory headscarves, state media reported Tuesday, with some Iranian women now ...

Nicolas Pelham, our Middle East correspondent, and Adam Roberts, our digital editor, are just back from a rare reporting trip to Tehran. They join our top editors in the studio to discuss what they ...