Iran

Levison Wood crosses the mighty Caucusus mountain range that lies between Russia and Iran. And as well as a new region of the world, Levison is taking a new approach to exploring: making his way by any means necessary.

Take a look at this natural beauty. Isfahan – the Florence of Persia, the blue pearl of Iran. The city in the heart of Iran is the most charismatic city in the country and often uttered in the same breath as Bagdad, Constantinople, or Cairo.

What is it really like inside Iran during the pandemic? From illicit lockdown parties to hospitals which are struggling to cope - this is Iran as you've never seen it before.

An uneasy calm has returned to Iran. In June, the country was in the grip of a 12-day war as Israel targeted Iran's nuclear facilities. Reporter Jonathan Miller is in the Islamic Republic to find out if the world is any safer.

Made at a time when Iran had a seemingly revolving door for incoming European directors and bottomless funding for their projects, Plaisir d'amour en Iran is a short, sort of love story between a handsome Iranian (Ali Raffi) and a …

Octobre 1971. Les ruines de Persépolis, dans le sud de l'Iran, servent de décor aux cérémonies du 2 500e anniversaire de l'Empire perse. Pendant trois jours, le Shah et l'impératrice Farah accueillent, dans un camp de luxe, une soixantaine de têtes couronnées et de chefs d'État. Quel est l'enjeu de ces fêtes ?

In July 2022 former Iranian official Hamid Nouri was convicted by a Swedish court of murder and war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. His offences were committed in Iran's prisons in 1988, when an estimated 5000 political prisoners were killed. For the survivors and the families of those who died it was a crucial breakthrough in their long campaign for justice. BBC Persian's Omid Montazeri, whose own father was killed for his communist beliefs in the massacres, follows the trial for Our World and tells the story of how a killer was caught.