In a small shop in Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Mohammed Rafi sells coloured pencils. He has no less than 50,000 of them crammed into a tiny space. Arne Immanuel Bänsch/dpa In the middle of the winding ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protesters angered by Iran’s cratering economy confronted police in front of parliament on Monday, with security forces firing tear gas at them, according to online ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state media says a gas canister explosion in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar has wounded 39 people. The official IRNA news agency said Wednesday’s blast happened in the basement of a ...

"Tehran is like a ghost town," said one resident Tuesday night as explosions lit up the city. The usual hustle and bustle had vanished on the sixth day of escalating conflict with Israel. Shops were ...

A series of largely economic protests have unsettled Iran's capital Tehran, mostly focused around traders in the Grand Bazaar and their fury over the collapse of the country's currency in recent ...

When it comes to financial security for Iran’s jittery public after the 12-day war with Israel, all that glitters is gold — and for many, it remains the most trusted hedge against inflation, sanctions ...