Islamic revolution

Burial prices in Iran skyrocket by up to 50% after Tehran council approves new tariff - report

For a 10 km journey, families will now need to pay 9.75 million rials, not including the costs of ritual washing, the shroud, cold storage before burial, and gravestone installation.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Graves of recently-buried people killed in US-Israeli airstrikes are pictured at Beheshta Zahra cemetery on the southern outskirts of Tehran on March 9, 2026.
A woman walks next to an anti-Israeli mural on a street after US President Donald Trump said that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026.

Trump must consider terms for Iranian people in potential deal, expert warns - interview

Roya Hakakian, who fled Iran as a teenager, warned that watching two major militaries fail to bring down the regime would have a devastating impact on the Iranian opposition.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Magen David Adom paramedics respond to a shrapnel hit site in central Israel following an Iranian missile attack, March 15, 2026.

Number of those wounded in Iran war matters more than number of those killed - analysis

If one focuses on the under 25 people killed in three weeks compared to the over 30 killed in 12 days in June 2025 (which in military terms was also impressive), the Jewish state is holding up well.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Pedestrians pass in front of a billboard featuring an image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 4, 2026 in Tehran, Iran; illustrative.

Who are the most senior Iranian officials left alive after weeks of Israeli-US strikes? - explainer

In the wake of the devastation on the political and military echelons of the Islamic Republic, who are some of the most significant figures remaining in Iran?

|ByJAMES GENN

Former head of Saudi religious police a bold feminist?

Controversy surges in Gulf kingdom after former head of Saudi religious police tweets that veils are not obligatory, then appears on TV with his unveiled wife to show he means it.

DECEMBER 20, 2014ByDOV LIEBER
Former Top Saudi Religious Police Official Ahmed Al-Ghamdi Appears on TV with His Unveiled Wife

Bad choices

Over the last 66 years, the children of Israel have really outdone themselves.

DECEMBER 18, 2014ByLIOR AKERMAN
Knesset

Plaintiffs say they beat last obstacle to first trial against PA for terror

One challenge the plaintiffs will have to overcome is using Israeli military court convictions as direct evidence.

NOVEMBER 20, 2014ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Lt. Eitan, Presiden Rivlin pay respects to Goldin family

2 Frenchmen involved in killing of Lee Zeitouni indicted for fraud

The two fled the scene of accident that killed Lee Zeitouni in 2011.

OCTOBER 19, 2014ByJOSEPH STRICH
Handcuffs [Illustrative]

Iranian ex-spy to Al Jazeera: Khomeini ordered downing of Pan Am flight 103

Former Iranian intelligence officer says Tehran ordered downing of plane over Lockerbie in retaliation for US attack on Iranian airliner.

MARCH 11, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini may have given the order to down Pan Am flight 103.

Rhetoric marks anniversary of Iran's revolution

Rhetoric expected by US officials on the 35th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

FEBRUARY 13, 2014ByMICHAEL WILNER
Iran marks Islamic Revolution anniversary