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Iranian American composer Sahba Aminikia: Music transforms like raindrops that 'wash this part of humanity'
Iranian American composer Sahba Aminikia, who had to leave his homeland due to religious persecution, says his pain comes out in his music.
Discussion: What's at stake in the 2020 election?
An Iranian piano prodigy. A big dream. And an arduous visa process.
Her love of the stars made her lose track of her life on Earth
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Trump fans in Lebanon want to 'make the Middle East great again'
Why this Muslim American, who fled Iran in 1979, backs Trump's travel ban
The safety and security of Americans is first and foremost, says Hossein Khorram, who supported Trump as a Republican delegate from Washington.
A crowdsourced database provides a glimpse of what traveling from Iran to the US is like right now
As Trump's executive orders on who can and cannot enter the US from seven countries are clarified, an MIT professor has built a repository to help gain clarity for travelers.
Two brothers, one in Iran and another in California, say the US travel ban has thrown their family for a loop
Trump reminds these Iranians of their former leader, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Federal judges have temporarily blocked parts of Trump’s immigration restrictions, but agents are still detaining people
The executive order that Donald Trump signed on Friday has been challenged in courts. At Los Angeles International Airport, attorneys are trying to help valid visa holders and legal permanent residents who are still being detained and subject to special screening.
Federal judge deals Trump administration its first defeat — perhaps temporary — over its immigration restrictions
The executive order that President Donald Trump signed on Friday directed federal agents to deport refugees and anyone arriving from seven majority-Muslim countries, leaving in limbo people in transit when he signed the order. On Saturday, a judge issued an emergency injunction blocking the order.
This Pittsburgh restaurant offers takeout and a side of politics
Craving some Koobideh from Iran? Arepas from Venezuela? Head to Pittsburgh’s Conflict Kitchen, where a rotating menu features food from countries in conflict with the United States.
Trump will likely turn US foreign policy and military planning upside down
Forget about global climate change controls; count on a larger Army, even more nuclear weapons and more missile defenses
Pain lingers one year after Hajj tragedy in Saudi Arabia
Despite scars from the tragedy, the faithful have returned to Saudi Arabia for another pilgrimage.
“You’re not Muslims!” Iran and Saudi Arabia in new war of words.
Iran and Saudi Arabia have upped the ante in their war of words. Both are now denouncing the other's Islamic legitimacy. The two Persian Gulf powers are already locked in numerous proxy conflicts across the region. The US is not happy about the mess.
Leonardo DiCaprio as a 13th-century Persian poet? Why not, says Hollywood.
This week David Franzoni, the screenwriter for "Gladiator," said in an interview that he wants to cast Leonardo DiCaprio as 13th-century Persian poet Rumi in a new biopic. The suggestion sparked the latest social media debate over "whitewashing" in Hollywood.