Iran

America, we beg you to see us. We beg you to try to glance in our direction with something other than disgust. Iran deserves your sympathy!

Simin Behbahani was Iran's most influential poet. We salute her bravery, fierce feminism, poetry prowess and commitment to human rights.

Political speech meets sport at the World Cup, and it can have major impacts back home.

In a world where athletes are celebrated as demi-gods (