Iran

Everything For My Bike

Young men in Helmand spend all their cash on motorcycles and accessories.

A Helmand Heroine

Fawzia Olumi runs many risks to promote women’s affairs in the province.

Sunni Patients Fear Baghdad Wards

Sunnis stay clear of hospitals for fear of being targeted by Shia death squads.

Georgia Boosts Iraq Deployment

President hopes extra deployment will help secure NATO membership.

Opium Out, Hashish In Across Northern Province

The northern province of Balkh was deemed poppy-free, but now industrious farmers are turning to another cash crop - marijuana.

Smuggling Thrives in Basra

Rival militias, officials and police are all accused of having a stake in smuggling oil out of Iraq’s southern port.

Basra Struggles to Cope With Student Demand

As children begin returning to the classroom, the school infrastructure is in dire need of repair.

Young People Increasingly Drawn to Islam

Moderate clerics say heavy-handed authorities fail to distinguish between ordinary mosque-goers and extremists.

Images of Religion in Azerbaijan

Iraqi Kurdistan Faces Trouble on Two Fronts

The Turkish army makes war-like noises and Sunni extremists stage hit-and-run raids along the border with Iran.