Iran does not recognize dual nationality, so Homa has no consular access either. Neither family nor friends had any idea what she has actually been charged with. Without access to her medication ...

Homayoun Askari Sirizi invokes the mythical Homa bird who in Persian myth chooses the future ruler. In this urban version, the caged bird is taken out every four years to make a "choice" from a ...

More than a week after Israel and Iran reached a fragile ceasefire, a local Iranian writer is offering her insight. Ava Homa ...

While all Iranian women suffer the threat of violence, Homa said, the women of Kurdistan in western Iran have had a long history of violent oppression. It was this oppression that Homa chronicled ...

Dragging two suitcases and wearing a rucksack, Homa looked exhausted after crossing the Turkish border following a long trip from Tehran where she'd been on holiday when the Israel-Iran war began. The ...

Homa, a 40-year-old Iranian, arrives in Turkey through the Razi-Kapiköy border crossing, north-eastern Turkey. Flights to Iran were suspended on June 18, 2025 after Israel launched an attack on ...

Homa Ebrahimpour, a ceramic and sculpture artist from Mashhad, Iran, is part of a growing movement of artists challenging the country's cultural and political limitations on creative expression. Her ...