BBC correspondent Jiyar Gol has been deported after being detained in İstanbul. Being detained in the airport, Gol announced on his Twitter account that he was kept for five hours and then deported.

Film-maker Jiyar Gol describes the sensitive, long-term approach he took to producing his BBC Persian documentary about the remarkable reuniting of two former foes from the Iran-Iraq war. For several ...

Sarah Kathryn Grow, 45, passed away January 9th, 2021 at University College Hospital in London, England, holding the hand of her husband Jiyar Gol. She inspired many with her spirited 28-month fight ...

Protests in Iran are continuing despite a harsh crackdown by security forces. Human rights groups say that at least 201 people have died in the violence that was triggered by the death in custody of a ...

Since the 1979 Iranian revolution, very little has been reported from inside Iran — and the news we hear about the country often involves the words "nuclear," "sanctions" or "Islamic repression." But ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A Kurdish BBC journalist who has extensively covered Kurdish events, including ...

Jiyar Gol looks at the protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death and how they quickly evolved into the most serious challenge to Iran's Shia Muslim clerical establishment in years. Show more On 13 ...

People in the Iraqi desert have long been dependent on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. But there are fears that Isis militants could take control of the country's dams, and use them to inflict ...

Dr Jiyar Aghapouri is currently working on his postdoctoral project for London School of Economics and Political Science and Middlesex University of London in partnership with Lebanese French ...