Galleries and artists see improvement after temporary relaxations were implemented to discourage nuclear proliferation

Persepolis tablets on loan to Chicago's Oriental Institute since the 1930s compromised in lawsuit brought by victims of Jerusalem suicide bombing

More than 50 artists included are part of Anupam Poddar's collection

How a 12-screen video installation on show at Frieze was filmed despite Iran’s strict regime

Iran was gratified by the ruling that a foreign state's property in the US is exempt from such inquiries

The women who go against the grain, featured at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

Although Iranian art heavyweights made their reservations about the show clear, it will go on to tour North America

But Arab donors are in scarce supply, while Turks, Iranians and others spend freely

As her debut movie, “Women Without Men”, screens in Basel, the artist explains that cinema is closer to her people

While one may not be familiar with some of the book's more niche digressions, Eigner's dexterity in referencing the ancient past never fails to impress

Experts blame poor sales on a dearth of representation in US museums

Loan of relic caught up in international political tensions

This development has done little to alleviate lingering tensions between Iran and Britain

The museum director has reassured Iran's vice president that the wait does not mean the loan has been called off

Does a crop of major presentations coinciding with the art fair indicate a proportionate energy in the market?

The British Museum pledged to send over the rare cuneiform cylinder in exchange for Iran's ample contributions to previous shows

Our first glimpse of plans for multiple museums laid out by the Iranian industrialist at Art Dubai '08

Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organisation will supervise preparations

Farhad Hakimzadeh was given two years' imprisonment after it was learnt he had stolen volumes from the two UK institutions

Christie's '08 auction report sees the mediocre pushed aside to make way for big names

The Middle Eastern contemporary artist discusses the state of the art market, his commercial success, and what it’s like to work in Iran

The director says that the collection will be the first of its kind in the region, catering to an emergent Muslim community

The news comes as unexpected due to suppression of religion freedom in the nation

Reinforced legitimacy adds £500,000 to upper estimate

Emotional responses were elicited by Michael Stevenson and Andy Warhol

The museum's director maintains that the agreement is no major coup

UK courts ruled that Iran presented insufficient evidence to warrant the antiquities' reacquisition

Iranian lawyers argued that any rights to the fifth-century bas-relief should be relinquished to its country of origin