The history of Iran, once known as Persia, stretches back thousands of years, shaped by powerful empires, strategic military ...

The Seattle Iranian Festival, rescheduled to September 20, offers art, music, and cuisine to showcase Iranian culture at the ...

In overseeing the expansion of the Islamic art galleries at the Metropolitan Museum, she countered hostile narratives about ...

Omid Roustaei, an Iranian-American chef, shares his love for Persian culture through food. He joined us to talk about his new ...

Students at the Nowruz celebration of Iranian New Year, which was held at Dickson Court, are pictured. The celebration aims to celebrate Iranian art and culture. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor) ...

Celebrating Norouz, the first day of spring and beginning of the Iranian New Year, the show demonstrated the eclectic and multifaceted nature of Persian American culture with acts ranging from comedy ...

For years, many Iranian women have been testing the Islamic Republic’s ultraconservative cultural norms in subtler ways, upending tightly prescribed gender roles in Iranian workplaces and society.

The Iranian Culture Celebration is a part of our broader effort to not only discuss but actively contribute to making DEI a central pillar of our institutional identity. We encourage everyone to ...

Many Iranian Americans say their families place a high premium on education — sometimes at the expense of early financial independence — potentially complicating their financial futures.

Veteran music journalist and educator Lily Moayeri grew up at the cultural intersection of her birthplace, Washington, D.C., and her parents’ home country, Iran. The daughter of a diplomat, she ...

In Iran, every example around her showed that a woman’s power was her beauty and being thin was the key to achieving it. The most beautiful women found the best husbands.