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 ...

Introducing the show, LSA senior and emcee Reza Breakstone, joked, “To accommodate our Persian and our English speakers, I thought I would speak English with a Persian accent.” Breakstone’s ...

Iran’s past could never be wiped off the cultural map of the world for it is embedded in our very humanity. Eve MacDonald is a lecturer in ancient history at Cardiff University.

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

All of that was told through song and dance. The culture dating back to ancient times highlights the Persian Empire which, at its height, included modern-day Iran, Egypt, Turkey, and more.

In Iran, there are currently 24 UNESCO World Heritage Sites deemed to have cultural, historical, religious or scientific significance. Here’s a look at five key cultural UNESCO sites in Iran.

In Iran, there are two dozen UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 22 of them cultural ones. Here's a look at some of the religious, economic and social sites.

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

I embrace my Persian roots while also celebrating American holidays and traditions. My mother, Massie Soufimanesh, immigrated to Texas in 1978 at the end of the Iranian Revolution.

Western culture may trace the spiritual origins of wine to Jewish and Christian rituals. However, Persia originated as one of the first recorded instances of wine used for sacred and ceremonial ...