Some writers describe the world as it is. Shahrnush Parsipur spent her life imagining how it might be different.

Munis D Faruqui’s volume is not concerned with absolving the last powerful Mughal or condemning him but with restoring him to ...

A timeless Persian proverb reminds us that learning alone is not enough. Just as a farmer cannot expect a harvest without ...

When something in our life collapses, a job, a relationship, a plan we'd built everything around, it can feel like nothing ...

Walk into any organisation that is falling apart and look carefully at where the problems actually sit. The staff are demoralised.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) accused Iran Tuesday of interfering with a short-wave radio frequency used to broadcast independent Farsi-language news into the country. RSF said interference recently ...

Monica Witt: The FBI has released a new wanted poster in Farsi, offering a reward of $200,000 for any information that leads to the capture and prosecution of former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence ...

In February, Spotify made an exciting (and a bit unusual) move when it entered the world of physical book sales. As of this week, the new feature is officially live in the U.S. and the U.K., allowing ...

In the 1950s, Younes Dardashti, a Jewish man from Tehran’s Jewish ghetto, became one of Iran’s most celebrated singers. As the country underwent rapid secularization under the Shah, Jewish communities ...

“This is the time of rebirth, a new beginning,’’ Nazarzadeh said. “Nowruz means ‘new day.’ And this is my wish, of course, for all Iranians, whether they’re living in diaspora or living in Iran or ...

The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, which was built by Shah Jahan of the Mughal dynasty is an example of the Indo-Persian architectural style. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Yann The ongoing war in Iran has ...