First Exhibition of Persian Decorative Art Opens in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s first and most comprehensive exhibition of Persian decorative arts has just opened at the Liang Yi Museum, coinciding with the start of the Persian New Year.
“The Blue Road: Mastercrafts from Persia” showcases...
Star Architect Farshid Moussavi Co-Curates Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Teaches at Harvard
Iranian-born Farshid Moussavi is one of the very few women at the top of the architectural profession. A professor of architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, she currently has an exhibition...
Louvre Museum Stages Exhibition in Tehran
The Louvre Museum has just opened the first large-scale exhibition organized by a major Western museum in Iran. Held at the National Museum of Iran, “The Louvre in Tehran” traces the creation of the...
Historic Shiraz Homes Are Wrecked in Shah Cheraq Mosque Expansion
Mehdi Hajati, a member of the Shiraz City Council, has posted video footage on his Twitter page showing the demolition of historic homes around the Shah Cheraq funerary monument and mosque (dating back to...
UNESCO Inscribes Iranian City of Yazd on World Heritage List
The ancient city of Yazd just became the 22nd site in Iran to be inscribed by UNESCO on its World Heritage List. In announcements earlier this month, the U.N. organization ranked Yazd and a...
Protesters at Iran’s World Heritage Sites Demand Unpaid Salaries
On January 28, workers at the Chogha Zanbil-Haft Tapeh World Heritage site — an ancient Elamite complex founded in 1,200 B.C. in the southwestern province of Khuzestan — staged a protest against four months...
U.S. Top Court Wary Over Allowing Seizure of Ancient Persian Artifacts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism on Monday over whether ancient Persian artifacts held in a Chicago museum can be seized to pay for a $71 million court judgment against Iran...
U.S. Top Court Forbids Seizure of Ancient Persian Artefacts
By Andrew Chung
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Americans injured in a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem cannot seize ancient Persian artefacts from a Chicago museum to satisfy a...
