Ready for Nowruz: 300 Million People Celebrate Persian New Year Worldwide
This week marks the start of the New Year for more than 300 million people around the world -- foremost among them the people of Iran, for whom it is the most important festive...
Iranians Celebrate Nowruz, Mark the Start of the Year 1401 With Worldwide Festivities
By Nazanine Nouri
More than 300 million people around the world are celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in festivities, gatherings and celebrations all over the world this month. Nowruz celebrates the return of spring...
Shah’s Handwritten Letter Found by Iranian Police in Illegal Antique Shop
By Azadeh Karimi
Tehran police have discovered a handwritten...
Britain’s Biggest Iranian Art Exhibition in 90 Years to Open at V&A in 2020
Britain’s most extensive exhibition of Iranian art and design in 90 years will open at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in October 2020, the museum has announced. The exhibition will gather some...
Empress Farah Republishes Pre-Revolution Memoirs, Discusses Them in Harvard Interview
By Nazanine Nouri
“1001 Days: Memoirs of an Empress” is the title of a memoir that Empress Farah Pahlavi wrote in 1976, three years before the Islamic Revolution. It was published in French in 1978,...
Iranian Performers, Personalities Come Together in Global Yalda Celebration
Star Iranian musicians and leading personalities from Europe and the U.S. came together on Dec. 20th to ring in the winter solstice’s arrival and celebrate the ancient Persian festival of Yalda.
The program, presented online...
Official Iranian Calendar to Include Prophet Zoroaster’s Birthday, Minister Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Iran’s Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution is reviewing a proposal to recognize and include the birthday of Prophet Zoroaster (March 26) in the country’s official calendar, Minister of Culture and Islamic...
All About Nowruz: The Persian New Year
Nowruz marks the start of a New Year for over 300 million people around the world –foremost among them the people of Iran, for whom it is the most important festive occasion of the...
Why Fresno, California Has Declared Oct. 14 Shahbanou Farah Day: Interview
By Kayhan Life Staff
The city of Fresno in California officially proclaimed Oct. 14 as Shahbanou Farah day to mark the birthday of Iran’s former Empress Farah Pahlavi. Iran’s imperial flag was flown over the...
All About Shab-e Yalda, Ancient Persian Festival Marking Winter Solstice
By Nazanine Nouri
Since time immemorial, Iranians around the world have celebrated the ancient Persian festival of Shab e Yalda, the longest and darkest night of the year -- or winter solstice.
Yalda is a deeply...
