Ancient Iranian Heritage Sites Suffer Flood Damage
Flash floods have inflicted $60 million worth of damages to ancient historic sites in 19 provinces since March, according to Vali Teymouri, the deputy director for tourism at the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and...
Iranian Embassy in Washington, Closed for Decades, Becomes Beacon of Hope
By Tara Biglari
With its high wooden beams and exquisite turquoise tiling, the building on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C. catches the eye. Yet few passersby are aware that it once housed the Iranian Embassy....
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 Worldwide Celebrate Bonfire Night, or Chaharshanbe Suri
At sunset on Tuesday, millions of Iranians around the world will light bonfires and jump over them as they celebrate Chaharshanbe Suri: the prelude to Nowruz, the Persian New Year.
LA Celebrates Nowruz, The Persian New Year, in Style
By Fred Parvaneh
Nowruz (meaning 'new day' in Persian) is an ancient celebration rooted in Zoroastrianism that marks the beginning of the New Year. Nowruz coincides with the vernal equinox, meaning the first day of...
Tehran’s Qajar-Era Elephant House Damaged by Fire
A fire has damaged a landmark building that once housed elephants during the reign of Qajar King Nassereddin Shah (1884– 1896), ILNA (the Iranian Labor News Agency) has reported, citing Delavar Bozorgnia, the director...
COMMENTARY: How Christmas, Mithraism and Yalda Night Are Closely Linked
By Fereydoun Vahman
A large percentage of the world population is celebrating Christmas and the New Year. Although the birth of Jesus and the start of the Christian New Year are a week apart, the...
New York Prosecutors Return Ancient Persian Artifact Worth $1.2 Million to Iran
A twice-stolen ancient Persian artifact worth an estimated $1.2 million is back in Tehran’s national museum after a New York court ordered its return to Iran.
The limestone bas-relief of a Persian soldier with shield and...
House of Poet Farrokhzad’s Father Declared a National Site
Tehran City Council has listed the paternal home of the influential Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad (1934-67) on the national register of historic sites, according to Ali Asghar Mounesean, the head of the Cultural Heritage,...
UNESCO Inscribes Kamantcheh on its World Heritage List
The art of crafting and playing the kamantcheh, a bowed string instrument that has existed for over 1,000 years, has been inscribed by UNESCO on its coveted world heritage list and identified as being...
