LA-based Caltex Records represents most mainstream Iranian music released since the 1950s. A 25-year-old Iranian immigrant founded it after the 1979 revolution.

Spend a lively evening on the city walls or join a compelling conversation with Iranian poet Fatemeh Ekhtesari.

Heatwaves, low rainfall and human actions threaten not only agriculture but also tourism and hydel power generation in ...

Iran is a country with a rich heritage, where every street has traces of ancient civilisations, and the architecture ...

Fourteen years make for deep enough memory. But geopolitical events that recently gripped global attention revived milestone ...

Two brothers have raised more than £680 to support children affected by conflict. Kian and Rory Henderson from Bradford ...

Iranian director Behruz Gharibpour is restaging the Ashura opera puppet show with his Aran Theater Troupe at Tehran’s ...

First is a novel by the Algerian novelist Yasmina Khadra, perhaps best known for his book The Swallows of Kabul. Except I’m not reading that - I’m reading The Angels Die. I first picked up this book ...

Zaban-e-Urdu hai jiska naam, Woh Hindustan ki jaan hai.” The language called Urdu is the life of Hindustan. Prologue: A ...

Arabic and Persian not only shaped the literary culture of thetime but also influenced the direction in which it developed.

Bita Ghassemi was hosting a screening of her short film "Firewall" when conflict ramped up between Iran and Israel. The ...

Dive deep into the soul of Iran, where culture, history, and tradition merge into a timeless landscape. This documentary takes you through the literary and architectural splendors of Shiraz, a city ...