A recent social media post by the Iranian embassy in India has turned an ancient board game into a modern diplomatic signal. The embassy shared a video celebrating India–Iran ties through chess and ...

From ancient poets to visionary artists, Iran has produced some of history's most influential creative minds. Join us as we explore the cultural titans who shaped not just Iranian identity but world ...

Shahnameh, written by Ferdowsi, is one of the must-read books from Iran’s literature. The poetry has been translated into some languages, including English and French. Literature, and especially ...

Culture and civilisation live on through enduring, expressive tongues—and it is through masters like Ferdowsi that Persian prose and poetic rhythm have reached their extraordinary heights. He embarked ...

A few centuries after the Arab invasion, amongst the effects caused by the Arabic language, Persian was gradually fading out. In order to revitalize his native language, Ferdowsi opted for poetry and ...

Each year on Ordibehesht 25, which aligns with May 15, the global community pauses to honor the Great Poet Ferdowsi, the monumental Persian poet celebrated for his epic masterpiece, Shahnameh. This ...

There are timepieces‭, ‬and then there are talismans of civilisation‭. ‬The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Enamel‭ ‬‘Shahnameh’‭ ‬belongs squarely to the latter group‭ ‬—‭ ‬a transcendent creation ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory Theater, is just the ...

In true bardic tradition, Fazil Mousavi donned a green chogha at the opening of his solo show ‘Hamzaad’ and seated himself before his well-loved copy of the Shahnameh. His cadenced recitation from the ...

PDFs are a great way to share documents because the format can be read by mostly anyone and it works just as well with images as it does text, graphs and graphics. But it's not easy to edit without ...

On 28 July 1994, on the tarmac of Vienna airport, Oliver Hoare, a British art dealer, delivered a number of wooden crates to officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran. They contained the text, binding ...

Navid Salehvand, director of the Glassware and Ceramic Museum, announced the event on Thursday, emphasizing the importance of Iranian rituals as key elements of the nation’s Iranian-Islamic identity, ...