This week's Farda Briefing looks at how hardliners are urging Iran’s decision-makers to greenlight the development of nuclear ...

As Iranians celebrate the Persian New Year, explore the fascinating calendars still used around the world—shaped by sun, moon ...

Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many ...

More than 300 million people in Iran and beyond celebrate the ancient holiday. It’s tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here’s what to know.

To celebrate Nowruz, people light bonfires, set off fireworks and send wish lanterns floating off into the night sky.

Iran Thursday released French tourist who had been held for two years on a five year sentence for allegedly conspiring ...

Fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gaza overnight killed at least 85 Palestinians and injured 133, civil authorities in the ...

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...

Last week, three formerly Muslim Christians in Iran were handed 10-plus-year prison sentences. It’s a sobering snapshot of ...

The 31-year-old criminal, who cannot be named due to being granted anonymity by immigration judges, failed to attend his ...

Nearly a year ago this month, the phrase Christ is King became a source of division among Evangelicals and Christians in ...

Three Christian converts in Iran have been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison collectively, Article18, a London-based ...