In recent days, ancient sites in Iran such as Persepolis, the dynastic center of the Achaemenid Persian empire, have become part of a rhetoric of division. First President Donald Trump threatened ...

Celebrated by more than 300 million people worldwide, Nowruz is a 3,000-year-old tradition cherished in Iran, ... Siyez-e Badr is an ancient Iranian tradition celebrated on the 13th day of April, ...

Spring is a time of festivity and rebirth for Iranian Americans. The vernal equinox brings Nawroz, the Persian New Year -- an occasion to celebrate Iran's ancient, civilized culture with poetry ...

This gazelle-shaped wine horn, on view at the Sackler Gallery, was used to impress guests at elaborate Iranian feasts. Image courtesy of the Sackler Gallery In his play, The Acharnians ...