Tabriz is the capital city of East Azerbaijan Province, in northwestern Iran. Tabriz Bazaar, once a major Silk Road market, is a sprawling brick-vaulted complex selling carpets, spices and jewelry....Read more

Ahvaz, is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is home to Persians, Arabs, Bakhtiaris, Dezfulis, Shushtaris, etc....Read more

Nosratollah Vahdat was an Iranian comedian, actor, and director. Contemporary actors include Parviz Sayyad and Behrouz Vossoughi. He is best known in Iran for his Esfahani-Accent. However, after the 1979 Iranian revolution he ceased acting in Iran....Read more

It was first performed in 1968 on Radio Tehran with the Gol-ha Orchestra. In this year she released another titled Raftam (1968). In the 1970s, Hayedah added Persian pop music to her classical Persian repertoire....Read more

Now most people would consider 1 in a million a little strict, so if you keep your eyes open you’ll see Strange things almost continuously....Read more

In recent times, migrants have chosen to move to new locations, often in search of better opportunities.  For many the aims are short-term: to make money to send back to relatives, to experience life in another country, then to return home....Read more

Born in 1940 in Mashhad, Iran, Mohammad Reza Shajarian began learning Qur’an recitation from his father at the age of five. At the age of 12 he started studying the melodic corpus (radif) of Persian classical music while simultaneously learning to play the santur (struck zither) ......Read more

At the age of 19, after successfully passing the university entrance examination, he enrolled at Tehran University's school of Fine Arts; then he dropped college at 1967. In 1975, Aghdashloo held his first individual exhibition at Iran-America Society in Tehran. The exhibited pai ......Read more

Many women dream of having long legs, but 29-year-old Rentsenkhorloo Bud from Mongolia has long legs and then some. Standing at 6 feet and 9 inches, she officially has the world's second-longest pair of legs, measuring 52.8ins from hip to heel...Read more

Farnaz Ghazizadeh is an Iranian journalist, and BBC Persian Television Presenter. She has been involved with BBC Persian Television. In 1999, she married Sina Motalebi....Read more

Due to the geographical proximity between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, Persians were the first major group of foreign settlers in the region, with a history dating back to the...Read more

.As is often repeated by our elders, "Too much of anything is bad", tomatoes can have dangerous effects on your health when eaten in excess. From digestive troubles to diarrhoea, kidney problems and even body aches, excessive consumption of tomatoes can cause some serious harm to ......Read more

The consignment of humanitarian aid includes mainly food and medical supplies, said Mohammad Baqer Mohammadi, the deputy head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS). Iran has also set up a field hospital in Beirut and sent a 37-member medical team comprising general physician ......Read more

Max Amini was born in Tucson, Arizona. He was raised on the East Coast and graduated from UCLA's school of Theater, Film and Television in 2004. As an actor, Max has numerous film and television credits including NBC's Heroes, regular appearances on Comedy Central's Mind of Menci ......Read more

She also introduced taxis for the first time in Tehran, white Fiats that slowly replaced old horse carriages during the 1950s. Her son, Ali Amini, briefly became a Prime Minister of Iran under Mohammad Reza Shah, and after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 lead an opposition movemen ......Read more