He worked as a freelance reporter for The Observer. He was arrested by Iraqi authorities and executed in 1990 after being convicted of spying for Israel while working in Iraq....Read more

Hossein Amirabdollahian, the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs met with his Libyan counterpart, Najla Mangoush, to discuss and exchange views on issues of mutual interest....Read more

A huge burst of flame lights up a pre-dawn backstreet, silhouetting the young men caked from head to toe in brown mud....Read more

Muharram, also known as Muharram-ul-Haram, is the first month of the Hijri calendar and thus marks the beginning of the Islamic year....Read more

Tirgan is an ancient Iranian tradition which is still celebrated in various regions of Iran, including Mazenderan, Khorasan, and Arak. ...Read more

Why do we watch horror movies? While the primary purpose of any horror movie is to shock, frighten, trigger and arouse disgust through a series....Read more

Ashura is marked on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, by all Muslims....Read more

People’s distaste of learning history might have gone way back to history classes in school, where every exam was dreaded because it’s always about memorizing dates....Read more

Forty years ago, Iran’s exiled Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini descended from a chartered Air France Boeing 747 to return to Tehran, a city on the cusp of revolution....Read more

Under Reza Shah's 16 years rule the roads and Trans-Iranian Railway were built, modern education was introduced and the University of Tehran was established. ...Read more

Hamid Reza Pahlavi was born on 4 July 1932. He was the youngest son of Reza Shah and his fourth and favourite wife, Esmat Dowlatshahi....Read more

Davoud Rashidi was an Iranian actor. Rashidi, along with Ali Nasirian, Ezatollah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi and Mohammad Ali Keshavarz is known as one of "the five most important actors in the history of Iranian cinema" due to their significant influence....Read more

Darabi was born in 1940 in Tehran. Following the end of high school, she entered Medical School of University of Tehran in 1959. ...Read more

For centuries memories have been captured through photos. Photos are the only way to remember what happened in our lives because they capture memories....Read more

One of the highlights of a marriage ceremony is the wedding vows. The bride and groom recite their vows in front of each other, their family, and friends....Read more