With a history dating back well before the Christian era, the nation known to the West as Persia officially adopted its native name of Iran in 1935.

The US-Israel war on Iran has resulted in the widespread destruction of its cultural heritage sites, as well as educational ...

"I am an Iranian, and this is our program every night: defence of the country," says a traditionally dressed woman in an Instagram reel, waving the flag of the Islamic Republic as she stands through ...

The atrocious character of the American and Israeli war on Iran is apparent not only in the aggressors’ murdering of civilians but also in their attacks on Iran’s cultural heritage. The latter country ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization was “truly unacceptable” and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate ...

Shi’a Islam is central to Iran’s national psyche. Martyrdom occupies a particularly important place within Shi’a culture, ...

Is President Trump losing his appetite for war as the U.S.-Iran peace talks ramp up? Republicans are also weighing a renewed focus on culture war issues ahead of the midterms. Meanwhile, Secretary of ...

Tehran’s economy is collapsing, its currency is in free fall — so why does the regime still negotiate like it holds all the ...

In today’s Gulf war, astonishingly, a murderous dictatorship appears to be winning the propaganda battle against the land of the free and the home of Hollywood. Day after day, a team backing Iran’s ...

NEW DELHI: Soft strains of Persian music float through the air as sunlight filters through wide glass windows, gently falling on shelves lined with books on mysticism, poetry, and Iranian history, ...