From Academy Award-nominated and two-time Emmy Award-nominated producer Simon Kinberg (“X-Men” films, “Deadpool” films, “The Martian”) and David Weil (“Hunters”), Invasion is a sweeping, character-driven science fiction drama series that […]

Bright Festival  is an Italy-based cultural event fostering and promoting digital creativity through education and entertainment activities in collaboration with the industry leading companies, universities, and artists from all over […]

Farhang Foundation is thrilled to announce its partnership with the prestigious New West Symphony of Southern California for their upcoming “Tour of Iran” concert. Three Grammy award-winning artists will share their […]

Iranian-British Filmmaker Ali Tabrizi initially set out to celebrate his beloved ocean, but instead found himself investigating the harm that humans inflict upon the vulnerable seas. From plastics and fishing […]

  Silent and inaccessible, the Embassy of Iran in Washington, D.C. has been closed since the fall of the Shah in 1979. In 2013 I was afforded an unprecedented and unique opportunity: […]

Norooz (Persian: New day), the Persian New Year, is celebrated on the vernal equinox, down to the second, which is calculated by astronomic forecasting based on Iran Standard Time (GMT+03:30). […]

NBC’s new (and free!) streaming platform, Peacock is running Iranian-American comedian, Maz Jobrani’s special: “Pandemic Warrior.” “It’s great! Peacock has over 30M subscribers. So hopefully some new folks will be […]

Hormoz is a Persian name. Derived from the word Ormozd (330 B.C), it refers to Ahura Mazda (the highest spirit in the Zoroastrian faith), and it is my father’s name. And […]

  Immigrants enrich the countries in which they live by bringing culture, a new worldview, and, as studies show, an entrepreneurial spirit. Immigrants are foundational to entrepreneurship, and are twice […]

In the world of big tech, there’s never a shortage of Iranian names. And our latest discovery, is the de facto change maker who runs Zoomph: Amir Zonozi. As a […]

I press play and close my eyes. I’m instantly transported to a beautiful landscape of sound and texture. It feels like flying over rolling waves, through starry skies, and lush […]

The second round of online concerts of Iranian classical (Radif) music begins today! Don’t miss this 4-day concert series taking place in Tehran from December 17th-20th, 2020, which will be […]

Upon completion of his solo exhibition Nucleus in 2018, Persian-speaking-Syrian-Cuban artist-du-jour Jason Seife, has been building towards his series of paintings inspired by Persian rug patterns: “A Small Spark vs A […]

Freer Gallery of Art and  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s  National  Museum of Asian Art,  are presenting an online lecture series highlighting new scholarship in the field of the […]

“With My Roots” is an annual exhibition held by UK-based, integrated art trade center, Capital Art London. The exhibit aims to recognize Iranian contemporary artists and introduce their artworks to […]

With your help, Omid Foundation is now supporting 33 Farsi speaking female refugees in Greece, enabling them to find empowerment in their quest to build a new life for themselves […]

Since 1979, solo singing in public is forbidden for women in Iran. For several years, starting in 2015, Iranian ethnomusicologist Yalda Yazdani, and German filmmakers, Andreas Rochholl and Sebastian Leitner, […]

Tirgan Kids Time is a fun and exciting program developed by Tirgan as a way to bring children together over the love and excitement of Persian folklore. Presented in the […]

As an expansion of the long-running Crete-based musical workshop created by renowned world musician Ross Daly, Labyrinth Online, is a digital platform dedicated to the modal musical traditions of the Middle […]

A Simple Wedding stars Iranian husband and wife acting legends Shohreh Aghdashloo and Houshang Touzie, alongside new-comer Tara Grammy, whose character, Nousha, is an Iranian-American girl living in California with a […]

When we first heard Iranian artist-of-the-moment, Poo Bon‘s, song ‘Heif‘, we were hooked. But now we’re loving his sexy new-ish (released in January 2019) song, Ghalbe Shishei (Persian: Glass Heart) and we’ve got it on […]

Naghsh-e-Jahân square is the heart of Esfahân. And this heart throbs to host Iranian natives and guests, foreign tourists or anyone  who comes to admire the beauty of one of […]

UKIFF: London Iranian Film Festival is an annual, independent film festival held in London, United Kingdom. As the only festival in the UK dedicated to Iranian independent cinema, aims to provide a […]

There’s No One in the Mirror is a collection of short stories by renowned Iranian author  Guita Garakani. Translated into English by Hedyeh Hastibakhsh, these stories–although written in deceptively simple language–have […]

The 11th edition of FILMINUTE, the international one-minute film festival, opened this week with a collection of the world’s best ultrashort films, each delivering a complete story in exactly one […]

ASMR–or what some refer to as “ear porn” or “head orgasm”–stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response: A euphoric experience characterized by a static-like or tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins […]

For the first time in Georgia, The Art Institute of Atlanta illustrates Iranian society through a Iran-specific photo exhibit. The Iran Beyond Politics exhibit is currently on display in the Janet Day Gallery […]

Born in Paris, Iranian artist Sassan Bakhtiar, employs Western techniques like Pop Art and Photomontage to create a colorful collection of pieces emblazoned with imagery featuring Persian carpet designs as well […]

We have a treat for you thriller movie lovers: The short film, Bleed the Night,  directed by Reza Ghasemi. As the synopsis explains it: “Audrey is stuck in limbo with no sign […]

I can’t prove that my mother’s brain tumors were directly caused by 9/11, nor that they were exacerbated by the bombs that fell on Iraq eighteen months later. However, she […]

AccorHotels, the world’s leading hotel operator, has signed a management agreement with Aria Ziggurat for its two inaugural properties in Tehran. AccorHotels is the first international hotel group to launch its brands […]