At the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, hosted by SNL comedy-genius Andy Samberg, British-Iranian Sacha Baron Cohen “sat” on controversial rapper, Eminem’s face!

  WASHINGTON, DC – From the release of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi (who is incidentally half-Japanese) to the elections in Iran, Iranians continue to be quite the headline-nabbing theme du jour. And we’ve […]

WASHINGTON, DC – From the release of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi (who is incidentally half-Japanese) to the elections in Iran, Iranians continue to be quite the headline-nabbing theme du jour. And we’ve got […]

Watch our little Iranian-Brit, 12 year-old Shaheen Jafargholi, receive rave reviews from Britain’s Got Talent judges. “The best performance in the semi-finals.” Said judge Piers Morgan. While the usually-blunt and snarky […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhBM7lvTDro] Watch our little Iranian-Brit, 12 year-old Shaheen Jafargholi, receive rave reviews from Britain’s Got Talent judges.

Born Farrokh Bulsara on September 5th, 1946  in Zanzibar, Queen front-man and musical-legend: Freddy Mercury is of Persian (Parsi) origin and practiced Zoroastrianism growing up. Parsis are known to “descend from […]

As part of the Adrienne Shelly Foundation’s mission to aid in the advancement of talented women filmmakers, the foundation has teamed with the Tribeca Film Institute to form the TFI Adrienne […]

Born Farrokh Bulsara on September 5th, 1946  in Zanzibar, Queen front-man and musical-legend: Freddy Mercury is of Persian (Parsi) origin and practiced Zoroastrianism growing up. Parsis are known to “descend from […]

As part of the Adrienne Shelly Foundation’s mission to aid in the advancement of talented women filmmakers, the foundation has teamed with the Tribeca Film Institute to form the TFI Adrienne […]

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Wow!  Watch this amazing video of how some Iranian Sufi women celebrate their spiritual holiday(s), with their palpitating daf skills. The energy of these women can be felt right through […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f01JZqCTtNM] Click here to watch this amazing video of how some Iranian Muslim-Sufi women celebrate the prophet Ali’s birthday, with their palpitating daf skills.

“Organized by the Smithsonian Institution‘s Arthur M. Sackler Galleryin collaboration with The Moscow Kremlin Museums, this presentation features more than sixty exceptional objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions, and trade […]

“Organized by the Smithsonian Institution’s Arthur M. Sackler Galleryin collaboration with The Moscow Kremlin Museums, this presentation features more than sixty exceptional objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions, and trade […]

Are you ready for another one? We’ve got your summer 2009 lounge jam right here! Click here to make a difference by listening to and voting for the Farzad Aghili […]

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This year’s Hamburg International Short Film Festival is set to feature three entries from Iran. Reza Jamali’s “Old Men Do Not Die”,  Abdol Rahman Mirani’s “Wood Carpet”, and Mehdi Jafari’s “Dad Gave […]

This year’s Hamburg International Short Film Festival is set to feature three entries from Iran.

“In consideration of this ruling, naturally she will be freed,”  said judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi, without mentioning an official date for Roxana Saberi’s release. Click here to read Reuters’ coverage of […]