The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s (LACMA) exhibition of Iranian-American mega-photographer, Firooz Zahedi’s work featuring Elizabeth Taylor entitled: Elizabeth Taylor in Iran: 
Photographs by Firooz Zahedi, will be on display until June 12, 2011.

This is the first time that the illustrations in the manuscript—recently unbound and conserved—have all been exhibited together.

Written and directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi and produced by Jan Krueger & Oliver Stoltz, The Green Wave, is a documentary-collage illustrating the dramatic events caused by the recent events in Iran. […]

New music from DJ Yasmin! After her hit song ‘On My Own’, Iranian-British DJ, Yasmin, delights us with another track, perfect for memory-making this Spring and Summer: ‘Finish Line’. Filled with […]

The Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF), a community-based non-profit organization, is an annual event, which seeks to provide a greater understanding of the world and its many cultures through the […]

Born in Iran and raised in London, Iranian-American actress Nazanin Boniadi, came to the United States to study in California.  Earning a Bachelor’s Degree, with Honors, in Biological Sciences, like […]

The countdown begins! Norooz 2011/1390 is almost is here… Are you prepared? Have you bought yourself a new set of clothes to wear at your family Norooz celebration? You better […]

Darvag Theater presents It’s not about Pomegranates!, a new play by: Sepideh Khosrowjah, directed by; Hamid Ehya, with Ana Bayat King & Richard Reinholdt–the recipient of San Francisco Bay Guardian Upstage/Downstage Award and […]

The selected works of the artists will be exhibited at the Royal College of Art (RCA), London in October 2011 to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair.

Once again the judges meet, this time in order to deliberate on the Prize Winner.

The Prize Winner will be awarded a solo-exhibition in an exhibition space at the Saatchi Gallery to take place in October 2012.

Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize is the world’s leading exhibition and art prize for emerging Iranian artists in the four distinct categories of Painting, Sculpture, Photography and New Media.

The popular children’s book and video series, Babak and Friends takes Babak, his friends, and us on a few Persian adventures. In the cartoon DVD A First Norooz, Babak visits Persepolis […]

  An inspiration to all women, Iranian women like Kasandan, the woman who, after Cyrus the Great, was the first powerful personality in Iran and the queen of 28 countries while […]

Inner Heaven, an anthology of writings by the late Berjik Kurkjian, the daughter of Armenian Genocide survivors, is a collection of self-help articles which were originally written in Persian during 1987-88.

In the book’s foreword, psychologist Ehsan Gharadjedaghi writes: “Berjik has turned a catastrophic event, such as the Armenian Genocide and its devastating consequences that led to the displacement of her family of origin, into a fertile ground for introspection and philanthropy that is on par with Victor Frankl’s search for meaning.”

This year, UK-based industrial design team, Arash + Kelly are planning to take their environmental initiatives one step further by making their Genius Pads and sticky notes from non-Tree, waste […]

Did you like 300 the movie? Yes? No? Maybe? Well, regardless of your stance, it’s being reported that instead of 300-director, Zack Snyder, British director Guy Ritchie might be the […]

The Tell-Tale Tart, an exhibition of sculptures by Iranian artist Shirin Fakhim, will be on view at LTMH Gallery (from February 25th-March 29th, 2011) in New York. The series is Fakhim’s […]

Mohammad Mossadegh, the Iranian politician and post-mortem folk hero, famously said: “If I sit silently, I have sinned.” And in the recently launched interactive iPad application, Op Ajax, you’ll learn more […]

  The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, is hosting a day of free events–tantalizing storytelling, traditional and contemporary Persian music, backgammon and chess, delicious food, and […]

“Film Series: A Tribute to Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi”, a film series that highlights the global artistic and social significance of the work of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, will be held […]

Internationally acclaimed designer Shirin Guild joins the Omid Foundation to create a calendar showcasing the art work of girls under the care of Omid. The works of art were created […]

Just one day before the planned 25th of Bahman (VDay) protests in Iran, the State Department created a Twitter account, @USAdarfarsi. And now, as videos (posted below) of the protests in […]