The James Union Ballroom was a place of celebration this Saturday. With traditional Iranian music, art stations and a grand ...

Few dishes capture the essence of Persian hospitality and celebration like Zereshk Polo ba Morgh. With its vibrant saffron ...

Just as spring is a time for rebirth, the Persian New Year is a time to celebrate new life. Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox, which this year is on Thursday, March 20. This celebration of ...

While Chinese texts from the third century reference Kashmiri saffron offered in Buddhist rituals, by the sixth century BCE, ...

Ahead of Nowruz I was struck with a desire to cook with my mom — something we hadn't done before. Here's what I learned ...

I wanted to cook a recipe of rice and dates that ties me to my Iranian roots. Just one problem: I had no idea what I was ...

It’s an effort you can taste in their food—from olives marinated in pomegranate molasses and topped with walnuts to perfectly ...

Iran is using aerial drones, facial recognition systems, and a citizen-reporting app to enforce mandatory hijab laws on women, according to a United Nations report released Friday. The report ...

Andy Baraghani, the recipe creator and cookbook author, keeps his holiday table full of streamlined, modern takes on classic ...

The Trump administration unveiled new sanctions on Wednesday against an Iranian-linked Swedish gang that coordinated an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm in January 2024, according to the ...

She returned home and largely vanished from public view, with some Persian-language media based outside Iran reporting she had been placed under house arrest and banned from competing abroad.