Nowruz

March 22, 2023

Why some Iranian Americans have mixed feelings about this year’s Nowruz

Every spring, Mona Gorjestani eagerly awaits the arrival of Nowruz. “I have wonderful memories of preparing for Nowruz with my…

March 17, 2021

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Mishaps during an annual fire festival in Iran have left at least 10 people dead and…

March 25, 2020

DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran may face a second outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, as…

March 20, 2020

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s leaders vowed to overcome the new coronavirus outbreak in upbeat messages marking the Persian New…

March 18, 2020

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — At this time of year, the meandering arcades and alleys of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and other…

April 24, 2019

Iranians, already hard hit by punishing US economic sanctions, are bracing for more pain after Washington abolished waivers for some…

March 21, 2019

GENEVA (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on the country’s political factions to end infighting and unite against foreign…

March 20, 2019

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s many woes briefly went up in smoke as Iranians observed a nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition…

February 12, 2019

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Like many other Iranian-Americans, Minoo Sharifan came to the United States from Iran in the 1970s…