Sara Akhavan is a writer, creative director, and marketing professional living in Southern California by way of North Carolina. For many Persian families, a meal is a kind of performance. It’s saffron ...

An ancient Persian institution served as the model and inspiration for the United States Postal Service and other such delivery services. With mail processing delays around the world and the United ...

Editors note: This review was originally published after its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. It hits theaters Friday via Sony Pictures Classics. The Persian Version, directed and ...

This Spring Break, celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with us! Marking the first day of spring and the renewal of nature, Nowruz highlights the values of peace and solidarity among generations, ...

Discover which Persian words we use in English and other facts about the language. Also available in Persian with audio. 20 useful audio phrases, including 'Hello' and 'How are you?', to download or ...

While the Persian language and its long literary history are central to shaping Iranian nationalism, Iran is linguistically diverse.11 As recently as a decade ago, Iranian demographic data suggested ...