Eastern tunes were oozing through the chinks of the closed door, then expanding and filling every corner, kindling the interest of people passing by. The only sound that would break the serenity and ...

Seven professors at Iran's Kermanshah University have been fired after a video of them performing a Kurdish folk dance at a graduation ceremony went viral, angering university officials. The video ...

Growing up in Iran, Yasaman Ahmadabadi loved dancing, despite it being illegal for her and other women to perform in public. After her ballet instructor left the country, she spent hours watching ...

A prominent Iranian music advocate and creator was detained by police officials and charged with allegedly aiding women to sing and dance, he told Fox News. Mehdi Rajabian, 30, said he was summoned by ...

Beloved by Iranian and Armenian fans worldwide, Martik Kanian, popularly known as Martik, is truly a musical icon. With his velvet voice (or “makhmali”), he blends poetic ballads, romantic guitar ...

A Los Angeles-based Iranian dancer who returned to his homeland for the first time in two decades was jailed in Tehran on charges that his dancing was corrupting the culture, according to friends and ...

National Iranian Ash Festival is a cultural and entertaining event in Iran which has begun work in 2005. The festival is annually held at the Gavazang (El Daghi) recreational center in Zanjan, ...

Spring is nearly here. Have you seen those vibrant street banners around town? Farhang Foundation is bringing the Nowruz Festival, a free daylong community celebration of the Persian New Year, back to ...

NowRuz, the Persian New Year, is the most important and sacred event on the Iranian calendar, dating back millennia. The holiday is tied directly to the exact moment that planet Earth, our cradle of ...

Spring is nearly here. Have you seen those vibrant street banners around town? Farhang Foundation is bringing the Nowruz Festival, a free daylong community celebration of the Persian New Year, back to ...