Ancient Iranian festival Nowruz is being celebrated in Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday. Special prayers were offered for prosperity and integrity of the country at mosques and other religious places after ...

Originally associated with the ancient monotheistic religion Zoroastrianism – which predates both Christianity and Islam – Nowruz in the time of the Persian Empire (around 559-331 BCE ...

The Tirgan Nowruz Festival, whose goal is to celebrate the ancient Nowruz tradition beyond the borders of Iran, has been made possible with the efforts of hundreds of volunteers from the Iranian ...

Oriental Institute Photographic Archives This collection includes all the spectacular aerial photographs of ancient sites in Iran taken by Ernst Herzfeld between 1935 and 1937. The next four maps were ...

Nowruz, Nooruz, Nauryz, and Nawruz. These are the names for the same holiday: Persian New Year and the spring equinox day in the northern hemisphere on March 21. This day is marked by over 300 ...

Millions of people around the world have celebrated Nowruz - a festival that marks the Persian New Year and the official beginning of spring. Nowruz begins at the spring equinox, when the sun ...

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The Iranian regime has chosen suicide. True, it will take some time for the logical conclusion of Supreme Leader Ayatollah ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years. The ...

Iran has a number of sensitive sites, including oil infrastructure, military installations and nuclear facilities. By Lazaro Gamio and Eve Sampson Follow live updates as Israel launches ...

Photo: John Roca/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images In retaliation for recent attacks by Iran and its proxies, Israel is reportedly discussing an attack on Iranian power plants. This approach ...

[THEME MUSIC] Israel’s stunning series of military successes against its longtime foe, Hezbollah, raised the question of whether the group’s backer, Iran, would retaliate. On Tuesday ...