The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies hosted a culture and language day on Tuesday to commemorate the introduction of a newPersian studies concentration this fall that will be housed ...

Persian spread as it was a prestigious and developed language that worked as a lingua franca for trade and administration across much of the eastern Islamic world.

Opinion: After names, clothes, and language, we have now assigned religions to words as well. In a society where, after names and clothes, even words are being asked, "You belong to a different ...

This post was updated March 13 at 10:54 p.m. Thousands of people from across Los Angeles gathered in Dickson Court on Sunday for the Farhang Foundation’s 14th annual celebration of Nowruz, the Persian ...

The history of Iran, with its many twists and turns, is like watching the story of human civilization itself unfold over ...

This epic poem preserved Iranian civilization through centuries of upheaval, ensuring that the language, festivals, and traditions continue to this day, Alireza Qiamati told ISNA in an interview on ...

In a rapidly changing city where new buildings rise each year, the Iranian Cultural Center stands quietly as a reminder that ...

s Iran welcomes the Persian New Year this week, an ancient festival has become the stage for a current political contest. On the eve of Chaharshanbe Suri—the fire festival that heralds Nowruz—Reza ...

The United States should make every effort to assure Iranians that it is not deliberately targeting their country’s national ...