In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...

Passengers from a direct charter flight of Meraj Airlines in Iran, wearing their gifted ‘non la ... and the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City; Ba Na Hills in Da Nang; Hoi An Ancient Town in ...

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — I've worked for The Associated Press as a photographer since 1999. A lot of what I cover involves either Iran's government or its relations with the West, but I also try to ...

More than 300 million people in Iran and beyond celebrate the ancient holiday ... which organizes the annual Persian Parade in New York City, said one of the most popular dishes served on the ...

An Iranian man holds up a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire ... it receives from members of the city’s faith community, which makes our ...

And so it goes, the cycle of exile and remembrance, uprooting and rerooting. With the Passover holiday, those free can celebrate their freedom, and those who are rooted, their rootedness. Yet at the ...

The convenient location of this historic square and also easy access to it, attract many people who pass through the city of Hamedan ... and it is a mixture of Iranian ancient architectural ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient underground city beneath Abarkuh, Iran, where residents in Iran escaped above-ground heat. In the subterranean settlement, they found an aqueduct to transport ...