In partnership with the French human rights NGO Radio For Peace International (RFPI), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is ...

Soon after a ceasefire was announced between Iran and the US on Wednesday, several reports said that Tehran had put forward a 10-point proposal which according to Iranian state media was accepted by ...

It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed by their vast oil and gas reserves. Geologic forces over millions of years have meant the region is an energy-rich global flash ...

Zubin Irani, husband of actress-turned-politician and television superstar Smriti Irani, on the 23rd of March , took his to social media to wish his star wife on her 50th birthday. He further stated ...

Veteran actors Aruna Irani and Farida Jalal are all set to bring a wave of nostalgia and charm to an upcoming episode of Indian Idol 16. The makers recently dropped a new promo, giving fans a glimpse ...

A woman carrying Iran's historic "Lion and Sun" flag leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, British Columbia. At 14:46 GMT on Friday, March 20 ...

Nowruz (meaning “new day” in the Persian language) is the Iranian, or Persian, festival celebrating the coming of spring – and the regeneration it brings. It is the first day of the year in the ...

What is BBC News Persian? The BBC’s Persian service started in 1940. Today BBC News Persian reaches a total weekly audience of around 24 million and is the largest Persian-language media outlet ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After thousands of Iranian demonstrators were killed in a January crackdown, Shima Razavi Gacek wanted to keep alive her family’s favorite springtime holiday traditions but didn’t ...

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One fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas shipments typically pass through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on their way out of the Persian Gulf. But the Strait was effectively closed soon ...