In Iran, female singers are facing a wave of arrests and harassment. The country's religious government does not permit women to perform alone on stage. Some have found moderate fame anyway by ...

When Sadegh Nojouki fled Tehran for California in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he assumed he’d be back home before long. At 29, he’d already established himself as an innovative force in ...

In Iran, Israeli and American strikes have killed more than 1,200 civilians, including 110 deaths in the country's Kurdistan province. But the pain began before the war. These tragedies follow the ...

Few Americans have had the opportunity to visit or explore Iran, an ethnically diverse nation of over 90 million people which has been effectively shut off from the United States since the Iranian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iranian musician Homajun Shajarian speaks during a press conference. The singer of traditional Persian music has canceled his tour ...

Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting ...