Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a beautifully illustrated and compelling memoir of Iran’s 1979 revolution, told from the ...

I did not come to know Iran through think tanks, cable news or the rhetoric of governments. I came to know it through family and personal experience.

Mahsa Darabi’s documentary encourages viewers to bridge cultural divides by connecting through shared meals and human connection.

Subscribe to LA Public Press to get stories like this in your inbox every week. Caspian Coast Coffee creates a diasporic bridge between the Caspian Sea and LA as Iranian Americans grapple with ...

Iran welcomes the Persian New Year this week, an ancient festival has become the stage for a current political contest. On ...

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 ...

An exhibition of Iranian culture has opened in Russia, with organizers and participants expressing solidarity with Iranian ...

Few places on earth so revere martyrdom as Iran. I came to that conclusion during a visit to the country in 2002, not long after the Sept. 11 attack on the United States. In my book, “Martyrs: ...

Founded by four Iranian friends, raisin-based aragh brand SAG has taken a historic and banned Iranian spirit to new heights ...

When global headlines group Iran with countries such as Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates, many assume they all share the same ethnic roots. Iran is located in West Asia, most of its people are ...

Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is no ordinary holiday. Rooted in more than 2,500 years of history, it is the most beloved ...

In Iran, Israeli and American strikes have killed more than 1,200 people. Middle Eastern artists in Nashville are channeling ...