While the festival won’t be held on either the Jewish or Persian New Year — Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox in ...

Ali Karimi Tarki, a distinguished practitioner of Iranian classical vocal music, was officially appointed as Arirang Master ...

For member of 15-strong group Hamsaz Ensemble Freesia, folk music can build connection and understanding across difference ...

Hossein Daneshi, the innovative Iranian composer and musician, will take the stage in Konya during the commemoration of the ...

There are several ways to build a nuclear weapon. This videographic shows the process used to make a bomb with enriched ...

The founder of the famed Tehran band Kiosk says the album addresses the failures of uprisings in Iran while incorporating ...

My country, I will build you again, / if need be, with bricks made from my life.”  That line from Iranian poet Simin ...

Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian is awaiting trial for working with female dancers and singers after being arrested earlier ...

The world's music industry came together to celebrate eleven groundbreaking artists being honoured as this year's winners of ...

But the main reason Tehran looked so dour this time round was our minders. Tasked with supervising a trip that included an ...

Discotchari founders Zachary Asdourian, left, and Anaïs Gyulbudaghyan, right, with producer Farokh "Elton" Ahi, center, who has a couple songs on the label's compilation "Tehrangeles Vice.". (Emil ...

Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent three decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics, and life across the globe - from the mountains ...