In this high-spirited seasonal picture book, Kheiriyeh reimagines the Iranian folktale of Nane Sarma, who embodies winter, and Uncle Nowruz, the messenger of spring. Nane Sarma waits for Uncle Nowruz ...

With a parent away, a child navigates preparations for the Persian New Year in this experiential picture book from mother-daughter collaborators the Ghahremanis. As the vernal equinox draws near, ...

The event presented awards to the best of Iranian cinema and television during the past year, IRNA reported. The feature drama “The Old Bachelor” written and directed by Oktay Baraheni was the big ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

NPR Music's list of the best 25 songs represent the upper echelon of our staff and stations' favorite discoveries from the past 12 months. For those who want to dive deeper, please check out our ...

Narges Mohammadi and several other Iranian activists were detained last Friday. She has been beaten, requiring emergency medical treatment, and accused of working with Israel, her family said. By ...

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

The seizure last month came amid fears of a renewed conflict between Iran and Israel. By Chris Cameron and Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington A U.S. special operations team boarded a ship in the ...

Trump said the U.S. attacked three nuclear sites in Iran. The United States struck three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday, President Donald Trump announced. B-2 bombers dropped a number of Massive ...

UCR's list of Top 25 Rock Songs of 2025 shows that the genre remains anything but predictable. There are a trio of duets, including one that was tossed off in less than a month and another that was a ...

A U.S. special operations team boarded a ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized military-related articles headed to Iran from China, U.S. officials said, a rare interdiction operation at sea ...