When Paniz Faryoussefi mounts the podium and reaches for her baton, she represents more than just the hope of a thrilling ...

Few could have predicted another chapter in world history would unfold at the Midtown Scholar last week. But it did. Michael Metrinko, whom Iranian students took hostage in their takeover of the ...

As another round of talks is set to begin between the U.S. and Iran over the country's nuclear program, Iran is also experiencing a cultural evolution. NBC News' Richard Engel gets rare access inside ...

Apart from tourism, Iran has also served as a convenient and affordable transit hub for Indian passengers travelling to ...

Tensions between the Azerbaijani and Kurdish residents of Urmia spiral sporadically in this northwestern city, now part of ...

Rock still maintains an aura of rebellion in Iran so it’s not surprising that it continues to show up in Iranian New Wave cinema. In 2008’s animated Persepolis, Marji buys heavy metal and punk albums ...

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association has stepped-up calls for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reappraise its relationship with Iran’s government-controlled Farabi cinema ...

LAHORE: Punjab Information and Culture Minister Azma Bokhari on Saturday highlighted the growing potential for cultural and ...

Not the culture I had here, not the culture I had back home. I’ve also lived back and forth my whole life. I wasn’t just living in America. Most Iranians don’t go back. But in America, people had the ...

He shot over 25 days because speed is one trick for not getting caught. There’s not a superfluous frame, even as the main action scenes are peppered with funny snapshots of Iranian culture, like a ...

She said that Pakistan and Iran are brotherly Islamic countries sharing deep religious and cultural similarities. She added ...