More than 300 million people in Iran and beyond celebrate the ancient holiday. It’s tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here’s what to know.

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A 32-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 16-year-old Lathaniel Burrell, shot dead near Stockwell Tube station in south London on Tuesday. Omar Prempeh, is alleged to have attacked ...

He travelled to the Zagros Mountains, where there was a trilingual inscription in old Persian cuneiform, Elamite, and Sumerian. Risking his life, Rawlinson managed to climb the sheer cliff and ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian officials have flogged a popular ... soon grew into open calls of revolt against 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The current exhibition is a collection of installation works, sculptures and paintings by Iranian multidisciplinary artist Maryam ... some of Tehran's historic buildings including old movie theatres ...

(CNN) — Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician known for ... year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died in the custody of Iran’s morality police ...

The death in custody on September 16, 2022 of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd arrested for allegedly violating Iran's strict dress rules for women, sparked months of protests that included ...

The death in custody on September 16, 2022 of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd arrested for allegedly violating Iran’s strict dress rules for women, sparked months of protests that ...

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