After weeks of speculation about "Supreme Guide" Ali Khamenei's strategy for dealing with the new Trump administration in Washington, it seems that he has opted for a cocktail of tantalizing pledges ...

Many tributes have been paid to the poet Michael Longley who sadly died last week, all of them richly deserved.  His ...

Israeli professor Devora Gilola will be honored as the recipient of the 2025 Israel Prize for literature, poet ...

the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran, with an estimated 300,000 followers. A series of Sabet's poems written inside Evin prison in 2017 earned her the International Writer of Courage ...

Let us reclaim the true meaning of survival and strive for a vibrant, purposeful life. Together, we can create a world where ...

Aref “devoted his art to the people” and used poetry as an effective means of expressing political ideas and stirring emotions. A whole-hearted supporter of the constitutionalists, he left Iran for ...

The world is in danger, mind-numbingly so, from a combination of crises: disease, hunger, mass displacement, racial and ...

There’s a lot packed into the small space, with classic Mexican, vegan and vegetarian riffs, and even some Persian ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof watched "There Is No Evil" with his own prison guards "seven nights in a row," he recalled ...

The world is in danger, mind-numbingly so, from a combination of crises: disease, hunger, mass displacement, racial and ...

Set in Karaj, Iran in 2008, the play centers on a group ... Early on, Goli says that she likes English because “English does not want to be poetry like Farsi.” In the same breath, though ...

One of Canada's most idiosyncratic fantasists discusses the links between Iranian cinema, architecture, and cultural exchange.