Until April 2, a table in the corner of Sahar Saidian’s living room in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev will be set with “Haft-sin,” the careful arrangement of seven symbolic items ...
Atlanta is a long way from Iran. Far enough that most days, you can convince yourself the distance offers a kind of protection, that whatever is happening “over there” stays contained, separate from ...
Nowruz — the Iranian New Year — is one of the biggest holidays of the year for Iranians, and is usually celebrated with large parties and get-togethers. It’s an ancient holiday, with pre-Islamic roots ...
Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is usually a time of reunion and celebrations for Iranians around the world. But this year, with a war in Iran and a government in that country that has suppressed ...
On the 13th day of Iranian New Year, families traditionally picnic on riverbanks, tie knots in blades of grass and cast them on the water — each knot a wish for better days ahead. Thursday, April 2, ...
NEW YORK – War is rippling through their ancestral land – and being waged with the country where they live. Last week, Iranian Americans already trying to navigate a push-pull of worry and hope ...
PARIS (AP) — When Iran erupted in nationwide protests at the end of 2025, Shayan Ghadimi’s mother returned to the country from Paris to see the uprising for herself. Ghadimi’s 70-year-old mother had ...
Atlanta is a long way from Iran. Far enough that most days, you can convince yourself the distance offers a kind of protection, that whatever is happening “over there” stays contained, separate from ...