The United States on Thursday will announce that it will extend wide sanctions relief for Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal, sources familiar with the...
“Iranian threat is still considered as Israel’s principal concern”, a top Israeli Defense Forces General has maintained, adding that one of the reasons behind the...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has documented and condemned tens of cases in which authorities have tried to pressure journalists working for Persian-language sections of international...
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has more than 800,000 followers on Twitter, despite the fact that Twitter is blocked in Iran. In a recent interview...
Iran confirmed on Sunday that an appeals court had upheld 10-year jail terms against a US citizen, two Iranian-Americans and a US resident from Lebanon...
The self-immolation of a man named Jassim Moramazi on 27 August has thrust the desperate situation of poverty and unemployment for Iran's Ahwazi Arab community...
Iranian born actress Shiva Negar recently landed a breakout role in the upcoming Hollywood blockbuster American Assassin. The spy film is based on Vince Flynn's 2010...
Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi of A Separation and The Salesman, began shooting his psychological thriller Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) at an undisclosed location just outside Madrid on...
Earlier this month, Junior Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) introduced S. Res 245, a simple resolution in a series this year, “Calling on the Government of...
Billionaire entrepreneur and Iranian Jew Izak Parviz Nazarian passed away this past Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017. A lifelong philanthropist, Nazarian attributed his benevolent perspective to...
Persians were abuzz when it was recently revealed that one of Jay-Z and Beyoncé's (Knowles-Carters ) newborn twins was named 'Rumi.' The immediate thought and...
Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo, best known for her Oscar-nominated role in 2003’s House of Sand and Fog, has landed a recurring role in Marvel’s The Punisher. Aghdashloo will be playing Farah Madani,...
Legendary DJ and producer Ali Shirazinia, commonly known by his stage name Dubfire, was an eyewitness to the violent terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17. Shirazinia, who...
Earlier this month there was an interesting news tidbit as regards Iranian film: Netflix had chosen to distribute Wishbone, a new movie by accomplished director...
Comedian and actor Maz Jobrani is officially ON FIRE! On the heels of his well-received Netflix premiere ('Immigrant'), The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced that Jobrani...
Having appeared in hit shows like, Homeland, Iron Man, and The Kite Runner (just to name a few), the Iranian born actor is no stranger to the big stage...
Kaveh Mazaheri’s Iranian short film Retouch was nominated for not just one but two awards at the Michael Moore founded Traverse City Film Festival. Nominated for the “Audience...
Iranian born actress and former reality star Manizhe Karimi (better known by her stage name Mandana Karimi), who was recently in the news after she filed domestic violences...
Lt. Governor Cyrus Habib recently addressed graduates as the keynote speaker for Bellevue College’s annual commencement ceremony in Seattle’s Key Arena. Footage from his keynote has just...
