TEHRAN (ANI) – To deepen cultural ties, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced that India has decided to include Farsi (Persian) as one of the nine classical languages in India under the New ...

An AI-generated animation by China’s state broadcaster satirising the US-Israel war on Iran has gone viral, triggering a wave of user-made sequels online. First posted by CCTV on Wednesday, the ...

The war in the Middle East has halted most of the oil and gas trade from the region, forcing countries thousands of miles away to contend with their energy supplies suddenly vanishing. The Persian ...

Nowruz (meaning “new day” in the Persian language) is the Iranian, or Persian, festival celebrating the coming of spring – and the regeneration it brings. It is the first day of the year in the ...

A woman carrying Iran's historic "Lion and Sun" flag leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, British Columbia. At 14:46 GMT on Friday, March 20 ...

Names of contributors have been changed for safety reasons. In the days before the Persian new year festival of Nowruz, Iranians would usually be excitedly preparing. "We'd be busy getting ready … ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. More than 300 million people are marking the start of a new year—not on ...

Iran warned President Donald Trump that any invasion of its islands will “shatter all restraint” and result in bloodshed. “We will abandon all restraint and make the Persian Gulf run with the blood of ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For years, Iran's theocratic government warned it would blanket the Middle East with missile and drone fire if it felt its existence was threatened. Now, the Islamic ...

Amid the historic Operation Roaring Lion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released an unprecedented video directly addressed to the citizens of Iran. In his speech, delivered in Persian, Netanyahu ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X On Saturday afternoon, President Donald Trump and the White House confirmed that Khamenei had died ...

Tankers have begun to steer clear of the region and the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to push up energy prices. By Rebecca F. Elliott and Peter Eavis The widening military conflict in the Persian Gulf ...