From bustling bazaars to festive tables, the pomegranate, or “Anar,” is more than a fruit in Iran; it’s a symbol of tradition ...

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“Food is a common language around the world. It doesn’t need translating. It doesn’t need explanation,” Atoosa Sepehr says. Its real magic, as she shows in From a Persian Kitchen, the 2018 cookbook on ...

Google Gemini has become quite popular recently. It all started when the tech giant rolled out the Nano Banana image generation tool in the Gemini 2.5 Flash chatbot. This tool allows users to create ...

• Doll-faced Persian Rescue Cat Calzy looks like a real-life angel. • His fluffy ear floofs, gentle eyes, and sweet personality are melting hearts. • Here are five important things to do when rescuing ...

Only one ancient account mentions the existence of Xerxes Canal, long thought to be a tall tale. But archaeology is confirming that Persia's engineering triumph was real. Land and seaThis view from ...

“Growing up, my family didn’t eat out very often,” says chef Samin Nosrat. “But when we did, it was almost always at a Persian chelo kababi, where we’d each order a humongous platter of buttery ...

Rumi was born to native Persian-speaking parents on the Eastern shores of the then Persian Empire on September 30, 1207, in the city of Balkh which is now part of Afghanistan, and finally settled in ...

A California jewelry store was the target of a dramatic smash-and-grab when as many as 20 masked suspects stormed inside. The San Ramon Police Department said the group targeted Heller Jewelers on ...

If an Iranian taxi driver waves away your payment, saying, “Be my guest this time,” accepting their offer would be a cultural disaster. They expect you to insist on paying—probably three times—before ...

An 88-year-old jewelry shop owner is recovering after being shoved to the ground by one of the suspects who raided his store in a smash-and-grab robbery caught on camera. The heist took place just ...