Two gangsters were convicted Thursday of ordering a bumbling hitman to kill exiled Iranian-American dissident Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn — to claim a bounty from the barbarous Iranian regime.

More than 300 million people in Iran and beyond celebrate the ancient holiday. It’s tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here’s what to know.

Thursday, March 20, 2025, marks the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, a holiday that's been celebrated for several millenniums, ...

An Iranian man jumps over a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the ...

A vendor advertises clothing while people shop for the Persian new year, or Nowruz, the most important holiday for Iranians ...

The bumbling, bargain-bin hitman hired to assassinate an exiled Iranian-American journalist botched the high-stakes Brooklyn hit in spectacular fashion ... a 27-year-old self-professed member ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran’s intelligence service has summoned dozens of people and instructed them not to wear traditional Kurdish clothing during Newroz celebrations later this month ...

A prominent Iranian pop singer who made a song urging women to remove their headscarves said Wednesday that he was willing to pay "a price for freedom" after being flogged 74 times by the ...

Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer ... However, the protesters’ cries soon grew into open calls of revolt against 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian musician known for protest songs ... their heads with scarves and bodies with long, loose-fitting clothing. The rules were made even stricter last year after Iran ...

Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician known for his ... one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died in the custody of Iran’s morality police after ...

Whether or not you approve of mixed metals, Gigi Hadid and Jeremy Scott made a compelling case for breaking the old-school fashion rule.