Shahnameh, written by Ferdowsi, is one of the must-read books from Iran’s literature. The poetry has been translated into some languages, including English and French. Literature, and especially ...

Astonishingly ambitious in breadth, 2-D animated feature “The Last Fiction,” the first such film entirely realized in Iran, refashions ancient Persian mythology into an inventively lyrical and ...

Last week at a media preview for "Shahnama: 1000 Years of the Persian Book of Kings," the Sackler Gallery's new exhibit, chief curator Massumeh Farhad pulled back the black gallery doors to allow a ...