In many regions, people take part in fire-related celebrations, such as “Chaharshanbe Suri” or 'Red Wednesday' in Iran. This celebration, on the last Tuesday before Nowruz, involves families gathering ...

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...

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

This year, against the backdrop of Ramadan and rising discontent, the celebrations took on an unmistakably political tone.

Andy Baraghani, the recipe creator and cookbook author, keeps his holiday table full of streamlined, modern takes on classic ...

In this episode of Azerbaijan Diary, we discover Nowruz, an ancient festival of spring and renewal and look at how it is deeply rooted in Azerbaijani traditions.

TEHRAN - During the two-week Nowruz holidays, which officially began on March 20, visitor numbers to Iran’s cultural heritage ...

Nowruz 2025, the Persian New Year, falls on March 20, marking the arrival of spring and symbolizing renewal. Celebrated for over 3,000 years, it includes traditions like the Haft-Seen table, ...

Navroz Mubarak 2025: Nowruz signifies the start of the Persian or Iranian New Year and is celebrated in multiple countries worldwide as spring arrives in the Northern Hemisphere. In India, the Parsi ...

Shiite Muslim women pray on the other side of a curtain at the shrine of Peer Syed Mehndi on Nowruz, Persian New Year, in ...

Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a cherished festival in Azerbaijan, marking the arrival of spring and the renewal of nature. With roots in Zoroastrianism, it symbolises the triumph of light ...