This video showcases one of the most extraordinary dishes in Iran: a massive 60kg lamb rice platter prepared in a traditional ...

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Euan Corbett fled the country after causing the death of his friend Shane Finn in a horror crash but justice has finally ...

Israeli warplanes launched attacks on Gaza and southern Lebanon on Wednesday, shaking the fragile ceasefires with Hamas and ...

Israeli warplanes launched attacks on Gaza and southern Lebanon on Wednesday, shaking the fragile ceasefires with Hamas and ...

More Iranian women are choosing to forgo the country's mandatory hijab. This shift was unthinkable just a few years ago in ...

In a country where lone women are banned by law from raising their voice in song in front of men, Iran's first woman philharmonic conductor Paniz Faryoussefi is a powerful symbol for young women ...

When Paniz Faryoussefi mounts the podium and reaches for her baton, she represents more than just the hope of a thrilling orchestral performance. The eyes turned towards her in Tehran's renowned ...

The eyes turned towards her in Tehran's renowned Vahdat Hall include those of many young women musicians inspired by her taking her place as Iran's first woman philharmonic conductor. Women's ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In the beliefs of some conservative clerics and hard-liners, a woman riding a scooter or a motorbike is “tabarruj,” or an excessive flaunting of her beauty prohibited by Islam.

Paniz Faryoussefi was this month the first woman to conduct the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, leading the ensemble over two days of performances of Schubert, Sibelius and Kachaturian. When Paniz ...