Safdar Jung, the Persian-born Nawab of Awadh and later Prime Minister of a declining Mughal Empire, shaped one of the most turbulent chapters in Indian history. His South Delhi tomb—grand yet ...

Tehran is grappling with a water crisis so severe the Iranian president has suggested people may need to evacuate, and the situation goes well beyond the capital. The weeks tick by, still the rains ...

Designed by Farshid Moussavi Architecture and DLR Group, the first Ismaili Center in the U.S. learns from Islamic ...

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, January/February 2026, pp. xx-xx Special Report By Trita Parsi IN A STRIKING PIVOT, the foreign policy ...

T he Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, organized the 7th International Conference on Islamic Arts & Architecture (ICIAA 2025), which commenced on ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian congratulated the Iraqi government and people on the "successful" completion of parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ ...

In an important acknowledgment of Iran's deep cultural history, the historic city of Kashan has been accepted into the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN). It has been named a creative city in the ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexican authorities with assistance from the United States and Israeli intelligence agencies thwarted an alleged plot by Iran to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Mexico, Israeli ...

Kamran Hekmati of Long Island was arrested for visiting Israel 13 years ago to celebrate his son’s bar mitzvah, they said. By Farnaz Fassihi Iran has sentenced an Iranian American Jewish man from New ...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that two French nationals were released from an Iranian prison after more than three years in detention on spying charges, which Paris said ...