A unique time for visiting Iran is during the first ten days of the lunar month of Muharram, which falls from Sept. 1 to 10 this year. That’s because Iranians, who are mostly Shia Muslims, hold ...

of the Imam Reza mosque in Iran - a stark departure from tradition as it's outside of Muharram, the month of mourning in the Islamic calendar. The Imam Reza mosque in Mashhad, Iran, home to the ...

Iran has seen a significant surge in the number ... With the holy month of Muharram starting on 20 August, the health ministry has prohibited any gatherings indoors. "The slightest negligence ...

Once Shiite Islam was officially recognized as Iran's state religion in the sixteenth century, royal patronage ensured that the Muharram festival observances would assume a central position in the ...

In fact, travelogues are valuable sources which highlight different aspects of the Iranian social history, particularly where it is hidden from the eyes of Iranian historians. Travelogues ...

However, the most elaborate, full-blown dramatic performances of ta'ziyeh continue to be performed in Iran. Performances of ta'ziyeh are given both by 'professional ... hoseinieh specifically for the ...

Former President Jimmy Carter, who served in the White House from 1977 to 1981 and has lived longer after his term in office than any other president in U.S. history, celebrates his 100th birthday.

He had just loaded his luggage into his ride to the airport, commencing a journey either to his wife and children in Iran or to a different wife and children in his native Pakistan. In weeks of ...

A gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran’s South Khorasan Province killed at least 51 people and injured 20, Iran’s state media said on Sunday. The accident was caused by a methane gas explosion ...

Iran has launched more than a dozen missiles at two bases in Iraq housing US forces. It had vowed to retaliate after its most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, was killed by a ...