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Known as the “Nightingale of Iran” for his powerful voice, Younes Dardashti was the only Jewish singer in the history of recorded classical Persian music to win broad national acclaim as a "maestro."

THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE: 12:30 PM CET Economic Hardships Worsen in Bushehr as Inflation Soars Across Iran According to the

Several years after the diaper shortage crisis, Hani Tahvilzadeh, the head of the Iranian Association of Powdered Milk and Baby Food Producers announced to the state-run media that the production of p

Hello everyone! Two  weeks have passed again, and the time has come to review some of your contributions and feedback. As always, we got an impressive number of messages and comments. Weve also been trying to answer the letters we got in physical format at our office. Of these, a word of gratitude goes to Yoshihiro Toyama (Japan), who wrote to us on snail mail sending words of appreciation for our broadcast in addition to his reports. Also from Japan, on April 5 we got a nice letter from H...

100-min. documentary film about the life and career of legendary Persian singer HAYEDEH (1942-1990), made by the exiled musician and journalist Pejman Akbarzadeh. "Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva" contains an extensive review of the singer's artistic activities from the beginning in late 1960s at Radio Tehran to the end in 1990 in California. The documentary looks at Hayedeh's career against the backdrop of political and social upheaval in Persia [Iran] as the nation went from...

The 33-year ordeal of Salman Rushdie came to head with a knife attack at a venerable cultural venue in upstate New York. That the onstage stabbing took place in America is a grim reminder of the need for eternal vigilance in defending the First Amendment.

Author has said that, in recent years, he had come to regard threat’s annual renewal as ‘a piece of rhetoric’

AUTHOR Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage by an unidentified man on Friday years after he received death threats and a bounty of $3million was placed

In Africa, Kiswahili is the only African language which is official language of the African Union (AU).

In Africa, Kiswahili is the only African language which is official language of the African Union (AU).