Culture and Art

The Least Iranian Place in Iran As my Tabriz-bound flight waited on the tarmac in Shiraz, I looked through my…

Azerbaijani parents cannot give their children Russian names, government officials have said, describing the new policy as a “struggle for…

The Azerbaijan Museum, located centrally not far from the Blue Mosque, houses some impressive pieces and deserves the hour or…

What remains of the Tabriz citadel (arg-e Tabriz) dates back to the 14th century, when it was constructed as a…

Literary translator John Angliss explains why the unusual structure of Turkish, and Turkey’s considerable regional influence, makes the language such a delight…

The Blue Mosque, known as Goy Masjid in Turkish language, still bears the scars caused by a massive earthquake that…

By common consensus, the highlight of any trip to Tabriz has to be exploring the delights of its old bazaar.…

For the first time in history, tourists in Turkey’s megacity Istanbul are expected to exceed the city’s own residents in…

Scientists report that they may have found the earliest written record of a solar storm in ancient Assyrian tablets. Recent…

H. Norouzi, bilingual poet, declares that local office of IRIB recorded some of his Turkish as well as Persian poems,…

An Iranian human rights organization, Justice for Iran has called on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Foundation “to undertake serious measures to…

Tabriz Municipality Building is one of the most immanent symbols of this old and historic city. This magnificent building was…

Tabriz Sorkhab Cemetery (Magbarat-o-Shoara or Poets’ Shrine) This old cemetery has already been respected because of the famous poets whom…

South Azerbaijan is the Southern part of historically united Azerbaijan which was divided into two parts through Turkmenchay Treaty on…