Many people refer to Kleinstein as the Israeli Billy Joel, mainly for the similarities in their melodic, piano-based songs ...

My country, I will build you again, / if need be, with bricks made from my life.”  That line from Iranian poet Simin ...

People go to Shirin for food and fun; they get both in portions as big as those on their platters, says food critic.

Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian is awaiting trial for working with female dancers and singers after being arrested earlier ...

The founder of the famed Tehran band Kiosk says the album addresses the failures of uprisings in Iran while incorporating ...

Paniz Faryoussefi became the first woman to conduct a performance of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday as the ...

Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent three decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics, and life across the globe - from the mountains ...

When Paniz Faryoussefi mounts the podium and reaches for her baton, she represents more than just the hope of a thrilling ...

In a country where lone women are banned by law from raising their voice in song in front of men, Iran's first woman ...