The Iranian New Year celebration (known as Noruz falling on March 21) marks the beginning of spring, which is associated with a great variety of local traditions, such as Haft Seen symbols comprising ...

Iranians grow wheat, barley, mung bean or lentil sprouts in a dish and put it on Haft Seen. However, during recent years some environmentalists suggest growing citrus seed instead of wheat, barley and ...

Nowruz, the Persian New Year, celebrates the start of spring and the triumph of good over evil. Celebrated for over 3,000 years, Nowruz is observed by over 300 million people worldwide. The festival ...

As the Northern Hemisphere welcomed the official start of Spring on March 20, Iranians, Afghans, those belonging to the Persian and Kurdish diasporas, and more also celebrated the beginning of a new ...

At least 15,000 people are expected to descend on Irvine’s William R. Mason Regional Park Sunday for an annual celebration of the Persian New Year. The festival, celebrated from sunup to sundown, ...

The haft seen, a table set with mirrors, candles, flowers and food, welcomes the Persian new Year. Source: Instagram / ariankhoroushi If you were to peek into the kitchen of any Iranian household ...

The cooking of Persian rice is an art, quite different from other rice traditions. The rice is first parboiled and then steamed with other ingredients. Here I present this rice, or polow (cousin to ...

Today, on March 21, millions of people around the world are celebrating Nowruz. Growing up Iranian-Australian, I always looked forward to this holiday as a chance to start anew. When my Gregorian ...