Iran, Russia Upbeat about Progress of Nuclear Talks in Vienna

VOA — DUBAI — Iran and Russia sounded upbeat about talks on salvaging the 2015 Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, with Tehran saying an accord was possible if other parties showed “good... Read more »

CDC Recommends Shorter COVID-19 Isolation, Quarantine for All

VOA — NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts... Read more »

Iran Presses on Oil Exports as Nuclear Talks Resume

VOA — VIENNA, AUSTRIA — Negotiators from Iran and five world powers resumed negotiations Monday on restoring Tehran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal, with Iran insisting that the United States and its allies... Read more »

US Monitoring COVID-Hit Holiday Cruise Ships

VOA — MIAMI, FLORIDA — U.S. authorities on Sunday were monitoring dozens of cruise ships hit by COVID-19 cases while sailing in the country’s waters, with several of them reportedly denied port... Read more »

Iran Christian Prisoners Get Rare 10-day Holiday Leave

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — The head of Iran’s judiciary on Sunday granted Christian prisoners 10 days’ liberty to spend the holidays with families, in a rare move toward the minority community.... Read more »

The Year in US Foreign Policy

WHITE HOUSE — VOA — President Joe Biden came into office at a time when U.S. standing in the world had reached a record low point. Across 60 countries and areas surveyed... Read more »

The Stamp Set of 1935 — Reza Shah

Sender: Jafar Sepehri The most ambitious effort to turn postage stamps into an instrument of official propaganda, and to disseminate the ideology of the Pahlavi state, formed the already mentioned set of... Read more »

Iran in Children’s and Juvenile Literature

Rasool Sorkhabi, Ph.D. Children’s and juvenile books are among the primary resources conveying information about overseas countries. This article compiles a bibliography of children’s and juvenile books published in English about Iran... Read more »

Iranian-American Identity and the Spirit of Ethno-Futurism

By Bavand Karim America is obsessed with race, and Iranian-Americans have long been a casualty of that obsession. There is an idea of us as a cultural group, but whether or not... Read more »

The Story of Hāfez’s Eternal Resting Place — Part two

Nasser Kanani (Berlin) In 1811 the British scholar William Price (1780-1830), who had obtained the situation of Assistant Secretary to the Right Honourable Sir Gore Ouseley, Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from... Read more »