Journey into the heart of Iran, where ancient traditions and rich culture meet the rugged beauty of the Zagros Mountains.

Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian music on state radio for years before he was blacklisted for supporting protesters after Iran’s contested 2009 ...

“Sarvestan” surveys the history of traditional music in Iran, Iranian Maqami and folk music, and different Iranian music dastgahs. In the Iranian music, a set of notes, their features, and an ...

The program entitled “Sarvestan” aims to familiarize the foreign-based Iranians with the traditional music of their homeland. “Sarvestan” surveys the history of traditional music in Iran, Iranian ...

TEHRAN – Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian music on state radio for years before supporting protesters following Iran’s contested 2009 election ...

At the same time, I was exposed to traditional Persian folk music and my dad came back from Iran with a Persian setar – the first Persian instrument I learned to play.” “I knew it was ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 9 (MNA) -- The titles and items of Iranian radifs to be registered on the UNESCO List of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity were selected last week at the first ...

It's a seemingly simple approach to one of the modern world's most complicated political problems: By marrying the dainty lutes of the East with the thrumming violas of the West, composer Hafez ...

The long history of Jews in Iran is associated with honorable achievements in business, science and the arts. There have been many Jewish writers, poets and musicians throughout Iranian history ...

Dissident Iranian composer Mehdi Rajabian is barred from leaving his country by its Islamic Republic government, but his work continues to gain traction in the West. On Sept. 17, André Bellmont ...

Rastak is one of the most well-known bands in Iranian contemporary folk music, which was formed as an experimental music group in 1997. The group seeks to collect, record, and interpret Iranian folk ...