It took a few days to close thousands of Middle East oil wells early in the Iran war. The prolonged closure of the Persian Gulf means it will take months or even years for energy flows to recover.

The annual Persian Parade marched down Madison Avenue on Sunday with a more somber tone than in years past, as organizers and attendees reflected on ongoing unrest in Iran. Music and costumes remained ...

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It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed by their vast oil and gas reserves. Geologic forces over millions of years have meant the region is an energy-rich global flash ...

Iran announced alternative routes, citing the possibility of anti-ship mines existing in the main shipping lane of the Strait of Hormuz, a key global energy transport route. According to Iran’s ...

In the 1950s, Younes Dardashti, a Jewish man from Tehran’s Jewish ghetto, became one of Iran’s most celebrated singers. As the country underwent rapid secularization under the Shah, Jewish communities ...

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As the United States and Israel continue the war which might free the Iranian people from a tyrannical regime, the yearning of the people of Israel for positive relations with the Iranian people has ...

What is BBC News Persian? The BBC’s Persian service started in 1940. Today BBC News Persian reaches a total weekly audience of around 24 million and is the largest Persian-language media outlet ...

IMPRISONMENT of writers and poets is not something unusual and history tells us that putting authors behind bars has never been rare, notwithstanding the reasons behind. But incarceration of a poet ...

With his latest Iran ultimatum looming on the near horizon, US President Donald Trump has pushed an anxious Persian Gulf region to the brink of further uncertainty and danger. Already the Iran war, ...