Art
Art and Public Morality in Iran
Even those who have renounced the Ayatollah’s regime and live largely secular, Western lives carry within them a time-consciousness split between ancient Persia and contemporary Iran (read more)
Iran
Art
Golnaz Fathi: Calligraphy, movement in Iranian art
The art of Iran is intrinsically bound with religion and the calligraphic interpretation of their sacred texts. Golnaz Fathi (read more)
Sound
Death (Sentence) Metal: Not a Crime [Tarantist]
Iranian Metal goes one step further – TarantisT now sing in Farsi (read more)
Society
The real cost of music?
Suffering for your art is common practice, but is it worth dying for? (read more)
Sound
To Die For? Iranian Metallers Heterochrome Offer Melancholia Against All Odds
Progressive metal from Iran. Now that’s extreme. (read more)
News
‘A thousand thousand slimy things…’: Sea Snakes in Iran
Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake (read more)
Society
Don’t give me your lesbian orphan propaganda! (Appropriate Behaviour)
Appropriate Behaviour is indication of an exceptionally strong new filmmaking talent. (read more)