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When Aghdas Javid arrived in Canada with her physician husband, Mirza, in 1966, there were few other Iranian immigrants around. She was determined to integrate her family and contribute to her new ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A map purporting to show the second-largest religion in each state appeared on the Washington Post ...

The Persian New Year marks the arrival of spring, and with it comes a sense of new beginnings. Called Nowruz in the Persian language Farsi, Navroz in the Ismaili Muslim tradition, and Naw-Rúz in the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Persian culture often is misunderstood and the Baha’i Faith little understood by many. So for local dentist Dr. Kayvon Nezhad, the Global Education and Peace Network’s speaker series is ...

Sienna Mae Heath holds a container of sumac, or “somaq,” which represents sunrise, Thursday near her south Bethlehem apartment. It’s one of several symbolic items she’ll place on a table for the ...

Iranian Intelligence agents raided the homes of 14 Baha'i citizens in Alborz and Qazvin provinces, arresting two individuals. According to the annual report of the Commission on International ...

An Iranian lawyer says a Baha’i woman he represents has become the latest member of the religious minority to begin serving a prison sentence for practicing her faith, deemed heretical by the nation’s ...

Nowruz, commonly known as the Persian New Year, symbolizes revival and renewal for its more than 300 million celebrants in modern-day Iran and beyond. I woke up yesterday morning. It was 26 degrees in ...

Members of the Baha'i community in Australia say the religious minority is facing 'new and harsh methods' of persecution in Iran. Mona Fahandezh Saadi has had only minor contact from her sister, Yekta ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X On March 20, 2020, just after the spring equinox, Sienna Mae Heath scrounged up what spices, ...