On January 1, the Virginia-based Hermitage Art Gallery will ring in the New Year with an exhibit dedicated solely to contemporary Iranian art.

Curated from the collection of gallery owners Mehri and Nasser Hosseini, the exhibition will feature more than 40 works of modern art...

A full-blown U.S. invasion, occupation and disarmament of Iran would cost the global economy almost $2 trillion in the first three months alone, according to a special report released by the DC-based Federation of American Scientists (FAS).

The decision to invade and disarm Iran means...

Within the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central and Later South Asia is a permanent collection of contemporary Iranian art, featuring seven works of art by six renowned contemporary Iranian artists.

Parviz Tanavoli's sculpture, "Poet Turning Into Heech" (

WASHINGTON -- "How many of you were raped while serving your country? How many of you feel like you were personally retaliated against?"

These are just two of the questions Natalie Morales asks several former members of the U.S. Armed Forces who were sexually assaulted while on...

For a mystic like ancient Sufi poet and philosopher Jalal al-din Rumi, the progression toward "nothingness" -- known in Persian as "heech" -- is spiritual. No matter what one's external circumstances may be, self-awareness is an art to be realized personally, deep within oneself.

"Since you are more than tongue...

Born into a family of painters and artists, bridal gown designer Sareh Nouri began to delve into the world of art from a very young age. In Tehran, she spent a good part of her childhood studying with renowned Iranian painter Abbas Katouzian, who mentored Ms....

"You always have protection with Jesus," former seawoman Kori Cioca tells the camera, brandishing the long, serrated hunting knife she always keeps in her purse or pocket.

"But sometimes, you need just a little bit more."

Ms. Cioca, who left the U.S. Coast Guard after being stalked,...

Iran-born creatives Bita and Rouzita Vahhabaghai's new line of shimmery 'Jewel' handbags depict a unique fusion of metals, leather and patterns often used in architecture and graphic designs. Many of the ita collection handbags, which have in the last year taken the fashion scene by storm, allude to...

Have you ever wondered how we'll find the next Steve Jobs?

Well, this Thursday night, Washington D.C.'s creative thinkers, fashion lovers and art gallery set will converge at Capitol PechaKucha in Georgetown to figure out how.

Richard Boly, the chief visionary for...

Iran's currency, the rial, has plummeted to its lowest value against the dollar in more than two decades after President Obama signed legislation Saturday targeting Iran's Central Bank.

The rial dropped almost 30 percent in two days, hitting exchange rates as low as 17,800 rials per dollar on Monday as...

Headlines around the world have been abuzz since Tuesday about the precarious state of Iran's economy, after the market rate for the Islamic Republic's currency, the rial, dropped over 10 percent in less than a day to its lowest level ever against the dollar.

The catalyst behind the...