Daniel Khazeni-Rad

Many people may not know this, but Tehran has a significant number of people of Indian descent living in the capital, with communities of Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and others from India. So, with that in mind here are some of their best…

You may already know about 30 Tir Street on the side of the National Museum of Iran, but just a few blocks down, there is also another range of food vans on Bab Homayoun St south of Imam Khomeini Square (formally Toop Khooneh (Cannonball…

Tehran Municipality is conducting road safety workshops during the summer holidays, according to a press release by the organisation on August 1. The workshops are designed to help children from four years old and over the perils of…

Like classical Persian folk music? Well, you’re in luck, as the Ronak Folk Band is set to play Vahdat Hall in Tehran on August 2. Tickets for the event are available on Iranconcert.com, which will be retailing the tickets to the special…

Weekend getaways are a great activity, and with Iran connected to several countries, flights to those places will not cost the earth. One example is Azerbaijan. If you don’t know where that is, it’s the country just north of Iran on the…

Iraqi food? Yeah, there is such a type, and we’ve found two restaurants one affordable and the other more expensive to meet most peoples’ budgets. Downtown Dowlat Abad -Ali Baba The first is way downtown in the Iraqi émigré suburb of…

The International Conference on Nizam al-Mulk Tusi's Millennium is now accepting submissions by 6 August 2018. This year marks the 1000th birth anniversary of Nizam Al-Mulk Ṭusi, the Persian politician, scholar and celebrated vizier of…

Seyhoun Art Gallery has an upcoming exhibition by Iran’s Sedigheh Fallahzadeh and Turkey’s Orhan Umut called open “Open Space”, according to the gallery’s website this week. The exhibition which will commence on July 6 – 18 will be open…

Tehran has many excellent restaurants catering for those not looking for fast food. Here is another one which has been designed with grace called Qablameh Restaurant in the northern Hekmat and Farmanieh area. If you are looking for some…

Tehran Municipality has announced it will no longer consider permits for shopping malls in most northern District 1 of the city, according to Islamic Republic News Agency, Financial Tribune cited on June 24. If you haven’t seen, the most…