LiT Team

Sizdah Be-dar in Tehran

Create Your First Haft Sin: A Guide to Celebrating the Persian New Year

For over 300 million people around the world, Nowruz is one of the most important days of their calendar as they celebrate the new year.Nowruz (New Day in Persian) is believed to have been started by Zoroastrians some 3000 years ago on…

Chaharshanbe Suri, also known as the Festival of Fire, is an ancient Iranian tradition that is celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz, the Iranian New Year. This festival is a joyous occasion that involves lighting…

Preparing Houses for Nowruz: Khāne-tekānī Nowruz is a major holiday in Iran, marking the start of the Persian New Year and the arrival of spring. One of the key traditions associated with this holiday is the practice of "shaking the house"…

Nowruz is an international festival! It is a common misconception that Nowruz is an Iranian-only event. This notion is not entirely accurate, with several countries in Europe and Asia celebrating the coming of Spring as part of remnants of…

The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) has once again opened its vault of artistic treasures, this time bringing the genius of Pablo Picasso into the spotlight alongside works from his contemporaries and Iranian masters who drew…

Nowruz: A New Year Celebrated Across Central Asia and the Middle East

Did you know Iran has its own special wintertime festival going back thousands of years called Yalda? Yes, that’s right there is one festival which occurs on the winter solstice each year where families and friends come together to…

Introduction Recently, Tehran, the bustling capital of Iran, has been grappling with a significant environmental challenge - deteriorating air quality. The city's air pollution levels have reached alarming heights, prompting authorities to…