Safi-o-Din shrine in northwestern Iran reimagined (all images courtesy of Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar) From the royal palaces of Persepolis to the glorious mosques of Isfahan, Iran’s ancient ...

The White House should quickly shut down financial and trade channels that antiquities traffickers could exploit to protect ...

Studio Integrate wants to bring the mathematical genius of ancient Iran to modern architecture. "Some of Iran's most famous structures were built 500 years ago but achieve what we want now -- ...

Persian badgir, or wind towers, are an ancient technology that could inspire the sustainable cities of the future.

War rarely destroys only military infrastructure; it also places humanity’s shared cultural memory in danger. Iran is home to one of the richest concentrations of historical sites on Earth, ...

UNESCO listed Yazd as a World Heritage Site, describing the city as a 'living testimony to intelligent use of limited available resources in the desert for survival' — ATTA KENARE Tall, chimney-like ...

Cities in the Middle East and Asia have kept cool for centuries without air conditioning, using traditional techniques.