Letters from Modern Persia

A 17th century carpet has sold for a world-record price of $33.7m (28.6m) at a Sotheby's auction in New York. The Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet sold to an anonymous bidder. The price paid was three times the previous record for a carpet sold at auction ...

What is important to recognize about Persian miniatures is that they were intended primarily to be book illustrations without any intention of showcasing the artist's creative abilities Persian miniatures are usually considered the best miniatures ...

Operation of the Europe Persia Express Gateway (EPEG) fibre optical backbone network has commenced, reports Trend. The project is a joint venture between Azerbaijan operator Delta Telecom, Iranian company TIC, Omani company Omantel, Russian operator ...

Afghanistan intends to participate in Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway (TASIM) and Europe Persia Express Gateway (EPEG) projects, said the Minister of Communications of Afghanistan Amirzai Sangin at the meeting with Azerbaijani Minister of ...

(FARS News Agency Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) President Ahmadinejad inaugurated Europe-Persia Express Gateway (EPEG) Project, the 5,000km-long fiber-optic network and the international VOIP switch through video-conferencing with the Northern ...

Tehran, May 26, IRNA - Minister of communications and information technology said here Sunday that the Europe-Persia Express Gateway (EPEG) project will turn Iran into a communications hub in

via Lobe Log by Peter Jenkins In 1729, two years after the publication of Gulliver's Travels , Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, wrote a scathing satire on the English elite's indifference to the plight of Ireland's ...

Vampire Diaries bad boy Joseph Morgan seems to have found new love after his 2012 split from Revenge starlet Emily VanCamp. Who is the apparent new love in his life? None other than Persia White, the actress who plays Bonnie's witch-turned-vampire ...

Folayang, 29, is to face Iranian-American Kamal "Prince of Persia" Shalorus, 35, in a lightweight bout while 25-year-old Belingon will try to grab the ONE FC bantamweight grand prix title against Japanese Masakatsu Ueda, 35. Both Folayang and ...