The exhibition 'Fashioning an Empire: Textiles from Safavid Iran' has opened at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) and will be on view in MIA's Sheikh Saoud Gallery until April 20, 2024, highlighting the ...

Israeli airstrikes in Isfahan damage Chehel Sotoun Palace and other Safavid-era sites, raising heritage concerns ...

Mostafa Hadipour, director of the World Heritage base of Chehel Sotoun, told ISNA that the cannon had been discovered in previous years within the complex but was stored in a warehouse under ...

Khosro Khajeh Nouri and Neda Honarmandi have translated the book and Amir Kabir Publishing House has brought it out in 727 pages, ISNA reported. The 10th volume in the series “The Idea of Iran,” the ...

Qatar Museums (QM) is set to present Fashioning an Empire: Textiles from Safavid Iran, an exhibition featuring a selection of extraordinary textiles from its collection, on view at the Museum of ...

There have also been reports of damage to the third-century Falak-ol-Aflak Citadel in Khorramabad, western Iran ...

Chehel Sotoun Palace in Isfahan, Iran, a UNESCO site, was destroyed in the Iran-Israel war. Built in the 17th century, it showcased Persian art and architecture.

Michael Rubin reviews Ernest S. Tucker’s Nadir Shah’s Quest for Legitimacy in Post-Safavid Iran. In the early eighteenth century, Nadir Shah tore like a whirlwind across the Iranian plateau. The ...

From the 14th to the 16th century, Iran had witnessed growth and affluence under the Timurid and Safavid dynasties. During this period, many mosques, palaces and pavilions were commissioned and ...

Intricately patterned Persian carpets are renowned the world over, with the Safavid period considered one of the high points of the art form. But because relatively fewer have survived, other textiles ...

Israeli airstrikes in Isfahan have reportedly damaged the historic Chehel Sotoun Palace and other Safavid-era sites, raising concerns about the preservation of Iran's cultural heritage.