Persian

Bijan Khalili

Step inside a Los Angeles bookstore that takes on Iran’s censors

Books

“Reading books is a human right,” says bookseller Bijan Khalili, who runs Ketab Corporation, a Persian bookstore in Los Angeles. It started as a simple service to exiles who had fled the Iranian Revolution, leaving their books behind.

Sabrina Ghayour

No one else in her family cooked, so Sabrina Ghayour taught herself at age 5

Food
Reza Jamayran poses in front of an image of a childhood hero, Lucky Luke.

If you want to convey a sense of lawlessness in Persian, Turkish or Norwegian, just say ‘Texas’

Culture
Larry Hagman at JR in Dallas, watched around the world.

Talking Texas in Iran

Culture
The reporter, Shuka Kalantari, records the sounds of a Persian New Year's celebration at her friend's home. Jumping over a small fire is a symbolic gesture to start a fresh new year.

Fire-jumping and eating ‘ash’ — let’s ring in the New Year, Persian-style

Lifestyle & Belief
The World

Geo answer

Arts, Culture & Media

For our geo quiz, we were looking for a country where the color of the day is Red. The answer is Iran ? where the ancient Persian Red Wednesday festival is going on this week. Anchor Jeb Sharp finds out more from the BBC’s Saeed Barzin.