Tag: Persian
Iran seizes two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s elite army, announced on Friday that it had seized two Greek oil tankers, shortly after protesting Greece’s seizure of a ship carrying Iranian oil. With our…
Nowruz, the Persian spring festival, an anthropological mystery
Nowruz, the spring festival celebrated this Sunday in many countries of the ancient Persian Empire and far beyond, is celebrated at the precise moment of the spring equinox by more…
“The Persian lessons”, a duty to remember
In this film by Vadim Perelman, it is thanks to an improbable lie that a man escapes the horror of the death camps. Although he does not know Farsi, a…
Our domestic cat at the origin of civilization
Our domestic cat, this ball furnished with hair and whiskers which purrs on our knees, not tolerating the slightest disturbance, is an enigma. Scientists have long been trying to find…