IFP - One of the oldest and strangest traditions in Iran was to hold wedding ceremonies between widows and underground water tunnels called qanats.
For a very long time Iranians provided the water they needed through subterranean channels called qanat.
Qanats are old man-made structures that provide all or part of the required water in ...
Charity helps more than a hundred couples marry. Private charity, Dastane Mehraban, which translates to kind hands in English, has done something few charities in other parts of the world are involved in; it has helped a hundred young couples get married.
These kinds of charities are not new in Iran; they have been helping couples get married since ...
TEHRAN // At an engagement party in an upmarket district of Tehran, Narges, 26, and Ehsan, 30, discuss the cost of their upcoming wedding.
All the girls in our family had big weddings. Mine should be bigger, Narges said, as Iranian and international pop songs blared across the roomand men danced together with women who were not wearing the hijab, ...