Today is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the great Persian poet, astronomer, writer, and mathematician Omar Khayyam. Omar Khayyam was born on 18 May 1048 in Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which witnessed the ...

President Rouhani receives youth, students [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="714"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held a meeting with a group of youth and college students on Sunday evening in Tehran.[/caption] Nishapur artists pay tribute to Omar Khayyam [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="738"] A group of artists from Nishapur,...

Tasnim - 971st birthday of renowned Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet Omar Khayyam was celebrated worldwide on Saturday. Khayyam was a Persian mathematician, poet, philosopher, astronomer. He has known for his work on cubic equations as well as his contribution to the parallel axiom. Omar Khayyam born on May 18, 1048 in Nishapur in north-...