Under Sassanid rule (224 CE–651) Persian arts and architecture experienced a general renaissance. However, it made its way well beyond the vast borders of the...
Assyria. Babylonia. Persia. These ancient empires covered an area generally consisting of modern-day Iraq and Iran. Museum goers can learn more about these cultures through exhibitions of their artistic expressions...
Country and citizens pay tribute to memories of war and those who laid down their lives in the bloody 1980-88 conflict.
Thousands flocked from Tehran’s synagogues to protests, led by their rabbis. Jewish delegates met with Khomeini to express support for his struggle. A groundbreaking study sheds light on the life...
On this infamous day, I have decided to write about a woman. Not just any woman but a woman who, a hundred years ago, shaped...
Interview given by MI6 officer in 1980s was discovered in research for new documentary.
Although civilisations like those of Egypt and China are said to have been amongst the first to use postal services, and the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires in modern-day Iraq were...
Iran has recently unearthed a rare Bronze Age culture, related settlements and relics following to rounds of excavation in a plain near the north-central city...
Napoleon was inspired by Nader Shah’s military conquests. He must have read the biography of Nader Shah which was in print by 1770 in French...
Some prehistorical residents of the Iranian plateau migrated to the Americas, an Iranian archaeologist and researcher says based on evidence from similarities between the petroglyphs...
Via The Cold War Our series on the history of the Cold War period continues with a documentary on the Iranian Coup of 1953 against...
Easter and Nowruz have one common message for humanity, renewal. The suffering that is inherent in Easter (before the resurrection) is absent in Nowruz, for...
Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, nationalism and colonialism created fixed borders between societies that otherwise shared common ethnic backgrounds, language, and culture. If you separate the world by regions,...
So wide and deep is the gap between the United States and Iran (at every level) that any prospect of normalization of ties, governmental or...
The death of Qaboos bin Said, the sultan of Oman, last week marked the departure of Iran’s closest ally in the Persian Gulf, whose mediation with the United States had...
The fateful decision in 1979 to admit Mohammed Reza Pahlavi prompted the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran and helped doom the Carter presidency. Some of the information may...
The term cha (茶) is Sinitic, meaning it is common to many varieties of Chinese. It began in China and made its way through central Asia, eventually becoming chay (چای)...
Before Iran became Islamic, it was Zoroastrian.
Two hundred years ago a special being was born in Shiraz, Iran—then known as Persia—Who brought radically new teachings to the world. He taught that...
Sajad said: Travellers to Iran often comment on the difference between the image of the country abroad and the reality on the ground. He drew...
Alexander used both military and political cunning to finally unseat the Persian superpower.
An American friend asked me the following question: How is it that the large Arab World that extends from the Persian Gulf east all the...
Although the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur was formally Muslim, it was influenced by multiple religions and different identities
Hearing the news coming from various sources Reza Pahlavi has regained some impressive popularity. Iranians, especially younger people have accused the former generations for ousting...
I thought to write an article for the occasion but since dozens of reputable books, hundreds of informative articles and documents have been written and released...
Xerxes, the fifth king in the line of the Achaemenid rulers (b. 519 BC) is the first king in history who could not just go...
Studying moments in history allows us to make sense of not only our past as individuals and societies but our present as well. This includes...
“We are going to intercept and stop all oil exports from the (Middle East) region if we are prevented from exporting our oil. We shall...
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