Experience the rise of the First Persian Empire in stunning visual form - this video uses Google Earth to map out how Cyrus the Great and his successors built an empire from Lydia to the Indus Valley.

The ancient Greeks and Romans invaded Persia multiple times. The risks were high, the logistics complicated, and wars were a ...

As the Iranian people yearn for their liberation, a reflection on the improbable connection between ancient Persian ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Iran falls woefully short of hegemonic status. Iranians certainly long for the glory days when the Persian Empire bestrode the Middle East and South Asia and, for a ...

Though Iran has attempted to move towards democracy in fits and starts since the Constitutional Revolution of 1905, any genuine advance forward has been met with unending opposition, mainly ...

Assessing Persian kingship in the Near East: an introduction / Jason M. Silverman and Caroline Waerzeggers -- 1. THE END OF THE LYDIAN KINGDOM AND THE LYDIANS AFTER CROESUS / Eduard Rung -- 2. PERSIAN ...

Recently there have been rumors of President Trump changing the name of the Persian Gulf to the “Arabian Gulf,” causing great concern and even anger among millions of Iranians. At the same time, there ...

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“Epiphany of Queen Esther” by Los Angeles-based artist Shahin Dardashti (shahinart.com). This time of year, many non-Persian Jewish friends remind me that as an Iranian Jew, “my holiday” is just ...