Tehran Times

Archaeological discoveries to alter Persian Gulf history

Iranian archaeologists have identified a number of prehistoric, Sassanid, and Islamic sites in this area, ILNA reported on Monday. So far, surveys have identified a number of coastal cities from the ...

Who Was Safdar Jung? The Untold History Of The Persian Noble Who Became A Mughal Powerbroker And Gave South Delhi Its Most Famous Name And Tomb

Safdar Jung, the Persian-born Nawab of Awadh and later Prime Minister of a declining Mughal Empire, shaped one of the most ...
Tehran Times

Ann E. Lucas’ book on history of Persian musical traditions published in Farsi

Sahand Soltandoost is the translator of the book originally published by the University of California Press in 2019. Iran’s particular system of traditional Persian music has been long treated as the ...
Yahoo

"Cooking, to me, is an art form": Leila Heller on the rich history of Persian food

Leila Heller, the president of contemporary art galleries in New York and Dubai, happens to also be the author of one of the most beautiful cookbooks released this year. Titled "Persian Feasts" — and ...
BBC

Under Persian rule

This page provides an overview of the ancient history of Zoroastrianism. In 549 BCE, the Persians, led by Cyrus the Great of the Archaemenian family, overthrew the Median court of Western Iran. Cyrus ...
The Forward

3,000 Years of Persian-Jewish History

At a time when Iran is in the American consciousness thanks to both Washington and Hollywood, a major exhibition about the Jews of Iran has opened in Los Angeles. “Light and Shadows: The Story of ...
Salon

“Cooking, to me, is an art form”: Leila Heller on the rich history of Persian food

Leila Heller, the president of contemporary art galleries in New York and Dubai, happens to also be the author of one of the most beautiful cookbooks released this year. Titled "Persian Feasts" — and ...