The book opens in 1926 with the author’s mother, a six-month-old infant, being carried on horseback across the Aras River as ...

At every difficult moment in their long history, the Persian people have fought to preserve what is theirs. The Trump ...

With a history dating back well before the Christian era, the nation known to the West as Persia officially adopted its native name of Iran in 1935.

Professor Tarek Masoud joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the history of Iran. Is Iran an Arab country? Why did the Iranian revolution happen? Is Iran the only middle eastern ...

Iran thought that its troubles on Kharg Island were over. The U.S. had hit the island hard, ruining its military infrastructure, but at least the oil terminals and pipelines were spared. Cash could ...

With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the ...

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