Iran’s navy on manoeuvres in the Persian Gulf. Iranians are unhappy over claims that the Persian Gulf label has been removed from Google Maps. Photograph: Reuters US internet firm says ‘body of water’ was never labelled on mapping service, though Iranians still take to web to cry foul.
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Oldest Inscription of Cyrus Translated to Persian Language
The oldest inscription of Cyrus the Great in which his conquests were carved in Neo Babylonian or Akkadian language chronologically has been translated into Persian language.
Fatemeh Karroubi: “They Lie! My Sons Have Not Seen Their Father Since Persian New Year!”
In response to the recent lies published by media outlets associated with the ruling government claiming that opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi was seen vacationing with his son in the city of Kashan, Fatemeh Karroubi stated: ” My sons have not seen their father since Persian New Year.
Detainees accused of collaboration with Persian BBC
The organized crime branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps announced today that Persian BBC has been waging a “soft war” against the Islamic Republic.
Persian Carpet
Compiled by Firouzeh Mirrazavi, Deputy Editor of Iran Review The history of Persian Carpet -a culmination of artistic magnificence- dates back to 2,500 years ago.
The rise of Persian Sufi Literature
The rise of Persian Sufi LiteratureExcerpts from A.J. Arberry’s monumental and universally acclaimed English translation of the great Persian Sufi, Attar’s Muslim Saints and Mystics(Click on link or above image to read entire ebook for free)
Earth Architecture and Persian Mystic Poetry
RumiEarth Architecture and Persian Mystic PoetryJalaloddin Mohammed Balkhi Rumi was a solemn, pious man in the 13th century small town of Konya located in Turkey today. He was born in September 1207 in the city of Balkh, today’s Afghanistan, then a city in Khorasan province, part of the Persian empire (Iran today).
The Persecution Of A Persian Tiger Mother
Parvin Mokhtare was just doing what any other mom would do when she took to the airwaves of Radio Farda (RFE/RL’s Persian-language service) to protest the arrest of her son, journalist and human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi, who has been imprisoned off and on by the Iranian government for years. Mokhtare was her son’s […]
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
Muhammad ibn Zakariyā Rāzī (Persian: محمد زکریای رازی Mohammad-e Zakariā-ye Rāzi), known as Rhazes or Rasis after medieval Latinists, (August 26, 865 – 925) was a Persian[1][2] polymath,a prominent figure in Islamic Golden Age,[3] physician, alchemist and chemist, philosopher, and scholar.[4]
Language of a nation: A glimpse of traditional Persian music
Tehran Times – Ostaad (Master)Farhang Sharif (born 1931) in Amol, northern Iran is a well-known Iranian musician and renowned taar (Persian lute) player who has spent more than 70 years of his life on this exclusively Persian musical instrument.