The Persian Empire, founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great, became one of history’s most powerful and influential empires. At its height, it spanned three continents,covering parts of ...

Xerxes (486-465 BC), son and successor of Darius I, was determined to continue the Persian conquest of the west and is best known for his massive invasion of Greece from across the Hellespont in ...

Iranian social media users shared images of the strike with VOA Persian, ... Iranian truck owners and drivers have launched a strike in seven of Iran's 31 provinces to protest poor working ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) – The project of water transfer from the Persian Gulf to Iran’s central provinces will complete by next year, said Mahmoud Shayan, a board member of Bank Melli Iran. He stated ...

In recent years, the Persian-Azeri symbiosis has also been made possible due to the influx of Azeri-Turk speakers from northwestern provinces to the capital, Tehran.

The gathering of Zoroastrian texts from the provinces started under the Arcasids; ... The Sasanian, Ardashir, was an unknown who had succeeded to the usurped throne of a Persian vassal king.