In a significant move to bolster cultural ties, Iran is set to introduce a comprehensive anthology of its poetic heritage to the Kyrgyz people.

Iran is a deeply misunderstood country. Frequently, we in the United States are bombarded with news about its repressive and extremist government — but rarely do we actually engage with the country’s ...

Reza Shah of Persia announced on March 21, 1935 that he was changing Persia's name to Iran. A modernizer, the Shah believed the name Persia was too out of fashion and oriental. Armenian ...

From the eleventh century until the fifteenth, verse romance was the most popular narrative genre of Persian poetry. The earliest examples are very charming “entertainments” and are completely lacking ...

Poetry enjoys immense popularity in Iran, but no Iranian poet has enjoyed enduring and universal adoration like Hafez — ATTA KENARE When Iranians worry about life's big questions, many seek answers in ...

Introduction : The medieval period ; From 1500 to the 1800s ; From the 1800s to the present ; Selecting the poems in this volume ; Translator's note -- A note on the Iranian dynasties -- Map showing ...

Muhammad Ali Mojaradi says it was a poetry book he bought with his grandmother at a bookstore in Tehran nearly a decade ago, "The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam," that inspired his love of the Persian ...