If you're looking for the most horrifying execution method in history, scaphism is a strong contender. Used by the ancient ...

A senior Israeli rabbi published a biblical-style prayer calling for the downfall of Iran’s clerical regime. A senior Israeli ...

Archaeologists uncover 7,000 artifacts revealing a 5,000-year-old administrative hub in Iran, offering new insight into ...

Ironically, Iran, which is today criticised for silencing critics and punishing protesters, gave the world its human rights charter. Cyrus the Great, the first king of ancient Persia, issued decrees ...

This video explores Iran’s earliest societies, beginning with the Elamites before tracing the rise of the powerful Achaemenid ...

As Minnesotans with shared roots in one of history’s great civilizations — Iran — we write in the wake of pivotal events reshaping the Middle East. Ali was born in Tehran and came to the U.S. just ...

Irans ongoing regime change protests have entered into their second week, with demonstrators flooding streets nationwide to ...

This book by Antonio Panaino discusses the development of the Iranian cosmographical world and its interaction with the Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic civilizations. By undertaking such a study, the ...