Guest: Dr Reza Shaghaghi Zarghamee is a Post-doctoral Fellow in Ancient History at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World ...

Since the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, no Arab state has dared to confront Israel militarily. The wars have not disappeared -- they've simply changed hands. Since 2006, Iran has taken the lead in ...

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

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 ...

Crowds packed central Tehran on Friday for the unveiling of a statue celebrating an ancient Persian victory over foreign enemies -- a show of defiance toward Iran's modern-day foes in the wake of its ...

The shift from Persia to Iran didn't happen until the year 1935. The government under Reza Shah Pahlavi asked the diplomats of foreign countries to use the country's name, 'Iran'.