While the Persian language and its long literary history are central to shaping Iranian nationalism, Iran is linguistically diverse.11 As recently as a decade ago, Iranian demographic data suggested ...

“The Farsi language is a poetic language,” says Masud Valipour, owner of Ketabsara Persian Calligraphy and Books in Westwood’s Persian Square. He gestures along the store’s walls where turquoise, jade ...

Is Tajik a dialect of Persian? Or a language in its own right? What differentiates it from varieties prevalent in Afghanistan and Iran? There is no easy answer to these questions because the very ...

On January 24, Abbas Qanbari-Baghestan, an official with the Organization of Student Affairs, said attaining a specified score in learning the Persian language will be a key requirement for foreign ...

“Reading books is a human right,” Bijan Khalili said on Public Radio International’s “The World” last month. Then, a few weeks later, he closed the doors to his Persian-language bookstore, Ketab Corp.

The deadline which had been announced to be on February 3 has been extended to February 7, IRNA reported. On January 24, Abbas Qanbari-Baghestan, an official with the Organization of Student Affairs, ...

Earlier this month, when the Iranian government announced that it had hanged the 23-year-old protester Mohsen Shekari, Leyla Shams appeared in an Instagram video, wearing a shirt bearing the name of ...

In partnership with the French human rights NGO Radio For Peace International (RFPI), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is ...