For centuries in Iran, each Jewish community had its own language. Judeo-Iranian languages include Esfāhāni, Yazdi, Kermāni, Shīrāzi, Hamedāni, Kāshāni, Nehavandi, Borujerdi, Khunsāri and Golpāygān.

History is amazing and fascinating. Unfortunately, Americans have lost interest in the subject, to our extreme detriment, and now we are repeating some major mistakes yet again that we supposedly ...

Amanat, Yale University professor and specialist on nineteenth-century Iran (and this reviewer’s Ph.D. advisor), has penned his magnum opus: a rich, detailed, nuanced history of Iran. After a quick ...

This past February, something special happened. For the first time in the 44-year history of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the majority of trade unions and notable social activists inside the country ...

Iran has pursued a nuclear program since at least 1957, with varying degrees of success. During a war with Iraq, Iran decided to develop nuclear weapons to ensure its security in the late 1980s.

Iran's recent acts of aggression against the U.S. and its allies follow a long history of terror by the state, including a recent modernization of tactics in the form ...

Kirkus Prize Winners Include a Novel on Identity, a History of Iran and an Ode to Belly Buttons NEW YORK (AP) — A novel about identity and a missing youth, a history of the overthrow of the Shah of ...

Iranian citizens have been risking their lives to protest the nation’s authoritarian regime for over nine weeks, and despite the bloodshed amid a crackdown by security forces, they show no signs of ...