Nestled in the heart of Isfahan, Hasht Behesht Palace stands as one of the most exquisite remnants of the Safavid era. Known ...

TEHRAN - The Jameh Mosque of Qazvin, also known as the Friday Mosque of Qazvin, stands as one of Iran’s oldest and most ...

Tehran has adopted the old American M60’s and endowed them with a more regionally fitting name: after an Ottoman Emperor?

"He founded what we call the Achaemenid Empire, which is really the empire during which time we have the story of Purim.

The internal crisis in Iran has also led to the disgrace, discredit, and despisal of mullah-producing institutions in the cities of Qom, Mashhad, and Tehran.

If you were to visit a home in Amsterdam in the 17th Century, you might find, in the kitchen, the library, or even inside the fireplace, a scene of the biblical Queen Esther approaching her ...

From the Maghreb to Japan, passing through the countries of the Middle East, India and China, the exhibition set up at the ...

Meanwhile, a useful map shows the vast extent of the empire – and thus its taxable wealth – by Akbar’s death in 1605; it stretched from Kabul and the Safavid border to beyond today’s Bangladesh and ...