The Battle of Mycale was a pivotal moment in ancient Greek history, marking the end of the second Persian invasion of Greece.

The festival of Purim, which commemorates the attempted extermination of the Jews under the Persian Empire, coincides with an open war against the Iranian regime that now occupies that same geographic ...

The name Iran comes from the Indo-Iranian roots of the people who built early Persian civilisation.

The ongoing conflict involving Iran has once again placed the Middle East at the centre of global anxiety. News cycles focus on missiles, alliances, oil routes, and military calculations. Yet the land ...

In Western history, Persians are exotic and malevolent “Others.” The fantasy film 300 (2006) is an extreme example. For many modern Americans, Persians are the Bad Guys. The first great Persian empire ...