The Iranian government is authoritarian and has been widely criticized for its poor human rights record, including restrictions on freedom of assembly, expression, and the press, as well as its …

3 days ago · An Iranian cultural renaissance in the late 8th century led to a reawakening of Persian literary culture, though the Persian language was now highly Arabized and in Arabic …

Iran will introduce a new gasoline price tier on Dec. 6, raising the cost of fuel purchased beyond monthly quotas to 50,000 rials per liter, which is about 4 cents on the Iranian exchange market.

Oct 30, 2025 · This monument of scholarship in Iranian Studies is a mine of detailed information, with bibliographical references, on every aspect of Iranian history, thought, languages, and …

Oct 14, 2024 · All broadcasting from Iranian soil is controlled by the state and reflects official ideology. A wider range of opinion may be found online and in the printed press.

Despite these efforts, inflation and unemployment remain significant challenges for the Iranian population. In the realm of regional politics, Iran maintains its influence through its support for …

Nowruz (New Day) is the Iranian New Year, also known as the Persian New Year, which begins on the spring equinox marking the first day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian solar …

Iranian peoples, [1] or Iranic peoples, [2] are a diverse ethnolinguistic group [3] who are identified chiefly by their native usage of any of the Iranian languages, which are a branch of the Indo …

3 days ago · Slightly more than half the population speak a dialect of Persian, an Iranian language of the Indo-Iranian group. Literary Persian, the language’s more refined variant, is understood …

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