Historian Richard Nelson Frye devoted his life to Iran and asked to be buried in Isfahan. Hard-liners denied his final wish.

Experts said the Iranian 3,000-year-old gold disc medallions Zendaya wore at a promo event for Christopher Nolan's Odyssey ...

Pakistan's history stretches from prehistoric human settlements and the Indus Valley Civilization to the modern state, ...

A country’s age can be measured in different ways, from ancient civilisations and early kingdoms to the formation of modern states. A report shared by World of Statistics highlights some of the world’ ...

Samarqand and Bukhara are renowned heritage sites in the region of Central Asia, owing to the richness of their heritage to being “Persianate” – a term Marshall Hodgson coined to describe certain ...

The city of Taxila in Pakistan, which traces its origin to the Vedic period, has become the centre of an international heritage controversy. Unesco has cautioned Islamabad that restoration work at the ...

The Iranian government this week extended a formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei next month. Khamenei was killed in the early days ...

Once upon a time, in an ancient land, wrote Herodotus (484-425 BC) in his TheHistories (430 BC), there was a custom that if an important decision were to be made in a group, it would have to be ...

Explore the comprehensive history of Iran from 600 BCE to 2020. The video covers key periods, including: - Ancient era - Achaemenid era - Greek Occupation - Parthian era - Sasanian era - Arab ...