With a history dating back well before the Christian era, the nation known to the West as Persia officially adopted its native name of Iran in 1935.

At every difficult moment in their long history, the Persian people have fought to preserve what is theirs. The Trump ...

Most people aren’t aware, but Iran’s population includes Black Iranians who are among the most overlooked communities in the world. Africans migrated across the Indian Ocean centuries ago through ...

Professor Tarek Masoud joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the history of Iran. Is Iran an Arab country? Why did the Iranian revolution happen? Is Iran the only middle eastern ...

Invasions of ancient Persia were always daunting tasks. They often led to disaster. In the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, the Persian empire came to dominate a vast and varied geography with Iran at its ...

The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, which was built by Shah Jahan of the Mughal dynasty is an example of the Indo-Persian architectural style. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Yann The ongoing war in Iran has ...