Earlier this month, when the Iranian government announced that it had hanged the 23-year-old protester Mohsen Shekari, Leyla Shams appeared in an Instagram video, wearing a shirt bearing the name of ...

Introduction to Persian language and culture. By the end of the semester, students will have an overview of Persian grammar and will able to read and converse in Persian at a basic level. Class ...

MEHRBANON ESMAILI of Terra Linda decided in 1983 that she would devote the rest of her life to keeping the Persian culture alive among Iranians living in Marin. She has done a good job, judging from ...

27 April 2014 Muscat - In a significant step to strengthen cultural ties between Iran and Oman, a centre for teaching the Persian language has opened in Muscat, in response to the demand of the local ...

Persian is spoken today primarily in Iran, but was historically a more widely understood language in an area ranging from the Middle East to India. Significant populations of speakers in other Persian ...