While US and Israeli fire threatened some of Iran’s most cherished cultural relics, scores of Persian artefacts were safe and ...

The Roman general Crassus invaded Parthian imperial territory in southern Turkey in 53 BC. The Parthian army annihilated Crassus’ forces near the city of Carrhae. Around 20,000 Roman soldiers died ...

The word “Iran” doesn't appear in the Bible, but the names of the peoples and empires that occupied that land are written ...

Ancient Iranian technology adapted desert life through windcatchers, qanat water systems, yakhchals for storing ice, and some of the earliest windmills. These inventions used airflow, gravity, thick ...

"My compatriots," Pahlavi began, "On the eve of Charshanbeh Suri, the anti-Iranian regime of the Islamic Republic is once again attempting to prevent this ancient national ritual." Exiled Crown Prince ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents watch from a rooftop as smoke rises over Tehran following a strike on March 3, 2026, with an illustration of the Four ...

When Iran goes to war with Iraq, Saddam’s Hussein’s jets bury her Jewish neighbors in rubble. “Persepolis” has almost all the history you need to know in its tiny introduction and 150 pages. It is one ...

When the ancient Greeks faced the Persians in the Battle of Artemisium, they set the tone for the Battle of Salamis.

Long before Persia dominated the ancient world, Iran was shaped by older civilizations that laid the foundations of imperial power. This episode follows the path from Elam and early regional kingdoms ...

As the United States and Israel continue the war which might free the Iranian people from a tyrannical regime, the yearning of the people of Israel for positive relations with the Iranian people has ...