Rasoul Sorkhabi — In recent years, a number of exhibitions and publications have highlighted the cultural legacy and art history of ancient Iran (Persia). These activities, for the world coming out of... Read more »
Hormoz Ashtyani — One hundred and seventy years ago, in January 1851, Mirza Taghi Khan Amir Kabir was murdered in Fin Garden Kashan. Iran still is in the throes of this murder... Read more »
M. Reza Vaghefi, Ph.D. — Introduction The Spring issue of Persian Heritage contains a very interesting story, documented by the Editor of the Quarterly, about Queen Farah, which sheds some light on... Read more »
Speech by Dr. Shahrokh Ahkami at IAMA, May 2022 — Persian Heritage, #107, Winter 2022 — Before starting my speech, I must pay tribute to the founder of the Iranian-American Medical... Read more »
Iranians, because of the way they have been displayed in the media and movies, are perceived by many as a group of uncivilized and uneducated individuals, living in clay huts, riding camels... Read more »
M. Reza Vaghefi, Ph.D. — Introduction The above headline (N.Y.T. January 9, 2020) is followed by a detailed accounting of downing of Iran Air 655 during which 290 people including 66... Read more »
— Persian Heritage – #107, Winter 2022 — My Universe: Going to the Boundaries of Human Curiosity, Hormoz Mansouri (Savvy Book Marketing 2022) This book is dedicated to the author’s father Mansour Mansouri,... Read more »
N. Kanani — Persian Heritage – #107, Winter 2022 — “Hafiz is most assuredly a poet worthy to sup with gods.” — Sir William Jones With regard to Lord Byron’s parody, Anna... Read more »
N. Kanani — “Hafiz is most assuredly a poet worthy to sup with gods.” — Sir William Jones William Jones, a British philologist, judge, orientalist and scholar of ancient India, was born... Read more »
There are different types of cucumber such as Persian, Lemon, Kirby, Japanese, English and Armenian. Nowadays Persian cucumbers are being cultivated all over the world. Persian cucumbers’ shape is cylindrical and squat... Read more »