Persian Heritage, #111, Spring 2024 — Footage circulates on social media purportedly showing the sighting of a bird similar to “Homa,” or Bird of Saadat in the Alborz Highlands. This bird, which... Read more »
Kash Ryan — Hushkit [The Alternative Aviation Magazine] outlet on January 27, 2016 — Before the Shah’s overthrow in 1979 the USA had provided Iran with advanced weaponry, including the formidable F-14... Read more »
Hajipour, is an Iranian singer may be facing a prison term for a song he wrote in support of the recent Iran protests. The song “Baraye” has been likened to an anthem... Read more »
Yang Guifei — Printed originally in the Tang Dynasty Times — Sometime around the year 670, a shining prince — Pirouz (or Pirooz) the son of the last Sassanid King — arrived... Read more »
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 »