Why was the country of Iran formerly called Persia? What has this got to do with the conquests of ancient Middle Eastern ...

More than 300 million people in Iran and beyond celebrate the ancient holiday. It’s tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here’s what to know. By Aimee Ortiz Nowruz ...

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The people of eastern Iran, known as the White Huns, plundered parts of eastern Persia in the fifth century. ( See the face of a man from the last days of the Roman Empire.

The Persians, originally a semi-nomadic people from central Asia, settled on the Iranian plateau and founded the Achaemenid Empire.

BY SLATER BAKHTAVAR -- As a rule, young people do not take well to rigid, conservative religious leadership. Iran is no exception, and most of its population is under 35.

President Donald Trump reportedly plans to announce that the U.S. will officially start referring to the Persian Gulf as the 'Arabian Gulf,' according to The Associated Press. The move would be a ...

Seventy years later, the Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylonia. He invited a group of Judeans to return to the land of Israel under the leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah. With that act, he helped ...

The Persian king had conquered Persia 200 years earlier, so when Alexander came to conquer the Middle East he had to conquer an organized empire. He was not the first.” ...