Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II or Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire. He ruled from 559 BC to 530 BC and his reign is considered one of the most important in ancient history....Read more

Assal Rad received her PhD in Middle Eastern history from the University of California, Irvine, and currently works on US-Iran policy. She has written for Newsweek, the Independent, Foreign Policy, and more, and appeared on BBC World, BBC Persian, Al Jazeera, and NPR....Read more

Lebanese Civil War, (1975-90) Civil conflict resulting from tensions among Lebanon’s Christian and Muslim populations....Read more

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The report said authorities were investigating and gave no speculation on a motive, though the wife had complained about a knife threat on social media in recent weeks....Read more

Leprosy is a chronic, progressive bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae....Read more

This centuries-old tradition has survived many iterations of the Turkish state and celebrates the 'union with God' of Sufi mystic Jalaladdin Rumi....Read more

In the summer of 1988, the Iranian regime summarily and extra-judicially executed tens of thousands of political prisoners held in jails across Iran....Read more

For some Muslim women today, wearing a hijab can be a religious act a way of demonstrating their submission to God....Read more

Hypocrites spend their lives cheating, betraying, conning, and deceiving. But despite this disgusting pattern of behavior....Read more

Marzieh Boroumand is an Iranian actress, puppeteer, screenwriter and director of TV series and films. She is best known for Alo!Alo! Man joojoo-am, Barbershop Ziba and City of Mice. She began her career in cinema by playing in The Cycle directed by Dariush Mehrjui....Read more

Mojtaba Khamenei was born to a clerical family in Mashhad, Iran, an important religious centre for the....Read more

Acclaimed Iranian actor and director Atila Pesyani died in France after a long battle with eye cancer. He was 66....Read more

Acclaimed Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, were stabbed to death in their home by an unknown assailant....Read more

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