The Iranian government continues to persecute religious minorities, including groups supposedly given special recognition by the country’s constitution: Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians.

A United Nations General Assembly committee has adopted a resolution expressing “serious concern” over the “ongoing severe ...

Other pre-Iranian language are unknown. The ancient Iranians gradually developed an identity separate from the related peoples who moved on to occupy northern India. However, their cultural and ...

Through centuries of foreign assimilation, Iran also retained its distinct cultural identity. The prophet Muhammad proclaimed the religion of Islam in a series of revelations (which came to be called ...

Patricia Crone's book is about the Iranian response to the Muslim penetration of the Iranian countryside, the revolts subsequently triggered there and the religious communities that these revolts ...

Iran's Foreign Minister, Sayyed Abbas Araqchi during his visit to the city of Qom met and talked with several scholars and ...

They could be arrested at any time. The Iranian constitution recognises a few religious minorities. Armenian and Assyrian Christians can practise their religion, but they are banned from preaching ...

The son of a prominent religious figure has fled the country ... Tabasi has fled to the U.S. where his Iranian wife stays. Tabasi is a well-known businessman managing the special economic zone ...