Continued archaeological exploration at Tell Abraq in modern-day United Arab Emirates uncovered a history of cultural trade ...

(RNS) — If we allow the condemnation of 22 Baha’is to death in Yemen, what will the world have actually learned? (RNS) — My wife and I don’t have much to go on. Just fragments of memories that we ...

(RNS) — When President Donald Trump tweeted about the possibility of retaliatory strikes on “52 Iranian sites,” including some that are important to “the Iranian culture,” the world reacted with alarm ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — It’s a religion that’s been around since before Islam and Christianity, and it’s still being practiced today in Southern California. For members of the Zoroastrian faith fire ...

TEHRAN – Tourism Minister Reza Salehi-Amiri has said that 3.5 million religious tourists from Iraq, the Persian Gulf region, ...

PERHAPS the least known of the old Aryan creeds, Zoroastrianism, is the one which has most vitally influenced the faith and morals of modern Europe. Greece contributed much to Christian ritual and ...

The upper class Jews of Persia are rapidly embracing the Bahai religion, and the Jewish communities are disintegrating, according to Dr. W. Fishel, lecturer in the Oriental Institute of the Hebrew ...

The U.K. government agency in charge of immigration has come under fire for denying political asylum to an Iranian convert to Christianity and explaining its decision on its contention that the ...

Introduction : conceptualizing Iran and building Iranian empires -- Building the First Persian Empire -- The destruction of Achaemenid Persia and the creation of Seleucid Iran -- The rise of the ...

A viral video of male and female teenagers at a skateboarding day in the southern city of Shiraz has angered Iranian officials, who have arrested 10 participants for their role in the event. The video ...