Bulgarian director Elena Panayotova praises Ferdowsi’s efforts to maintain Persian language 

TEHRAN – Bulgarian stage director Elena Panayotova has praised the efforts made by Persian poet Ferdowsi over a millennium ago to protect Persian against foreign language threats.

National webinar to discuss inscriptions, oral heritage of Iran

TEHRAN –  A national webinar has invited linguistics, historians, anthropologists, and experts of other disciplines to discuss characteristics and changes of texts and oral heritage of Iran from prehistorical times to the present. 

Inscriptions in Persepolis palace hold clues about evolution of Persian script

TEHRAN – The ruined Tachara Palace, located in heart of the UNESCO-registered Persepolis, bears various inscriptions and bas-relief carvings, which according to experts hold clues about the evolution of the Persian script (and language).

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5 features that make Persian an easy language to learn

Persian (or Farsi) is an Indo-European language spoken by around 100 million people around the world. You may have heard of this language or even thought about learning it. However, because it uses an Arabic script, it looks very intimidating and difficult to learn. In this post, I am going to take you through 5 features that make learning Persian easier than you think. And if you are patient to the end of this post I also mention 3 features that make it a bit difficult.

National conference on teaching Persian underway

TEHRAN – The 3rd National Conference on Teaching Persian Language to Non-Persian Speakers is being held virtually on January 20-21.

Tehran Book Fair organizing 17 intl. webinars 

TEHRAN – The virtual edition of the Tehran Book Fair, which opened on Tuesday, is organizing 17 international webinars on various cultural topics.

Iranian-French webinar to discuss Persian language’s role in intercultural dialogue

TEHRAN – An Iranian-French webinar to discuss the role of the Persian language in the intercultural dialogue will be held on Friday evening.

“Tristano Dies” at Iranian bookstores

TEHRAN – A Persian translation of Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi’s novel “Tristano Dies: A Life” has appeared at Iranian bookstores.

Culture Ministry preparing plan to maintain Persian language

TEHRAN – An advisor to the culture ministry said on Sunday that the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance is preparing a plan to preserve the Persian language.

Iran On Map

Iran is a country in Western Asia, the Middle East to be exact. Turkey and Iraq are its neighbors to the west, Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, Armenia and Republic of Azerbaijan to the northwest, and Turkmenistan to the northeast. Iran shares maritime borders with some countries to the north by the Caspian Sea and to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman