Inspired by their powerful ancestors, the Sassanian dynasty restored Persia to imperial glory, ruling lands that stretched from Turkey to Pakistan. The fifth-century Sassanian ruler Bahram V hunts ...

Though Iran has attempted to move towards democracy in fits and starts since the Constitutional Revolution of 1905, any genuine advance forward has been met with unending opposition, mainly ...

Most discussions of Iran revolve around oil, escalation, and regime change. Yet Iran today feels easier to understand as part of a much older pattern. For more than 2,500 years, states on the Iranian ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Iran falls woefully short of hegemonic status. Iranians certainly long for the glory days when the Persian Empire bestrode the Middle East and South Asia and, for a ...

Kings and emperors -- Chronology -- List of maps -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Felix: 90s BC -- King of kings: 247-c.70 BC -- Wars and rumours of wars: 70-54 BC -- The battle: 53-50 BC -- Invasions: ...