Before satellites and global positioning systems, ancient civilizations charted their known universe with remarkable ingenuity. Among these early cartographic marvels, the Babylonian Map of the ...

AS tensions flare up between modern-day Iran and Israel — through drone warfare, cyberattacks and regional proxy clashes — ...

Why was the country of Iran formerly called Persia? What has this got to do with the conquests of ancient Middle Eastern ...

Once pragmatic allies under the geopolitical pragmatism of the Shah’s Iran, the two nations are now locked in a theological and strategic standoff with global implications. Understanding this rivalry ...

Before satellites and global positioning systems, ancient civilizations charted their known universe with remarkable ingenuity. Among these early cartographic marvels, the Babylonian Map of the World ...

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been ...

In the first known interaction between the two nations, the ancient Persians freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon.

In Istanbul, a center of culture, commerce and power for more than 2,000 years, the past never feels distant. Yet ...

Once a thriving, tolerant empire, Persia (now Iran) has shifted under theocratic rule. Pastor Bo Wagner prays for its return to freedom, peace, and historic greatness.