Iran has cited a 19th-century British map as part of its dispute with the United Arab Emirates over a number of Gulf islands.

This final volume of The Cambridge History of Iran covers the period from 1722 to 1979. Part I sets out the political framework. Beginning in the reign of Nadir Shah, it traces the establishment of ...

TEHRAN - As part of the 3rd International Multimedia Festival of Cultural Heritage, the exhibition “Reflections of Islamic ...

The last Sasanid shah died a fugitive in eastern Iran in 651. The caliphate was the governing institution ... but in the 1780s a family of leaders of the Qajar tribe eclipsed the Zands and established ...

the Imam Khomeini Mosque is one of Iran's most significant historical landmarks, located in the heart of Tehran. Built in the 18th century during the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, it is one of the ...

A mummy discovered near the Iranian capital "most probably" belongs to the father of the last Shah of Iran, his family has said. The mummified remains were found on Monday during construction at a ...

This all changed after the 1921 coup brought an end to the Qajar dynasty and brought to power Reza Shah. Reza Shah refused to give concessions to foreign powers and focused on growing Iran. The Soviet ...

Khaneh Imam Jomeh, originally built as the residence of Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri, Prime Minister to Nasser al-Din Shah ...

is one of Iran's most historically significant architectural wonders, situated in the heart of Tehran. Constructed in the ...

Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and clerics assumed political control under Ayatollah Khomeini. The revolution put an end to the rule of the Shah, who had ...

Of course not all in Iran, but three in Tehran, one in Aswan, where the Shah went with Mr Sadat, another in Paris with the Ayatollah Khomeini, the exiled Muslim leader, one in Lubbock, Texas where ...