In 1501, Shah Isma'il the Safavid, from the Central Asian Safavid tribes, established the first Shi'i state in Iran, marking a turning point in the country's history.

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Regardless of how some people of the Iranian diaspora in the West envision a lost golden period for Iran, the country has always been porous, just like every other nation on the earth. When ...

Ancient Roman altars discovered near Edinburgh unveiled in new exhibition Up until now, the first records of written numbers emerged in what is now Iraq around 3400BC by the Sumerians. But researchers ...