ANCIENT IRAN NEWS

Most Important News:

Ancient Iran News

Latest News

View All
Book Review Session: “Anahita in Ancient Iran” by Dr. Arezoo Rasouli (Taleghani)

The Azhyar Foundation will host an online critique and review session for the book “Anahita in Ancient Iran” by Dr. Arezoo Rasouli (Taleghani) on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 7:00...

Khaleghi-Motlagh, J. (2025). Az Shāhnāmeh ta Khodaynāmeh: Jostari Darbareh Maākhez Mostaghim va Gheir Mostaghim-e Shāhnāmeh. Tehran: Afshar Foundation Publication and Sokhan Publication.

The book “From the Shāhnāmeh to the Khodaynāmeh: An Inquiry into the Direct and Indirect Sources of the Shāhnāmeh”, written by Dr. Jalal Khāleghi-Motlagh, has been published by Sokhan Publishing...

Asefi, Nima, ‘New Readings in Seven Middle Persian Documents from the Archive of Hastijan with an Edition of Berk. 19’. In: Berkeley Working Papers in Middle Iranian Philology, No. 5, April 2025. University of California, Berkeley.

This article presents new readings and interpretations of seven documents from the Pahlavi Archive of Hastijan. These documents were previously examined and published by the distinguished scholar Dieter Weber. The...

Zoroastrian Studies Seminar Series: Travellers’ Accounts on the Destiny of the Soul

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies at the University of Toronto, in collaboration with the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America, the Ontario Zoroastrian Community Foundation, the...

“Zoroastrian Conversations” Series: Conversation with Professor Almut Hintze

Fezana begins season 2 of the Zoroastrian Conversations, where Prof. Yuhan S-D Vevaina welcomes Professor Almut Hintze. Professor Almut Hintze is Zartoshty Brothers Professor of Zoroastrianism at SOAS, University of...

In the shade of myth, Festschrift in Honour of prof. Abolghasem Esmailpour Motlagh, Edited by Dr. Reza Sattari

On Thursday, April 17, 2025, a tribute ceremony was held in honor of Dr. Abolghasem Esmailpour Motlagh, a distinguished scholar of mythology, at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, with the...

“Ērān, Tūrān, Hrōm” Talk Series: A New Perspective on the History of Western and Central Asia in the First Millennium CE

The Ērān, Tūrān, Hrōm Talk Series (ETHS) has officially begun, with the aim of expanding research on Western and Central Asia during Late Antiquity and the first millennium CE. Positioned...

The Forthcoming Publication of Studies in Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions

The scholarly monograph Studies in Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions, authored by Soheil Delshad, a PhD researcher in Iranology at the Freie Universität Berlin, has been under publishing by Zaphon publication in...

An updated version of the Encyclopaedia Iranica has been made available

Encyclopaedia Iranica has recently undergone a significant update that has greatly enhanced the user experience and facilitated researchers’ access to scholarly content. Advanced search features now enable users to find...

Ofir Haim, Andreas Kaplony, Maximilian Kinzler, Ludwig Paul, 2025, Hybrid Judeo-Persian and Arabic Correspondence, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna.

Hybrid Judeo-Persian and Arabic Correspondence: Eight Documents from the Cairo Genizah, edited by Ofir Haim, Andreas Kaplony, Maximilian Kinzler, and Ludwig Paul, has been published. This 115-page volume presents an...

New Discourse on the Ancient World Lecture Series, Azyar Foundation, Boundaries of Land, Borders of Identity: The Struggle Between Zoroastrians and Christians Over Land Ownership in the Sasanian Era Sunday, March 30, 2025, 7:00 PM (Tehran Time)

The Azhyar Foundation Hosts the 22nd Session of New Discourse on the Ancient World. As part of its ongoing academic lecture series, the Azyar Foundation will hold the 22nd session...

Pourdavoud Lecture Series: Zoroastrian Hermeneutics in Late Antiquity, April 2, 16:00, Los Angeles

The lecture on Zoroastrian Hermeneutics in Late Antiquity, part of the Pourdavoud Institute Lecture Series, will take place on April 2, 2025, from 16:00 to 18:00 at Royce Hall 306,...

Jamsheed K. Choksy, 2024, ‘Forgiveness is Goodness: Mercy as an Enduring Virtue in Zoroastrianism’  Acta Orientalia Hung. Volume 77: Issue 4, pp.541–556.

A new article by Jamsheed K. Choksy, titled “Forgiveness is Goodness: Mercy as an Enduring Virtue in Zoroastrianism”, has been published in Acta Orientalia Hungarica (Volume 77, Issue 4, 2024,...

Nathalie Kallas, 2025, Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue, Access Archaeology Publications, United Kingdom

  Nathalie Kallas, 2025, Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue, Access Archaeology Publications, United Kingdom Nathalie Kallas, 2025, Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue,...

National Conference on the Iranian World: Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Periods, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, October 7, 2025

The Tissaphernes Archaeological Research Group and the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, as part of the Iranian World Conference series, will hold the National Conference on the Iranian World:...