The god of light and wisdom, Ahura Mazda is the principal deity of Zoroastrianism, the ancient Iranian religion which influenced the world before Greece ...

The lion and sun (Persian: شیر و خورشید) motif features a lion looking to its left, holding a sword in one paw with the rays of the sun shining behind it. ...

Goethe once expressed his judgment about Persian literature: "The Persians had seven great poets, each of whom is a little greater than me.” Goethe ...