Welcome to the Iranian History Initiative at LSE. The Iranian History Initiative (IHI) was established in 2024 to promote the study of modern Iranian history at LSE. The IHI brings together faculty ...

Scholars debate the dates and geography of Zoroaster’s life, but his religion was practiced at the time of the earliest historically attested Iranian dynasties, the Medes and the Persians. Media lay ...

Iran and Russia may well draw closer in the coming years, but greater cooperation is not guaranteed. For all it has going for ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. The importance of the Safavid period (1501–1736) in Iranian history has been ...

Most countries don't tolerate traitors, but Iran is particularly sensitive.

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. The Cambridge History of Iran is an eight-volume survey of Iranian history and ...

An expansive essay on the history of Iran through the first great global age, illustrating periods of economic and political might and as well as periods of weakness and disjunction. Through centuries ...

This result became known as the oldest example of intestinal parasites in Iranian history. “The salt mummies from the Douzlākh mine are certainly among the most exciting recent discoveries in ...

The presence of Western art comes as Iran's government has long fought against items like Barbie dolls and depictions of ...

Each year the Iranian History Initiative invites a world-leading historian of modern Iran to deliver the Gholam Reza Nikpay Annual Lecture at LSE. This annual lecture was established in 2023 to honour ...

As Iran faces increasing tensions with the West and turmoil at home, a new exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary ...

Iran denies reports of Elon Musk meeting with its UN ambassador to ease US tensions as reported by The New York Times ...