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Iranian Elements in Kaśmīr and Tibet

By |June 16th, 2018|Categories: Central Asia, Iran and Central Asia, Sassanians|

The article below "Iranian Elements in Kaśmīr and Tibet: Sasanian and Sogdian Borrowings in Kashmiri and Tibetan Art" by Matteo Compareti was originally posted in

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Yazidism: A Heterodox Kurdish Religion

By |June 10th, 2018|Categories: Anthropology, Culture, Heritage, Mythology and Nowruz, The Kurds, Zoroastrianism|

The article below by Christine Allison was first published in the CAIS website. Kindly note that the pictures/illustrations and accompanying captions written by Kavehfarrokh.com inserted

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An Iranian Icon: the Paykan Automobile

By |June 3rd, 2018|Categories: Cultural News and Events, Memories of Iran|

The interview below by Nazli Ghassemi on the Paykan automobile was published in the Reorient Magazine. As noted in Reorient this article discusses: "A new

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Article by Kaveh Farrokh and Taraneh Farhid on Achaemenid Era Edicts, Stele and the Cyrus Cylinder

By |June 2nd, 2018|Categories: Achaemenids, Archaeology, Book Review, Books and Monographs, Cyrus the Great, Eurocentricism, Europa and Eire-An (Ancient Iran/Persia), Greece-Persia Links, Heritage, Historical Revisionism, Judeo-Christian Theology, News|

An important recent contribution to the field of Iranian Studies is the publication in 2018 of the following textbook: Arj-e-Xirad: Papers in Honour of Professor

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Two Achaemenid Items housed in Istanbul’s Archaeological Museums

By |May 26th, 2018|Categories: Achaemenid Military History, Achaemenids, Military History 1900-Present|

The Archaeological Museums of Istanbul in Turkey are among the world’s most important sites for the study of world history and civilization, on par with

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New Textbooks on Sassanian Military History (2017-2018)

By |May 20th, 2018|Categories: Book Review, Military History 1900-Present, News, Sassanian Military History|

As of May 20, 2018, Kaveh Farrokh has published six books on the military history of Iran/Persia [see this section in Academia.edu]. His first two

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