This confrontation between tan Iranian empire and the western adversary has recurred repeatedly in Iranian history. Mesopotamia has sometimes been the domain of the enemy, as in the early Islamic ...

The Safavid Dynasty, a Golden Age in Iran, witnessed a cultural flowering under the charismatic Isma'il and and his son Tahmasp, the first two Shahs of the dynasty. This essay is a short history of ...

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 ...

A new history, my brothers ... The collapse of Assad’s regime dismantles Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” weakening its influence in Syria and Lebanon. Hezbollah’s ability to threaten ...

against Iranian missile production facility in Syria ... but only on Thursday did the IDF disclose the full timeline behind the scenes leading to and during the operation, as well as some of ...