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DUBAI: A folio from the Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh, one of the “finest illustrated manuscripts in existence,” is expected to fetch between $4.6 million and $6.9 million at a Sotheby’s auction next month. The Shahnameh, also known as the Book of Kings, is an epic poem containing 50,000 rhyming couplets, telling the history of Persia’s rulers. It was written by the Persian poet

Section of the Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh is expected to fetch between £4m and £6m at auction next month

Last week, Iran’s Petroleum Minister Owji identified Kish Island in Hormuzgan Province as being a critical gas hub in the Russo-Iranian plans to corner global gas markets

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This week's Gandhara Briefing brings you insights about former Afghan soldiers living in hiding, how women are being stopped from taking foreign scholarships, and the Taliban’s new observation post on the Afghan-Tajik border.

After banning teenage girls from attending school, the Taliban is now preventing many Afghan women from being able to study at universities abroad, only allowing such students to travel outside the country with a male chaperone.  

Afghans have always chosen Iran as one of their main destinations and found sanctuary there.

TEHRAN. KAZINFORM Taking the floor, Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev thanked President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi for the invitation and the entire Iranian people for their hospitality and cordiality, Kazinform learned from the Akorda press service.

Oman is leveraging its extremely strategic geographical position to play the U.S. and China against one another, a gamble that could backfire for the country

It can be challenging, trying to selectively kill off an invasive plant that grows in amongst non-target native species. A new initiative is aiming to do just that, however, by introducing a weed-eating mite into the Canadian environment.