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The rich holdings of Cornell University Library support Cornell scholarship and attract researchers from all over the world. These rare and distinctive collections (lovingly referred to as “RAD” collections) also resonate deeply with the library’s own staff – speaking to their interests and passions and often evoking personal recollections.

Rouhani’s legacy of death and destruction Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Hassan Rouhani waving from his campaign tour bus, in 2013. (AP Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/4p4c2 In less than a month, Iran’s presidential election will be held, with a new president due to replace Hassan Rouhani on Aug. 3. It is now time to examine Rouhani’s legacy as his second term comes to an end. When Rouhani first ran for president in 2013, he projected himself as being very different to his predecessor, Mahmoud Ah...

Five thousand years of Iranian art goes on show at the V&A this month. A private collector who lent many of the treasures reveals what light they cast on the country

While not as well-known as that of the Achaemenid dynasty (550–330 BC), the second Persian empire ruled by the Sasanian dynasty (AD 224–642) is a pivotal but often overlooked period of ancient Western Asian art and archaeological history. Standing at the cusp of the ancient and medieval worlds, the Sasanian empire was the last great Iranian empire to rule over Western Asia before the coming of Islam, extending at its height in the seventh century from the Nile to the Oxus. Over the course o...

Government to blame for Iran’s deepening recession Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Iranians queue at a money exchange in Ferdowsi square, Tehran, Iran, July 2, 2020. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/4s6f8 When the Iranian authorities boast about Iran’s “resistance economy,” they are attempting to hide the fact that the government’s economic problems have deepened to a dangerous level. Iran’s official reserves dropped to a record low of $4 billion last year, down from $122.5 billion just tw...

I N NOVEMBER 2013, Nora von Achenbach, curator at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Hamburg, Germany, examined the catalogue for an upcoming auction by the Paris-based dealer Boisgirard-Antonini. The glossy pages offered a bevy of antiquities for sale: bronze figurines, jewellery and a statue from ancient Egypt estimated at more than €300,000. But von Achenbach was interested in a pale marble tablet, carved with arabesques, vines and Persian script. Lot 104, an “important epigraphic pa...

Premium Content Iran To Join LNG Race In Asia With Huge North Pars Development By Simon Watkins - Mar 02, 2021, 6:00 PM CST With Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices having risen to unprecedented levels in January and the outlook remaining extremely robust Iran believes now is the time to move full ahead with its long-term strategy to become a leading global LNG supplier. A key focus for this will be the North Pars non-associated natural gas field that was the largest gas re...

February 18, 2021 Special Dispatch No. 9185 Iranian Academic Rohollah Eslami: Turkey Pursues Its Racist Foreign Policy In The Context Of Its Expansionist Behavior; To Counter The Threat, The Iranian Government Must Prioritize The Idea Of Iran And Its National Interest February 18, 2021 Iranian academic Dr. Rohollah Eslami, assistant professor at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, wrote an article, titled "Azerbaijan Is The Head Of Iran," criticizing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan f...

Iranian student in Vilnius to celebrate another New Year in March Link copied aA Iranian Sina Dehghani is adjusting to life in Lithuania – the weather, traditions and culture. In January, it was the first time the 27-year-old student celebrated New Year’s Day in western Europe – in Vilnius. Sina Dehghani © Asmeninio archyvo nuotr. In Iran, the New Year is celebrated on March 20th, and called Nowruz, according to the Persian calendar. Now it is the year 1399 and in March we will...

<i>I shall not die, these seeds Ive sown will save</i><i> My name and reputation from the grave <br> And men of sense and wisdom will proclaim</i> <i>When I have gone, my praises and my fame!</i> -Persian poet Ferdo...