Recent satellite imagery has shown how a man-made island has emerged off the coast of the Persian Gulf, now set to become another luxury Middle East destination.

The government rolled out a longer, harder exam this month for aspiring Americans. More than 350,000 Washington Post readers ...

The department introduced language courses and coursework in Persian literature, cinema, art, history and cultural studies as ...

Former CIA analyst David McCloskey keeps writing spy thrillers and the plots keep coming true. His latest book, The Persian, opens with an Israeli surprise attack on Iran.

BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to Southeast Europe. The Achaemenid Empire controlled a vast area with ...