ToI's diplomatic reporter talks about the complex historical ties between the two peoples -- and why Israel was arming Iran ...

Azerbaijanis in Iran, like many other non-Persian ethnic minority groups living under the Islamic Republic, face repression ...

Purim begins on the evening of March 13, 2025, and concludes at sundown on March 14, 2025.

A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some ...

Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...

While a more measured version of "maximum pressure" sanctions has been reintroduced on Iran, Trump has taken pains to show his desire to reach an accord.

In 41 BC, Cleopatra hosted a dinner to celebrate the Roman leader Mark Antony, who was a well-known party animal. Twelve ...

Leftists misuse the biblical book of Esther to promote the lie about Israel committing genocide when it is the Palestinians, like Hitler, Haman and Amalek before them, who seek their extermination.

They wanted to retain their Christian faith at any cost. Catholicos Hovsep of Armenia summoned a meeting of the clergy and nobility of the Armenian people. The response to the Persian Emperor was: ...

A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.