Farsi is the main language in Iran, which is the oldest country in the world. This Farsi that has been spoken through years, has been through changes which lead us to this language people in Iran are ...

What to call the Persian language in Afghanistan? It's a question Afghans have grappled with and sparred over for decades. The long-simmering dispute was reignited after the BBC changed the name of ...

Farsi, or Persian, was once counted among the great global sultans of language and culture. In a corner of Calcutta, the flame still glows. We chart the bygone glory of the tongue, and speak to some ...