during the past 500 years, iran and russia have experienced many ups and downs in their relations which have been accompanied with enmity and amity. these relations varied from cooperation under the safavids to enmity, war and interventions under the qajar dynasty, then to hostile and sometimes friendly relations under the pahlavi rule, and finally to collaborations within the past two decades ...

metathesis as a phonological phenomenon in order to reverse segments has been focus of many studies. metathesis according to the range of application can be sporadic or regular. it links synchronic studies of language to diachronic ones and thereby has some consequences for phonological theory. the central goal of this paper is to elucidate the conditions under which metathesis occurs synchroni...

according to wejarkard ī dēnīg, the brave and blessed esfandiyār becomes brazen-bodied by the praying of the prophet ašū – zarduxšt in the ceremony of drōn yašt. the prophet gives him some pomegranate seeds and esfandiyār is rendered invulnerable. pahlavi zand ī vandidād says that esfandiyār cannot be hurt, harmed, threatened or wounded by sword, knife or any other weapon because of his invulne...

there is no reference to the word “karimān” in garshaāp story in the avesta, pahlavi and persian zoroastrian texts. however, it can be found in the story of “rostam and sohrāb”, and “rostam and esfandiār” in the shāh-nāmeh. since the epic texts in other iranian languages are significant in shāh-nāmeh studies, the haft-lashkar manuscript and other texts in the gurani language are worth consideri...

Political participation is one of the evidences of persons' presence for determining their fate. So, by developing more democracy in the world, noticing to the different aspects of people involvement in the political scene will be highlighted. Political participation is one of the essential prerequisites for the development and progress. In this regard, women as a significant part of the popula...