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The Sarmatians (Latin: Sarmatæ or Sauromatæ; Ancient Greek: Σαρμάται, Σαυρομάται) were a large confederation [10] of Iranian people during classical antiquity, [11] [12] flourishing from about the 6th century BCE to the 4th century CE. [13] They spoke Scythian, an Indo-European language from the Eastern Iranian family.
According to research into NRY markers, the Bakhtiari, as with many other groups in Iran, show very elevated frequencies for Y-DNA haplogroup J2— a trait common for Eurasian populations, likely originating in Anatolia and the Caucasus [7] The Southwest Eurasian haplogroups F, G, and T1a also reach substantial frequency among Bakhtiaris.
For some, the story serves as a gruesome metaphor for the Iranian government’s deadly crackdown on the many young people who took to the streets last fall to protest the country's restrictive ...
In 2016, he was pursuing screen acting in Iran. [2] Gharibi rose to fame on Instagram, where he posted pictures of his physique and feats of strength. [3] In 2019, UFC star Brian Ortega challenged Gharibi to appear in the MMA ring, and he accepted. [4] Ortega said he would smash “the Iranian Hulk” despite weighing about 120 pounds less than ...
The film documentary, Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925), tells the story of the Bakhtiari tribe crossing this river. Derelict vessels and a bridge over the Karun in Khorramshahr It was here during the Iran–Iraq War that the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces stopped the early Iraqi Armed Forces advance.
When the Pahlavi reign in Iran started in the 1920s, the Zoroastrians started to experience more equal treatment. It was also during this time that nationalism in Iran started to rise and Iran as a nation state was born. For this new nation state, the Pahlavis chose a narrative where the pre-Islamic era was glorified and they actively promoted ...
Folklore studies of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. From the Encyclopædia Iranica. Folk poetry. From the Encyclopædia Iranica. The passion (taʿzia) of Ḥosayn by Peter Chelkowski. From the Encyclopædia Iranica. Lee Lee Hozak, on Iranian folkloric songs among Iranian Americans, from Homa Sarshar's In The Back Alleys of Exile (vol. 2; p. 304).