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Study Guides for the equivalent of one year of Persian for beginners. The emphasis is on oral proficiency.

This is a radio website that streams live radio broadcasts of Persian music. I can't understand a thing but it's fun to try to listen for familiar words. The website itself is in English so you can read music updates. There is also an interview section where you can listen to interviews of Persian bands and singers.

Good source on structure of the government, as well as latest news in the executive and what Kabul is upto.

This is a great resource for learning the Persian grammar.

Google Book that explains grammar, pronunciation, culture and emergencies. It is a Lonely Plant text on Iran.

Alphabet from English to Farsi and in Farsi to English, depending on which order you prefer.

this site is very useful because they have simple phrases and you can hear the pronunciation as well as the alphabet

This is a great little introduction to Persian's origins, alphabet, and grammatical structure. Fun and entertaining!

A tour across Europe by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra had the faint echo of an earlier era of cultural diplomacy.

This is a link to Iran's most highly circulated daily publication. You can use a translater to translate the articles and then match up the English / Farsi translations to expand your vocabulary and begin to recognize commonly used words in the news.

This is a great site for learning the names of the colors in Farsi. It has the name of the color spelled phonetically and in the Farsi alphabet. Additionally, it shows a picture of the color and gives the option to have the name read aloud.

Article from the The International about the challenges and successes of the Iranian film industry.

I love Iranian films. I think this article picked up on many key struggles that Iranian filmmakers face. Even though the picture shows pirated movies being sold, the article does not discuss the implications it has on filmmakers or even what it says about the people in Iran who buy them. From what I have read from other articles, it seems as though Iranian films are more acclaimed in Western countries- not only because of censorship laws but the Iranian public's choice of what movies to watch. TASTE OF CHERRY, mentioned in the article, is one of my favorite films.