These carpets are often called "Oriental" or "Persian" carpets.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

a poem by a twelfth century Persian writer.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Last month, he delivered a videotaped address to the Iranian people as they marked the Persian New Year.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Analysts say that Iran was particularly incensed about the new British Broadcasting Corporation's Persian language TV station that was started early this year.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

The U.S.and Iran are entangled in a dispute over the Persian Gulf nation's nuclear program, which the United States contends is a cover for developing weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

But Voice of America Persian Service has been there for a long time.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

The Persian Service Section is a newly launched, relatively newly launched service.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

It's not to say that Voice of America Persian Service hasn't done it.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

China has long been listed as a "country of particular concern" by the State Department for its record on religious freedom, as has U.S.Persian Gulf ally Saudi Arabia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"They're clearly upset about the creation of the BBC Persian Service.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Alex Vatanka,a senior Middle East analyst for the Britain-based Jane's Publishing Group, says that compounded official anger about Western broadcasts to Iran when it was already the target of broadcasts by Voice of America's own Persian News Network.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

The threat,made on December 31 in a message posted on an extremist Internet Web site, prompted the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to elevate the risk for all U.S.military and commercial ships sailing through an area stretching from Somalia to the Persian Gulf.

VOA: standard.2010.01.07

Ileana Ros Lehtinen is the ranking committee Republican "It should be clear that unless we impose the maximum pressure on Iran, and this bill is a major step forward in that direction, the regime will continue its march toward acquiring nuclear weapons, dominating the Persian Gulf, and expanding its network of radical militants around the world,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.28