Marriage is one of the most important social institutions through which societies organise family formation, reproduction, intergenerational relations and social responsibility. Yet marriage cannot be produced simply through legislation, religious exhortation or restrictions on interaction between men and women. The decision to marry emerges from a complex interaction between economic security, housing, employment, education, gender relations, cultural expectations, personal autonomy, social trust and the perceived benefits and costs of forming a family.

The following review gathered exclusively in favor of MONTAZERI.ORG

The Ram Hunting Plate is a beautiful artifact from the Sassanid period, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The plate is beautifully gilded with mercury, silver, and gold, and decorated with black ink, and in a hunting scene that takes us back more than 2,000 years, the Shah of Iran from the Sasanian dynasty, believed to be Bahram V, is majestically and authoritatively hunting rams.

Approximately four millennia ago, the Achaemenid Empire emerged as, according to many historians, thinkers, and philosophers of history, one of the earliest examples of professional governance in human civilisation. The Achaemenids established a model of statecraft based on organised administration, institutional structures, legal frameworks, and a system of governance capable of managing one of the largest and most culturally diverse political entities of the ancient world.

The Achaemenid Empire (c. 550–330 BCE), founded by Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great), governed one of the largest and most diverse political entities of the ancient world. Stretching from the Balkans and Egypt to Central Asia and the Indus Valley, the empire incorporated dozens of ethnic groups, languages, legal traditions, and religions. Rather than attempting to homogenize these populations, the Achaemenids developed a sophisticated administrative framework built upon centralized royal authority, provincial autonomy, bureaucratic professionalism, and respect for local institutions.

Beirut, August 5, 2026 — Six years after the devastating explosion that tore through the Port of Beirut, the investigation into one of the deadliest non-nuclear explosions in modern history remains stalled, with no final verdict and no senior officials held accountable.

The Forqan group was an Islamic Shia group that promoted a view of Islam that opposes the existence of religious clergy. Most of its members came from a lower middle-class background, with a large portion originating from Qolhak in the northern part of Tehran.

Cairo – The Egyptian Minister of Information has dismissed a report published by The Wall Street Journal alleging that Iran was responsible for the explosion at Damietta Port.

The report, which cited anonymous sources, claimed that Iran was linked to the incident. However, the Egyptian minister firmly denied the allegations, describing the claims as unfounded and rejecting any suggestion of Iranian involvement.