The transition from adolescence to adulthood is characterized by profound cognitive, emotional, and social development. While young people increasingly seek independence during this period, they continue to require consistent parental guidance to cultivate sound judgment, moral reasoning, emotional regulation, and a realistic understanding of life. This paper argues that until individuals attain an initial level of intellectual maturity and a foundational understanding of life's complexities—often occurring around the age of twenty, though varying across individuals—wise parental leadership through regular conversation and daily interpersonal interaction remains an essential component of healthy development. Drawing upon developmental psychology, neuroscience, and social learning theory, this article examines how continuous parental engagement contributes to the formation of responsible, resilient, and ethically grounded adults.

A Sasanian Masterpiece Where History and Myth Converge

The expanse of Tall-e Barmi, also known as Barmak, is a remnant of Iran’s Elamite period and is now located near a village called Kimeh, in Ramhormoz County, Khuzestan Province. Archaeologists consider Tall-e Barmi to have been an Elamite city that was gradually buried over time, leaving behind nothing of its former grandeur except a mound of earth and artifacts—many of which have been looted by antiquities traffickers.

The Zoroastrian Parsi population declines by approximately 18 percent every decade. Recent efforts to increase the Parsi population, including a high-level national seminar organized by India’s National Commission for Minorities last month, have overlooked one of the primary reasons behind this continued decline: an unjust legal system that leaves Parsi women vulnerable, impoverished, and without adequate protection.

The relationship between the Jewish people and the Persians is among the oldest continuous interactions between two civilizations in world history. Unlike many imperial powers of the ancient Near East, the Persian Achaemenid Empire is remembered in Jewish historical memory not primarily as a conqueror but as a liberator and protector. This relationship began in the sixth century BCE with the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great and continued, in various forms, through the Achaemenid, Parthian, Sasanian, and Islamic Persian periods, extending into the modern era.

This edition explores Improving Software Quality, with articles covering CHERI-based debugging, modern Java on FreeBSD, software bills of materials (SBOMs), and more.

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Moscow — Russian ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz are not required to pay any transit fees, Russian envoy Mikhail Ulyanov said, noting that Iranian authorities do not impose such charges on Russian vessels.

Ulyanov’s remarks came in response to questions about maritime passage through the strategic waterway, which links the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and serves as a vital route for global energy shipments.

Also known as the Great Wall of Gorgan (Persian: Divār-e Bozorg-e Gorgān), is one of the most remarkable military engineering achievements of ancient Iran and one of the longest defensive walls ever built. Located in the northeastern region of present-day Iran, near the ancient land of Gorgan in Golestan Province, it stretches for approximately 195–200 kilometers from the Caspian Sea in the west toward the mountains of the east.

A remnant of the Sasanian era, stands in the historic garden-city of Natanz in Isfahan Province as a precious memento of one of the most glorious periods of Iranian history. This religious structure was registered on Iran’s National Heritage List on 9 July 1932 (18 Tir 1311 in the Iranian calendar). Today marks the ninety-fourth anniversary of that historic registration.