Iranians mark the National Commemoration Day of the renowned Persian poet Saadi Shirazi on April 21 every year.

“Poetry has a really important role in Iran,” Mahsa said. “While the regime tries to separate people and rule with one faith, these poets speak to everyone.

On Monday, April 21, his birth anniversary which is observed as 'Saadi Shirazi Day', the Iran Culture House, Mumbai, and Urdu ...

My research centres on two main areas: medieval (classical) Persian poetry as world literature and nineteenth-century British literature and culture, with a particular emphasis on the comparative ...