The Culture of Iran (Persian: فرهنگ ایران) or Culture of Persia is one of the most influential cultures in the world. Iran (Persia) is considered as one of the cradles of civilization, and due to its dominant Geo-political position and culture in the world, Iran has heavily influenced cultures and peoples as far away as Italy, Macedonia, and Greece to the West, Russia and Eastern Europe to the North, the Arabian Peninsula to the South, and the Indian subcontinent and East Asia to the East.

Iran’s rich history has had a significant impact on the world through art, architecture, poetry, science and technology, medicine, philosophy and engineering.

An eclectic cultural elasticity has been said to be one of the key defining characteristics of the Iranian identity and a clue to its historical longevity. The first sentence of prominent Iranologist Richard Nelson Frye’s book on Iran reads: “Iran’s glory has always been its culture.”

Furthermore, Iran’s culture has manifested itself in several facets throughout the history of Iran as well as the South Caucasus, Central Asia, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia.