Prof. Amy Motlagh launches a new podcast, The Story of Iran

Amy Motlagh, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern/South Asian Studies and the Bita Daryabari Presidential Chair in Persian Language and Literature has launched a new podcast, "The Story of Iran."

This podcast aims to answer some enduring questions:  What is Iran?  How is it different from Persia?  Why is the national language sometimes called “Persian” and sometimes called “Farsi?”  Visit https://complit.ucdavis.edu/the-story-of-iran to learn more and to listen to the first episode, "Consider the Pomegranate."