How poetry is used by Persian-speaking leaders to build legitimacy and shape the political narrative.

In the poem published in European dailies earlier this week, Grass criticized what he described as Western hypocrisy over Israel's nuclear program and labeled the country a threat to "already fragile ...

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for an "ill-recited" poem, seen as implying Iran's northwestern provinces were part of Azerbaijan.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday Tehran could move past a diplomatic quarrel with Turkey over a poem recited by President Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Azerbaijan, ...