Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's regime is facing scrutiny for widespread human rights violations amid weeks-long protests.

Ironically, Iran, which is today criticised for silencing critics and punishing protesters, gave the world its human rights charter. Cyrus the Great, the first king of ancient Persia, issued decrees ...

Cast of the Cyrus Cylinder with its presentation/storage box. The original Cyrus Cylinder or Cyrus Charter is a fired clay cylinder, now broken into several pieces, on which is written a declaration ...