Old Iranian

American  

noun

1. any of the Iranian languages spoken or written until the first century a.d.

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Example Sentences

She reached for the scissors and cut each dark lock with tears in her eyes, as an old Iranian resistance anthem streamed over the video she posted to Instagram — her own gesture of protest in solidarity with the movement that has coursed through Iran in the weeks since a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, died at a Tehran hospital after reportedly being brutalized by the country’s morality police.

From Los Angeles Times

Rahmoni, the 21-year old Iranian student, said Britain was always his final destination.

From Washington Post

CALAIS, France — If everything goes according to Ashkan Rahmoni’s plan, someday soon the 21-year old Iranian will crawl out of his tent near an abandoned railway track and put on a life jacket.

From Washington Post

In Iraq, the country with the most extensive border with Iran, only one case has been detected so far: that of a 22-year old Iranian religious student in Najaf, Suhail Mohammad Ali.

From Seattle Times

The video, a major step in the broad effort to put pressure on Tehran, highlights how the U.S. government is going to great lengths to maintain the old Iranian Embassy.

From Washington Times