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Sites Web pour le persan

Learning Persian

Self-assessment for Persian language regarding the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages :
Language: French
Levels: A1, A2
Skills: Listening, reading
http://plessner.u-strasbg.fr/dess/0304/pakdel/telepersan/telepersan.htm
(The site loading can take some minutes for the first time if you don't have a high speed modem and you need Flash Player to enter the site.)

Play to learn Persian Letters/alphabets, or download it!
Language: English
Levels: A1 and below
Skill: Reading
http://www.assuna.de./#
(You need Shockvawe to enter the site.)

EasyPersian:
Language: English
Levels: A1, A2, B1
Skills: Reading, listening, writing
http://www.easypersian.com/

Teachionary: listen to Persian words pronunciation:
Language: English
Level: A1 and below, A2
Skills: listening, spoken production
http://cassandra.sprex.com/ops/omni.php?op=teachionary&LG=Farsi

A day in rostamabad of Shemiran, (A Mohammad-Ali Jamalzade's story) with word-for-word and literary English translation:
Language: English
Level: C1, C2
Skill: Reading
http://depts.washington.edu/yekruz/
(You need Windows and Internet Explorer 5+ to use this site.)

Persian for travellers:
Language: English
Levels: All levels
Skill: Spoken production
http://iranianlanguages.com/education/parstravel/pages/0.htm
(Persian is writen with latin based fonts in this site.)

Persian for children and beginners:
Language: English
Levels: A1, A2, B1
Skill: Reading
http://www.iranianlanguages.com/education/parskids/index.htm
(Persian is writen with latin based fonts in this site.)

Basic Persian for the whole world:
Language: English
Levels: A1, A2, B1, B2
Skill: Reading
http://www.iranianlanguages.com/persian1.php
(Persian is writen with latin based fonts in this site.)

Let's learn Persian:
Language: English
Levels: A1 and below
Skills: Writing, reading
http://www.farhangsara.com/Farsi0.htm
http://www.farhangsara.com/farsi.htm

Let's cook Persian food!
Language: Persian
Levels: B1 & B2
Skill: Reading
http://www.farhangsara.com/ffoods.htm

Watch the pen writes in Persian and practice Persian Writing:
Language: English
Levels: A1 and below
Skill: Writhing
http://gheyaspour.tripod.com/farhang/index.html

Persian expressions:
Language: Persian
Levels: B2, C1, C2
Skills: Reading, spoken production
http://www.farsinet.com/zarbomasal/

Illustrated Persian Alphabet with Sing Along Songs for Children:
Language: Persian
Levels: A1, A2
Skill: Reading
http://www.farsinet.com/ghesseh/

The story of the adventurous black fish:
Language: Persian
Levels: B2, C1, C2
Skill: Reading
http://www.blackfish.org.uk/frsy/mhy-syh-khwchwlw/

Persian grammar, litterature & history of litterature :
Language: Persian
Levels: C1, C2
Skill: reading
http://www.irib.ir/radio/adab/shaer.htm

Farsi pronounciation guide:
Language: English
Levels: A1 and below
Skill: reading
http://www.travlang.com/languages/farsi/pronounce.farsi.html

Downloadable Persian or Farsi Lessons for beginners Prepared by Professor Iraj Bashiri:
Language: English
Levels: All levels
Skills: Writing, reading
http://www.iles.umn.edu/faculty/bashiri/Lessons%20folder/Contents.html

Learn the real language through Language Exchange:
Language: English
Levels: All levels
Skills: All skills
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/Learn/Persian.asp

Persian dictionaries & translators

English-Persian, Persian-English dictionary:
http://www.farsidic.com/
http://www.tarjomeh.com/dictionary.htm
http://www.wdgco.com/dic/
http://gheyaspour.tripod.com/farhang/index.html
http://www.aryanpour.com/
English to Persian dictionary:
http://www.math.columbia.edu/~safari/dictionary/
Downloadable Persian Dictionary for Windows :
http://www.istgah.com/ads/diction.php
Downloadable Persian dictionary software. It contains more than 60,000 English words:
http://www.iranonline.com/DorNegar/
A free online Persian dictionary that lets you listen to the pronunciation of the Persian words:
http://iranianlanguages.com/dictionary.php?eng-per

English-Persian, Persian-English translator:
http://www.parstranslator.net/eng/translate.htm

Persian media

IRNA: Islamic Republic News Agency
Language: Persian
http://www.irna.ir/?LANG=PE&PART=_HOME&TYPE=HP

IRIB: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
Language: Persian
http://live.irib.ir/

ISNA: Iranian Students News Agency
Language: Persian
http://www.isna.ir/news/Main.asp?

IPNA: Iran Pas News Agency
Language: Persian
http://www.ipna.ir/Site/Index.asp

Gooya, A very complete index of Persian media
Language: Persian
http://gooya.com/

Gooya News:
Language: Persian
http://khabarnameh.gooya.com/

BBC Persian:
Language: Persian
http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/index.shtml

The Iranian Banc of Press Information:
Language: Persian
http://www.magiran.com/

Hamshahri Newspaper:
Language: Persian
http://www.hamshahri.net/

Iran Newspaper:
Language: Persian
http://www.iran-newspaper.com/

Ettelaat Int. Newspaper:
Language: Persian
http://www.ettelaat.com/

Persian literature

Treasures of Persian literature:
Language: English (Poems in Persian)
http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/far/hobbies/iran/

Forough and her Selected Persian Poems
Language: Persian (Poems also translated in English)
http://www.iranonline.com/Literature/index-forough.html

Biography of Forough Farrokhzad, a collection of her poems, a collection of her pictures, audio album, letters, etc.
Language: English (poems in Persian and translated also in English and French)
http://www.forughfarrokhzad.org/

Rumi's poems and bibliography
Language: English
http://www.khamush.com/

Selected poems of Molana Jalal-eldin Mohamad Balkhi (Roumi)
Language: Persian
http://www.iranonline.com/literature/index-roumi.html

A Brief Note on Ahmad Shamlu's Life by Iraj Bashiri
Language: English
http://www.kkhec.ac.ir/Iran%20information/shamlu%20page.htm

The official site of Ahmad Shamlou:
Language: Persian
http://www.shamlu.com/pindex.html

Shamlu's poems and life: Presented by Ayda Shamlu (Shamlu's beloved wife), A. Pashaee, ...
Language: Persian, English, Spanish
http://www.shamlou.org/index.html

Selected poems of Hafez, his life, his world view, etc.
Language: English (Poems in Persian and translated also in English)
http://www.iranonline.com/literature/index-hafez.html

Poetry of Hafez, biography, art gallery, links and more:
Language: English (Poems in Persian and translated also in English).
http://www.hafizonlove.com/

The poems of Hafez:
Language: Persian
http://www.hafez.com/

Selected poems of Khayyam By: Edward FitzGerald
Language: English
http://www.iranonline.com/Literature/index-khayyam.html

Persian poema, a collection of Persian poets as well as their life & work.
Language: English
http://www.persianpoema.com/misc/about.htm

Selected poems of Parvin Etesami
Language : Persian
http://www.iranonline.com/literature/index-etesami.html

Selected poems of Nima Yoshig (Ali Esfandiari)
Language: Persian
http://www.iranonline.com/literature/index-nima.html

Selected poems of Simin Behbahani
Language: Persian
http://www.iranonline.com/literature/index-behbahani.html

Selected poems of Sohrab Sepehri
Language: Persian
http://www.iranonline.com/literature/index-sepehri.html

Selected poems of Mehdi Akhavan Saleth (M. Omid)
Language: Persian
http://www.iranonline.com/literature/index-saleth.html

Selected poems of Feraydoun Moshiri
Language: Persian
http://www.iranonline.com/literature/index-moshiri.html

Selected Poems of Akhavan Saales, Sohrab Sepehri, Siavash Kasrai, Ahmad Shamlou. You may also listen to the poems in Persian.
Language: English
http://www.perlit.sailorsite.net/Mahvash/poems.html

The stories of Shahnameh
Language: Persian (with the summary of the stories in English)
http://shahnameh.com/

Persian literature, history of literature & grammar:
Language: Persian
http://www.irib.ir/radio/adab/shaer.htm

Persian culture, civilisation & history

Persian books online:
Language: Persian
http://www.funiran.com/gotourl.php?id=719

An index of Persian web sites:
Language: Persian
http://www.linkestoon.com/culture/archives/persianlang.html

Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization
Language: Persian
http://www.iranmiras.org/fr_site/Home_F.asp

Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization News
Language: Persian
http://www.chn.ir/

The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies ( researchers and scholars interested in the culture and civilization of the Persian-speaking societies and related areas in the Iranian civilizational area ).
Language: English
http://persiansocieties.uchicago.edu

The American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS): an Institute which seeks to support the advancement of knowledge and understanding of Iran and Iranian culture and civilization from the earliest periods to the present.
Language: English
http://simorgh-aiis.org/smain.htm

Iranology Foundation
Language: Persian
http://www.iranologyfo.com/abtfou-p.htm

Encyclopædia Iranica: a historic undertaking: the most extensive compendium ever conceived on the past and present culture of the people who speak an Iranian language and their contribution to the broader history of human civilization.
Language: English
http://www.iranica.com/

Monde Iranien : an academic institute of Iranian studies situated in Paris.
Language: French
http://www.ivry.cnrs.fr/iran/

Iranian Information & Documentation Center
Language: Persian
http://www.irandoc.ac.ir/

Iranians History On This Day:
Language: Persian
http://www.iranianshistoryonthisday.com/

Iranian music:
Language: Persian
http://www.sonycard20.com/music.asp

Working Papers on Central Asia and Iran, Prepared by Professor Iraj Bashiri
Language: English
http://www.iles.umn.edu/faculty/bashiri/title.html

Women in Iran:
Language: Persian
http://www.womeniniran.org/

Persian Calligraphy lessons: Learn 'Nastaliq' or 'Nastaligh'/næstæli:gh/, One of the most beautiful Persian handwritings online.
Language: English
http://www.kelk.org/

Fale Hafez
Language: Persian, English
http://www.falehafez.com/Hfz.htm

Persian names with English meaning.
Language: English
http://tehran.stanford.edu/Information/Iranian_names.html

The Coran and its translation in Persian.
Language: Persian, English, French, Spansh, German, etc.
http://www.tebyan.net/Subscribe/Article/NewFrames.asp?NFile=Maaref&Kod=ME&cid=&nId=1751

The Bible in Persian:
Language: Persian
http://www.farsinet.com/bible/

Illustrated Bible for children in Persian:
Language: Persian
http://www.farsinet.com/bible/childpicbible/

We are the foreign (non-native Iranian) husbands of Iranian women and the fathers of American/European Iranian children. We have organized to give each other a place for support, friendship, learning and the sharing of experiences, wisdom and knowledge.
Language: English
http://www.farsinet.com/shoharkhaleh/

A collection of sites in Art, Literature, Music, Entertainment, ...
Language: English
http://techna.net/links/home.htm

Iranian culture and art.
Language: English
http://www.caroun.com/Countries/Asia/Iran-1-GeographyWeather.htm

Histoire, géography, culture, et l'art de l'Iran.
Language: Persian
http://www.farhangsara.com/

An index of Iranian museums, universities, and some other cultural, religious and artistic sites.
Language: Persian
http://www.farhangeiran.com/iranian%20links.htm

More about Persian

Iranien Languages and Scripts, Old, Middle & New Iranian Languages; Font downloads:
Language: English
http://www.iranianlanguages.com/

Persian Language Academi:
Language: Persian
http://www.persianacademy.ir/

Persian Language Developpement Council:
Language: Persian
http://www.persian-language.org/

Persian language & literature weblog:
Language: Persian
http://kherad.persianblog.com/

Sweet language of Persian weblog:
Language: Persian
http://farskade.persianblog.com/

Persian language in the communication world weblog:
Language: Persian
http://persianfarsi.com/

About Persian; Persian Poetry, Persian Christian Hymnals, Persian Children Stories:
Language: English
http://www.farsinet.com/farsi/

Persian Profile:
Language: English
http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/profiles/profp01.htm

Persian or Farsi?
Language: English
http://www.iranian.com/Features/Dec97/Persian/

Pashto and Dari (Afghan Persian) (the official languages of Afghanistan):
Language: English
http://www.afghan-web.com/language/

Institutes for learning Persian

INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales), Paris:
Language: French
http://www.inalco.fr/pub/fc/form_cont/clco_pe.htm

Iran Language Institute, Farsi Department:
Language: English
http://www.ili.ir/EnILIDeptFarsi.htm

Pardismehr:
Language: English
http://www.pardismehr.com/index.htm

Other useful sites

Parseek, research engine in Persian :
Language : Persian
http://www.parseek.com/

PERSIANBLOG, The first weblog service for Persian speakers (in Persian):
Language : Persian
http://www.persianblog.com/

Persian weblogs inventory:
Language : Persian
http://www.parseek.com/weblogs/

IranBannerExchange.com: the largest free advertising network dedicated to the Iranian web community.
Language: English
http://www.iranbannerexchange.com/

Iranian universities:
Language: Persian
http://www.sonycard20.com/university.asp

Public associations:
Language: Persian
http://www.sonycard20.com/dolat.asp

Iranian libraries:
Language: Persian
http://www.sonycard20.com/book.htm

E-mail in Persian :
Language: Persian
http://ParsiMail.com/
http://www.sonycard20.com/freemail.asp

How to type documents in Persian (Farsi) with Microsoft Word.
A Windows Tutorial :
Language: English
http://students.washington.edu/irina/persianword/persianwp.htm

A Free Fax Service that lets you send fax to Iran through your computer
Language: Persian
http://www.irna.ir/occasion/norooz80/fax2iran/

A Free downloadable Farsi word processor (Farsi text editor)
Language: English
http://farrokhi.net/apedit/

Persian Helper: a program designed for learning Persian words and phrases, using the Persian alphabet. You may download a free demo ...
Language: English
http://www.stud.ntnu.no/%7Eflobak/persianhelper/

voice chat service for persian speakers:
Language: English
http://www.newiran.de/goftegoo/

An index of some Iranian sites:
Language: Persian
http://www.sonycard20.com/gonagon.htm

Le site de la Maison des Langues de l'Université de Picardie qui
propose une sélection impressionnante de liens pour le Persan
http://www.u-picardie.fr/CRL/minimes/langues/persan.htm