“I have been very fond of the stories of Iranian poet Abolqassem Ferdowsi's Shahnameh since my childhood. Shahnameh is not merely a book; it is the national history of Iran, and all the people of Iran ...

Rostam is a legendary figure in Persian mythology, his exploits immortalized in “Shahnameh,” a 10th-century epic poem crafted over 33 years by the poet Ferdowsi that’s also known as “The ...