TEHRAN - Dehloran, as one of the significant regions in western Iran, has been settled in prehistoric times and contains ...

including the proto-Elamite script from what is now southwestern Iran, which may have influenced Mesopotamian cuneiform. The proto-Sinaitic script was widely thought to be the oldest alphabet ...

Among Iran’s earliest civilizations were Elam and Jiroft, with the Elamite civilization being the most prominent and widely recognized for laying the foundations of early Iranian governance during the ...