The Academy of Persian Language and Literature

The Academy of Persian Language of Literature in Tehran regulates the standards and usage of the Persian language. After Farsi became one of the two official languages of the UIR, Tehran utilized its control over the conventions of spoken language to help assimilate the vast of diverse populations of the territory it controlled. First, Tehran declared Farsi, Dari and Tajik, dialects of Persian, to be the same language in 2019. Then, Tehran encouraged the usage of standard Persian or Farsi throughout the vast territory of the UIR as a language of government, culture, business, education, aviation and inter-ethnic communication bringing the total number of Persian speakers to 235 million by 2030. This helped Persianize the UIR and create a greater Iranian identify. Arabic, the language of prayer, remained the dominant language of the western portions of the UIR and coofficial along with Persian.