Editing Iran (section)

=== Philosophy ===
{{Main|Ancient philosophy#Ancient Iranian philosophy|Iranian philosophy}}
[[File:Persian Scholar pavilion in Viena UN (Rhazes&Khayyam).jpg|thumb|[[Scholars Pavilion]] is a monument donated by Iran to the [[United Nations Office at Vienna|United Nations Office in Vienna]], with statues of Iranian mediaeval scholars.]]
Iranian philosophy can be traced back as far as [[Iranian languages|Old Iranian]] philosophical traditions and thoughts which originated in ancient [[Indo-Iranians|Indo-Iranian]] roots and were influenced by [[Zarathustra]]'s teachings. Throughout Iranian history and due to remarkable political and social changes such as [[Rashidun conquest of the Sassanian Empire|the Arab]] and [[Mongol invasion of Central Asia|Mongol invasions]], a wide spectrum of schools of thoughts showed a variety of views on philosophical questions, extending from Old Iranian and mainly [[Zoroastrianism]]-related traditions, to schools appearing in the late pre-Islamic era such as [[Manicheism]] and [[Mazdakism]] as well as post-Islamic schools.

The [[Cyrus Cylinder]] is seen as a reflection of the questions and thoughts expressed by [[Zoroaster]] and developed in Zoroastrian schools of the Achaemenid era.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Boyce, Mary |title=The Origins of Zoroastrian Philosophy" in "Persian Philosophy |encyclopedia=Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy |first1=Brian |last1=Carr |first2=Indira |last2=Mahalingam |publisher=Routledge |year=2009}}</ref> Post-Islam Iranian philosophy is characterised by different interactions with the [[Ancient philosophy#Ancient Iranian philosophy|Old Iranian philosophy]], the [[Greek philosophy]] and with the development of [[Islamic philosophy]]. The [[Illumination School]] and the [[Transcendent Philosophy]] are regarded as two of the main philosophical traditions of that era in Iran. Contemporary Iranian philosophy has been limited in its scope by intellectual repression.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ayatollahy |first=Hamidreza |title=Philosophy in Contemporary Iran |journal=Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |year=2006 |volume=62 |issue=2/4 |pages=811–816 |jstor=40419494}}</ref>