Iranian knights.(Features)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: October 25, 2006 | Copyright information

SIR - With all the animosities that exist today in some Western countries towards Iran (formerly known as the vast Persian Empire), I thought it would be of importance to bring to your attention what the ancient Iranian people did for the Romano-Britons including Celts.

Sarmatians were a confederation of Iranian- speaking nomadic tribes who originated ...

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