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Our courses
Five connected courses and 214 lessons, from your first salām to reading the Iranian press. Every course is included in a Complete membership.
Spoken Persian
Everyday Tehrani Persian from your first salām: the language people actually speak at home, at work and on the street.
Read & Write
The Persian alphabet letter by letter, joining rules and handwriting, then real signs, menus and messages.
Travel & Everyday Iran
Practical Persian for visiting and living in Iran, drawn from years of on-the-ground guides at Living in Tehran.
Persian Through the News
Read and understand Persian headlines, economic reports and TV bulletins, taught by working journalists.
Culture & Poetry
Proverbs, festivals, film, music and short verse from Hafez, Saadi and Khayyam, read slowly with notes.
Live classes
Practise everything with native-speaker tutors in small online groups. Included in Complete Live.
The suggested learning path
You can take courses in any order, but this is the route we recommend for a complete beginner studying 20–30 minutes a day. Your dashboard follows it automatically.
| When | What to study | What you’ll be able to do |
|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1–6 | Spoken Persian Unit 1 + Read & Write Unit 1 | Greet people, introduce yourself and read your first words. |
| Weeks 7–12 | Spoken Persian Unit 2 + Read & Write Unit 2 + Travel & Everyday Iran Unit 1 | Get around a city, buy things and read full sentences. |
| Months 4–6 | Spoken Persian Units 3–4 + Read & Write Units 3–4 | Understand the grammar, follow real dialogues and read real signs and menus. |
| Months 7–9 | Spoken Persian Units 5–6 + Travel & Everyday Iran + Culture & Poetry | Speak in longer sentences, handle taarof and explore proverbs and festivals. |
| Months 10–12+ | Spoken Persian Units 7–8 + Persian Through the News | Talk about anything, and read the Iranian press at source. |
Not sure where to start?
Try the first Spoken Persian lesson free, or join the free four-week Tehran Starter course with a group of other beginners.