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In contrast to the articles assertion, the Cyrus cylinder does translate into freeing the 'bonded people' - and this is very commonly accepted to mean freeing slaves. Also their is no archaeological evidence, including the form of records (tokens/cylinder seals) that allude to the existence of slavery in the Achaemenid period. Aside from a passage or two from Herodotus, who was more of a fear mongering politician than a historian, there is a complete lack of archeological or written evidence for slavery in ancient Iran. 2601:882:101:1A0:5FF:EB54:2807:6AFD (talk) 18:46, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
That's not what Olmstead's "History of the Persian Empire" says: "An enormous increase in the slave population during this period brought hardships on the lower middle class." etc etc. AnonMoos (talk) 16:44, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
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It has been a while since this article was reviewed, so I took a look and noticed uncited statements, including the entire "Reception in the Islamic Republic" section. Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 01:52, 28 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
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@Z1720 Hello. In the mentioned section, there were two reported speeches which needed to be cited. I added two citations from independent reliable sources. First one presents the full oration delivered by then president at the inauguration ceremony. The other is about the backlash against his controversial claims. in the second source, I did not find the exact same words. I guess it could be addressed by replacing the Kayhan text with what is written in the BBC source. The.shahab (talk) 06:29, 5 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
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