About PersiansHome

What this directory is

PersiansHome is a map-based directory of businesses, community events, and property listings connected to the Persian and Iranian diaspora. Every entry is a point on an interactive map, so the question the site answers is a geographic one: what is near me, or near the city I am moving to, or near the family I am visiting.

It is worldwide by design rather than by ambition. The diaspora is not concentrated in one country, and a directory that only covered Los Angeles or only covered Toronto would be useless to most of the people it is meant to serve. Listings run across North America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East outside Iran — wherever Persian communities have settled and opened businesses.

The site is bilingual. Categories, business names, and descriptions are largely in Farsi, written right-to-left; the navigation, policies, and pages like this one are in English. Most readers use both.

Who publishes it

PersiansHome is published from Los Angeles, California. It is an independent directory and advertising platform: it is not a marketplace, does not take payment on behalf of any listed business, and is not a broker or agent for any property shown here. Business owners buy listing and advertising plans from us directly; that is how the site is funded. The full arrangement is set out in our Terms of Service.

You can reach a person at info@persianshome.com or through the contact page.

Why there are no listings inside Iran

This is a diaspora directory, and businesses, events, and properties physically located in Iran are deliberately excluded from it. That exclusion is enforced in the software, not left to editorial judgement: every listing is checked before it can be published, and refused if it resolves to Iran.

Reading the site is a different matter, and is open to everyone everywhere. Nothing on these pages changes according to where the visitor is; the exclusion applies to where a listed business is, not to who is allowed to look at it.

Adding a listing

Anyone can create an account and add a business, an event, or a property. A basic listing is free; paid plans add photos, opening hours, extra phone numbers, and social links. The step-by-step guide walks through the whole process in Farsi and English.

What we do not do is invent anything. There are no ratings or reviews on this site, no estimated opening hours, and no price ranges we have guessed at. Where a field is unknown, it is left empty rather than filled in.

What we do not verify

We are a directory, not an inspector. We do not independently verify business names, addresses, phone numbers, opening hours, event dates, asking prices, or whether a person listing a property is authorised to advertise it. Map pins can be approximate, and any detail on a listing can be out of date. Please confirm details with the business, organiser, or advertiser before travelling or making a decision. The limits of what we take responsibility for are set out in sections 8.1 and 8.2 of the Terms of Service.

Advertising is separate from accuracy. Businesses can pay for promoted placement, which moves a listing higher in the results and marks it as sponsored. It buys prominence; it does not buy a claim that the listing is correct, and it is not a condition of appearing on the map.

If this is your business: claiming and correcting

If your business is already on the map and you did not put it there, it is yours to take over. Open its page and press This is my business. If the email on your account is the address the listing already publishes, it moves to you on the spot; otherwise we look at the request ourselves and email you the answer. Either way we confirm that you are connected to the business before we hand anything over, which protects you as much as it protects us.

Events and properties have no such button yet, and if something on a listing is simply wrong you do not need to claim it at all. For either, write to us at info@persianshome.com or use the contact form and choose Report incorrect or outdated information.

Once a listing is yours you can edit it from your dashboard and add the details it does not yet carry — starting with the description, which a harvested listing has never had. There is a free plan that covers that, and whether you ever advertise is entirely your decision.

Removing a listing

You can have your listing removed, and the process is deliberately free of obstacles. You do not need an account, you do not need to claim the listing first, and you will never be asked to buy anything as a condition of removal.

Email info@persianshome.com with the subject line "Listing Removal Request", or use the contact form with the topic Remove my listing or my data. Tell us the business name, whether you want the listing corrected or removed entirely, and whether you also want us to stop contacting the business about PersiansHome. We will confirm your connection to the business, action the request within 30 days, and write back to tell you it is done. Section 9.2 of the Privacy Policy spells this out in full, along with the other rights you have over your data.