Academy of Persian Language and Literature

Academy of Persian Language and Literature

Formation	May 20, 1935; 89 years ago (1935-05-20)
Purpose	Regulatory body of the Persian language.
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Membership	Around 300 persons
President	Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
Website	https://apll.ir/

The Academy of Persian Language and Literature (APLL) (Persian: فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی, Farhangestân-e Zabân-o Adab-e Fârsi) is the regulatory body for the Persian language, headquartered in Tehran, Iran. Formerly known as the Academy of Iran (فرهنگستان ایران, Farhangestân-e Iran), it was founded on May 20, 1935, by the initiative of Reza Shah, the founder of Pahlavi dynasty.

The academy acts as the official authority on the language, and contributes to linguistic research on Persian and other languages of Iran.