The new dictionary is described by Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) as the first comprehensive and standardized reference for daily vocabulary and phrases in both languages.

Officials said the tool is meant to serve as a “fresh platform” for strengthening academic, cultural and tourism ties that have been growing between Iran and Thailand in recent years.

Available on web, Telegram, Android and iOS, the service offers audio pronunciation and phonetic transcription in three scripts – English, Thai and Persian – covering both single words and common conversational sentences. “

The main strength is its focus on pronunciation,” the cultural center said, stressing that users can listen to a word and at the same time see how it should be spoken.

Developers say the dictionary goes beyond single entries by providing ready-made phrases for greetings, directions, shopping, transport and administrative tasks. Each comes with a voice recording and phonetic guide, designed to help beginners build confidence in real-life situations.

The project was launched amid rising demand for user-friendly language tools. Academic exchanges, student mobility and tourism flows between Iran and Thailand have all climbed, creating what officials call an urgent need for reliable bilingual resources.

The dictionary’s first phase covers the “1,000 most frequent words” and “1,000 key phrases” and is already online. A second phase, dependent on new funding, would add advanced features such as voice message translation, photo-to-text conversion and AI-based sentence suggestions, effectively turning the product into an intelligent language assistant.

Target users include Thai students interested in Persian, Iranians learning Thai, teachers, researchers and travelers. The tool is also expected to benefit cultural centers, schools and universities, providing what its designers call “a trusted companion” for translation, pronunciation practice and essential communication.