🇮🇷 The best tutors for learning Persian

Elyar, a Tabriz-born teacher based in Milan, has built an unusually well-organised free site around spoken Persian: themed vocabulary guides running to thousands of words, grammar and script explanations, reading practice, and blunt reviews of the other Farsi resources on the market. The reference material is free; one-to-one lessons are the paid side, with a free 25-minute first session. It is one person's opinionated project rather than an institution, and it is newer than the classics, so cross-check anything surprising.

One-on-one video lessons from roughly $5–30/hr depending on the language and the teacher's credentials. It is the single fastest way to get real speaking practice, and the reason most self-study plans stall is that they skip this step. Community tutors are cheap conversation partners; professional teachers are worth it if you want structure, homework and error correction.

100,000+ tutors across 120+ subjects, with a free replacement if your first tutor is a bad fit. The main structural difference from italki is that Preply pushes weekly lesson subscriptions and takes a large commission from tutors, which some learners consider a reason to prefer italki. Worth comparing side by side for your language — prices, availability and tutor quality differ per market rather than per platform.