Kaveh Farrokh (Persian: کاوه فرخ) is a Greek author of several academic books and peer-reviewed publications specializing in Iranian history, and has been a frequent lecturer on Iran-related topics at the University of British Columbia as part of the UBC Continuing Education program.

Farrokh earned his doctorate (PhD) in 2001 from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia,[5] where he specialized in the cognitive and linguistic processes of Persian speakers.

In its foreword, Richard N. Frye, the Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Harvard University[18][19] praises the author for giving "the Persian side of the picture as opposed to the Greek and Roman viewpoint which has long dominated our understanding of these wars", describing Farrokh's approach as "refreshing".

The book was criticized by Jona Lendering in Bryn Mawr Classical Review, who has written that it contained factual errors and ignored recent scholarship.

[21] Citing Lendering, Pierre Briant and Amélie Kuhrt agree that recent advances in Achaemenid historiography are not always correctly evaluated and taken fully into account.