[4][5][6] According to the Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi, the name of the city is derived from the famous figure of Shahnameh Piran.

[9] According to Djalal Khaleghi Motlagh, Piran may be the Median Harpagus that saved Cyrus the Great.

[12] According to Minorsky, the ancient Parsua is identical with the name of the town Pasveh in Lajan District of Piranshahr County.

Pasva is a village near Piranshahr whose name, according to the Iranist Vladimir Minorsky has existed since the 9th century BC and was built by the "Parsua tribes."

[citation needed] Mayor: Safer Tefakhur[22] Governor: Kakderwishi[23][24] Friday prayer: Saleh Hashimabadi[25][26] Majlis representative: Kemal Hussainpur[27] The main institutions of higher education in the area are Payame Noor University and Islamic Azad University.