diff --git a/persian.nsh b/persian.nsh
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diff --git a/setup.nsi b/setup.nsi
index 968f1aed60..1a1c05f7d7 100644
--- a/setup.nsi
+++ b/setup.nsi
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ Var STARTMENU_FOLDER
 !include "french.nsh"
 !insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "German"
 !include "german.nsh"
+!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "Persian"
+!include "persian.nsh"
 !insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "Slovenian"
 !include "slovenian.nsh"
 !insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "Spanish"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4bcd4d3845..29f99cf94f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ dist = setup(name=name,
         'Natural Language :: German',
         'Natural Language :: Hungarian',
         'Natural Language :: Italian',
+        'Natural Language :: Persian',
         'Natural Language :: Polish',
         'Natural Language :: Portuguese (Brazilian)',
         'Natural Language :: Russian',