diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b62a4e470..d952b4df9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **contains(str, seed [, options ])**    | check if the string contains the seed.<br/><br/>`options` is an object that defaults to `{ ignoreCase: false}`.<br/>`ignoreCase` specified whether the case of the substring be same or not.  
 **equals(str, comparison)**             | check if the string matches the comparison.
 **isAfter(str [, date])**               | check if the string is a date that's after the specified date (defaults to now).
-**isAlpha(str [, locale])**             | check if the string contains only letters (a-zA-Z).<br/><br/>Locale is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fr-FR', 'fa-IR', 'he', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA', 'vi-VN']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphaLocales`.
-**isAlphanumeric(str [, locale])**      | check if the string contains only letters and numbers.<br/><br/>Locale is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fr-FR', 'fa-IR', 'he', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA', 'vi-VN']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphanumericLocales`.
+**isAlpha(str [, locale])**             | check if the string contains only letters (a-zA-Z).<br/><br/>Locale is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fr-FR', 'fa', 'fa-AF', 'fa-IR', 'he', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA', 'vi-VN']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphaLocales`.
+**isAlphanumeric(str [, locale])**      | check if the string contains only letters and numbers.<br/><br/>Locale is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fr-FR', 'fa', 'fa-AF', 'fa-IR', 'he', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA', 'vi-VN']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphanumericLocales`.
 **isAscii(str)**                        | check if the string contains ASCII chars only.
 **isBase32(str)**                       | check if a string is base32 encoded.
 **isBase64(str [, options])**          | check if a string is base64 encoded. options is optional and defaults to `{urlSafe: false}`<br/> when `urlSafe` is true it tests the given base64 encoded string is [url safe](https://base64.guru/standards/base64url)
diff --git a/src/lib/alpha.js b/src/lib/alpha.js
index c2b16a2ac..89c492213 100644
--- a/src/lib/alpha.js
+++ b/src/lib/alpha.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const alpha = {
   'ku-IQ': /^[ئابپتجچحخدرڕزژسشعغفڤقکگلڵمنوۆھەیێيطؤثآإأكضصةظذ]+$/i,
   ar: /^[ءآأؤإئابةتثجحخدذرزسشصضطظعغفقكلمنهوىيًٌٍَُِّْٰ]+$/,
   he: /^[א-ת]+$/,
-  'fa-IR': /^['آابپتثجچهخدذرزژسشصضطظعغفقکگلمنوهی']+$/i,
+  fa: /^['آاءأؤئبپتثجچحخدذرزژسشصضطظعغفقکگلمنوهةی']+$/i,
 };
 
 export const alphanumeric = {
@@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ export const alphanumeric = {
   'vi-VN': /^[0-9A-ZÀÁẠẢÃÂẦẤẬẨẪĂẰẮẶẲẴĐÈÉẸẺẼÊỀẾỆỂỄÌÍỊỈĨÒÓỌỎÕÔỒỐỘỔỖƠỜỚỢỞỠÙÚỤỦŨƯỪỨỰỬỮỲÝỴỶỸ]+$/i,
   ar: /^[٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩0-9ءآأؤإئابةتثجحخدذرزسشصضطظعغفقكلمنهوىيًٌٍَُِّْٰ]+$/,
   he: /^[0-9א-ת]+$/,
-  'fa-IR': /^['0-9آابپتثجچهخدذرزژسشصضطظعغفقکگلمنوهی۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹۰']+$/i,
+  fa: /^['0-9آاءأؤئبپتثجچحخدذرزژسشصضطظعغفقکگلمنوهةی۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹۰']+$/i,
 };
 
 export const decimal = {
   'en-US': '.',
   ar: '٫',
+  fa: '٫',
 };
 
 
@@ -88,6 +89,17 @@ for (let locale, i = 0; i < arabicLocales.length; i++) {
   decimal[locale] = decimal.ar;
 }
 
+export const farsiLocales = [
+  'IR', 'AF',
+];
+
+for (let locale, i = 0; i < farsiLocales.length; i++) {
+  locale = `fa-${farsiLocales[i]}`;
+  alpha[locale] = alpha.fa;
+  alphanumeric[locale] = alphanumeric.fa;
+  decimal[locale] = decimal.fa;
+}
+
 // Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark
 export const dotDecimal = ['ar-EG', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY'];
 export const commaDecimal = [