From the emergence of Persian poetry and prose to the modern era, humor has remained one of the most enduring and influential literary modes in Iran. Nevertheless, its theoretical and analytical classification has largely remained confined to traditional categories such as hazl, hajv, muṭāyaba, and fukāha. This limited framework has prevented a significant portion of Persian humor particularly forms that emerged in classical texts, oral culture, and modern media from being scientifically identified and named. Using a descriptive–analytical approach and based on extensive library research, the present study identifies, defines, and classifies the “newly discovered genres of humor” in Persian literature and analyzes their characteristics. The findings reveal that Persian humor can be categorized into four major groups—linguistic, structural, narrative, and social—which together encompass 21 distinct genres, including ekhtiṣār (elliptical wit), bād-vājeh (word-distortion humor), khiyāl-nāmeh (imaginative parodic narratives), mehrakīn, SMS humor, wartime jokes, and popular invective—genres that have remained unnamed or unclassified in conventional taxonomies. Analysis of classical and contemporary examples shows that these genres not only reflect linguistic creativity and aesthetic innovation but also serve important political, ethical, historical, and psychological functions. The study concludes by emphasizing the need to revise humor typology in Persian literature and highlights the potential for establishing humor studies as an independent subfield within literary scholarship.