The diversity of halide materials related to important solar energy systems such as CsPbX 3 (X = Cl, Br, I) is explored by introducing the transition metal element Fe. In particular a new compound, Cs 3 Fe 2 Br 9 (space group / with a = 7.5427(8) and c = 18.5849(13) Å ), has been synthesized and found to contain 0D face-sharing Fe 2 Br 9 octahedral dimers. Unlike its isomorph, Cs 3 Bi 2 I 9 , it is black in color, has a low optical bandgap of 1.65 eV and exhibits antiferromagnetic behavior below T N = 13 K. Density functional theory calculations shed further light on these properties and also predict that the material should have anisotropic transport characteristics.