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[ad#imapnov08] Hamadan Province in western Iran has yielded an underground city, which is believed by archeologists to date back to pre-Parthian eras. Archeologists found 25 of the underground citys rooms, halls and corridors in a 4-meter-deep site in Samen located…
Rasht (Persian: رشت) is the capital of Gilan province in northwestern Iran and the largest city along the Caspian sea coast (37°17′N 49°35′E). It is a major trade center between Caucasia, Russia and Iran using the port of Bandar-e Anzali.…
[ad#imapnov08] Irans Zoroastrian community held the Jashn-e-Sadeh Festival for celebrating the discovery of fire on the 10th of the Iranian month of Bahman (Jan. 29). Considered one of the biggest Persian festivities in ancient times, Jashn-e-Sadeh (also known as the…
[ad#imapnov08] An Iranian archaeological team has recently discovered ten Parthian era jar burials at the Nakhl-e Ebrahim site in Hormuzgan Province. The burials were unearthed during the second season of excavations carried out to save artifacts and information from the…
The devastating earthquake at Bam, Iran on December 26, 2003 killed more than 43,000 people injured 20,000 and left 60,000 homeless. The magnitude 6.5 earthquake destroyed the town and the 2000-year-old Arg-e-Bam citadel - one of Iran's major tourist attractions.…