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Iran adds “Persian Gulf” to Spiritual Heritage list
Iran is planning to hold the Persian Gulf national day and register the historical waterway on the country's Spiritual Heritage list. “The Persian Gulf day was marked on the national calendar during the previous president's term in office, but no…
Happy Sadi Day
[ad#imapnov08] Iranian people annually commemorate Sheikh Muslih od-Din Sadi Shirazi (C. 1213-1291), one of the greatest figures of classical Persian literature, on April 21, which has been named Sadi Day. Following is Maxim 34 from Sadi’s Gulistan translated by Richard…
Nowruz or Nowroz – نوروز
[ad#imapnov08] Nowruz or Nowroz (Persian: نوروز) meaning 'New Day' is the traditional Iranian new year holiday celebrated by Iranian people and initiated in Ancient Iran. It is a major part of the Iranian peoples’ rich culture and one of the…
Mazandaran, مازندران
[ad#imapnov08] Mazandaran (Persian مازندران) is a Caspian province in the north of Iran. Located on the Southern coast of the Caspian Sea, it is bordered clockwise by Golestan, Semnan and Tehran provinces (together forming Greater Mazandaran, separated from Mazandaran respectively…
Urmia or Orumieh ارومیه
[ad#imapnov08] Urmia or Orumieh (Persian: ارومیه, Orumieh; during the majority of the Pahlavi Dynasty (1925–1979) called Persian: رضائیه, Rezaiyeh), (37°32′58″N 45°4′11″E) is the capital of the West Azerbaijan Province, a district and a city located in northwestern Iran. It is…
Pre-Parthian Underground City Discovered in Hamedan
[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 , رشت
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.…
Sahand – سهند
[ad#imapnov08]Sahand (Persian: سهند, Azerbaijani: سهند ) , (Kuh-e-Sahand) is a massive, heavily eroded calc-alkaline stratovolcano located in in northwestern Iran, about 60 km east of Lake Urmia and 40 km of the city of Tabriz. At 3707 m 12,162 feet…
Zoroastrians Observe Sadeh Festival in Iran
[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…