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• History of Norooz, The Persian New Year , نوروز در تصویر March 15, 2010
  In harmony with the rebirth of nature, the Persian New Year Celebration, or Norooz, always begins on the first day of spring. Norooz ceremonies with thousands of years history are symbolic representations of two ancient concepts – the End and the Rebirth; or Good and Evil. With various local pronunciations and spellings, meaning ‘New Day’) […]
• Iran’s World Heritage Monastery (Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran) March 15, 2010
  Christ’s birth took place halfway through the period of Parthian rule in Iran (250 BC – 224 AD), a dynasty which allowed more freedom of religion than some of the later Persian rulers. At the time of the Sassanian dynasty (224 AD – 652 AD), although Christianity spread in western regions of the country, [...] […]