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Iran Highlights
alt The 9th century Friday mosque of Qazvin
The Friday mosque of Qazvin is one of the oldest mosques in Iran. Originally built on the site of a Sassanid fire temple, it was subsequently develop... 		Monday, 20 February 2012
Seljuk cultural and artistic efflorescence in Iran
The Seljuks, a Turkic dynasty of Central Asian nomadic origins, became the new rulers of the eastern Islamic lands following their defeat of the powe... 		Monday, 20 February 2012
alt Kish Island, pearl of the Persian Gulf
Kish Island has a unique situation in the strategic Persian Gulf region among tens of large and small islands. This island is so beautiful and attrac... 		Wednesday, 15 February 2012
alt Persian Gulf, a name inscribed on the heart of history
The Persian Gulf is a crescent-shape groove which has demonstrated the encroachment of the Indian Ocean waters in a span of 900 km long and 240 km wi... 		Wednesday, 15 February 2012
alt A time-lapse journey through the Persian literature
  The Old Persian of the Achaemenian Empire, preserved in a number of cuneiform inscriptions, was an Indo-European tongue with close affinities with... 		Monday, 13 February 2012
alt Ganj Nameh, a guide to an uncovered treasury!
The Ganj Nameh are set of cuneiform characters written in three languages (ancient Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian), set into a rock face on Mount A... 		Monday, 13 February 2012
alt Iran’s foreign tourist arrivals continue to increase
  Iran aims to raise the number of foreign tourists to 20 million by 2025, as per the country’s 2025 vision. Seyyed Hassan Mousavi, the head o... 		Monday, 13 February 2012
alt Love of truth in ancient Iran
Herodotus, the Greek historian who was a contemporary of the great King Darius of ancient Iran, wrote in his remarkable history that the Persians est... 		Sunday, 12 February 2012
Best skiing opportunity in the Middle East
Iran is quite a different country in the region when it comes to the possibilities of skiing in the Middle East! There are lots of huge mountains wit... 		Monday, 30 January 2012
alt Siraf among the world's most prosperous cities
The port of Siraf is in southern Iran, roughly half way along the north shore of the Persian Gulf within a shallow bay partially occupied today by the... 		Wednesday, 18 January 2012
 
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