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Iran Highlights
alt align=left src=http://www.tehrantimes.com/images/stories/iranhighlighs/takhte-soleiman.jpg Glitter walls in the time of oil lamps
Takht-i Sulayman and the Ilkhanid tile work Excavations have revealed that the architectural complex of Takht-i Sulayman (ca. 1270), the summer royal ...
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
alt align=left src=http://www.tehrantimes.com/images/stories/iranhighlighs/mount%20khwaga.jpg Mount Khwaja, a huge unbaked mud structure
Mount Khwaja is a flat-topped black basalt hill rising up as an island in the middle of Lake Hamun, in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan....
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
alt align=left src=http://www.tehrantimes.com/images/stories/iranhighlighs/deserttt.jpg Deserts in Persian literature
The Persian mystic tradition compares the spiritual quest to the crossing of desert valleys. Sufism enumerates seven of these valleys: quest, love, kn...
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
alt align=left src=http://www.tehrantimes.com/images/stories/iranhighlighs/tabbrizz.jpg Tabriz rug, a harmonic blend of arts
Tabriz, the capital city of East Azarbaijan Province in northwest of Iran, has been a world famous carpet making center.According to experts, this kin...
Wednesday, 07 September 2011
alt align=left src=http://www.tehrantimes.com/images/stories/iranhighlighs/harp-sassanid.png Harps of Persian origin
Chang is a string instrument which flourished in Persia in many forms from its introduction, about 3000 B.C.E., until the 17th century. The original t...
Tuesday, 06 September 2011
alt align=left src=http://www.tehrantimes.com/images/stories/iranhighlighs/22.jpg Ma’roufi: Iran’s iconic maestro
Maestro Javad Ma’roufi was an accomplished Iranian pianist, composer, and soloist who sought to bring traditional and Western music together during ...
Tuesday, 06 September 2011
alt Eid ul-Fitr, Ramadan’s sweet ending
The end of Ramadan is in the neighborhood again. By observance of the new moon, Muslims all over the world mark the end of the fasting period through ...
Monday, 29 August 2011
alt src=http://www.tehrantimes.com/images/stories/iranhighlighs/h6.jpg Hasanlu, a city of great antiquity
Tepe Hasanlu is an archeological site of an ancient city located in northwest Iran (in the province of West Azarbaijan), a short distance south of Lak...
Monday, 29 August 2011
alt src=http://www.tehrantimes.com/images/stories/iranhighlighs/passargadae.jpg Ancient Persia, home of magnificent gardens
Over half of Iran is desert and there is an ancient tradition of making gardens which provide relief from the extremes of the climate – summer heat ...
Friday, 26 August 2011
Taft, the jewel of desert
The mountainous township of Taft is located 18 km southwest of Yazd on Yazd-Shiraz Road. The city’s proximity to Mount Shirkouh (4075m) has given it...
Friday, 26 August 2011
 
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