The Shah Nematollah Vali shrine is a historical complex, located in Mahan (Kerman), Iran, which contains the mausoleum of Shah Nematollah Vali, the renowned Iranian mystic and poet. Shah Nematollah Vali died in 1431 aged in over 100. In 1436 a shrine was erected in his honor and became a pilgrimage site ; with the…
A large crowd of Armenians gathered at Saint Sarkis Cathedral in Tehran on Sunday, April 24, 2016, to mark the 101st anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Ottoman Armenians in 1915. What is the Armenian Genocide or the 1915 genocide? In 1915, leaders of the Turkish government set in motion a plan to expel…
the 20 of April is “Saadi’s Day” in IRAN. Many lovers of the great Persian poet Saadi gather at his grave in Shiraz and read his poetry. Saadi distinguished between the spiritual and the practical or mundane aspects of life. In his Bustan, for example, spiritual Saadi uses the mundane world as a spring board…
The wedding ceremony of Kazakh ethnicity in Golestan province is a traditional event taking many days to complete. Iranian Kazakhs live mainly in the Golestān Province in northern Iran. According to ethnologue.org, however, there were 3000 Kazakhs living in Iran in 1982 in the city of Gorgan. The number of Iranian Kazakhs might have been…
Isfahan is a large city located almost in the center of today’s Iran where the main north-south and east-west roads cross (see location in Google Map). It is estimated that the Isfahan metropolitan area has a population of about 4,000,000, making it the second most populous metropolitan area in Iran after the capital Tehran Related…
@motiheidari who is active instageramer with 92.3k followers publish this photo. The photo taken forms many foreign tourists who passed the road by car. @motiheidari and his master in Imamzade Saleh in north of Tehran. @motiheidari with the 9 french social masters in Zurkhaneh club. the Zurkhaneh is the first sport club in history. …
Marvdasht, the site to world-renowned Persepolis Historical Complex, has hosted country’s first ever international marathon competition; athletes from more than 35 countries participate. Persepolis, Old Persian Parsa, modern Takht-e Jamshīd or Takht-i Jamshīd (Persian: “Throne of Jamshīd,” Jamshīd being a character in Persian mythology), Persepolis: ruins of the royal residence an ancient capital of the…
Ahvaz (Persian: اهواز Ahvāz, Khuzestani Arabic: أهواز Aẖwaz) is a city in the south of Iran and the most development city in north west of Persian gulf. Ahvaz is built on the banks of the Karun River and is situated in the middle of Khuzestan Province, of which it is the capital and most populous…
Bishop of Armenian church, Sebo Serkisian, during the ritual of Consecration at St. Mary’s Church which was built in 1995, Ghorogh village. Photo: Farhad Babae Related posts: Kazakh wedding ceremony in Iran
Women in Kormanj dresses (sort of traditional Kurdish dresses) dance at a wedding party in a village in Golestan province, north of IEAN. Photo: Rf. Karimi Related posts: Kazakh wedding ceremony in Iran Turkmen traditional wedding ceremony + Photo Iranian women farmers planted tomatoes Chinese girl traveled all over IRAN
