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General Information History Natural Scenery Tourism Social Life of Iranians Modern Iran before 1979 Revolution Iran after 1979 Revolution Art and Iranians Famous Iranians Iranians in USA Persian Words in English Language
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Europe
Africa
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Middle East is an area which covers parts of west Asia and North East Africa
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Caspian Sea
Persian Gulf
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Ancient Name: Perse, Pars, Persia (Until 1935) Persians (Parsians)
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Irans Flag
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Race Background: Aria (Arya)
Area: 1.648 million sq km (Slightly Larger than Alaska) Arable Area: about 10 % Population: 68,688,433 (July 2006 est.) Religion: Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2% Literacy (age 15 and over can read and write): more than 80%
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Capital: Tehran
Calendar:
Persian Calendar This year: 1386 A Solar Calendar which is more Accurate than Gregorian Clanedar
21st March
Official Language:
Farsi (Persian)
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Arid Semi Arid
Mountains
Forests
BRIEF HISTORY
History
History
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
History
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All Nations Gate, Statue of Xerxes the Great, Persepolis, Achaemenian Capital
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The First Human Rights Document Ever Made by Darius I King of Persia, Achaemenian Era
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The first credible claim for the development of a real postal system comes from Persia , A Post Station (Chaparkhane), Achaemenian Era
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Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Indian Ocean
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Sassanid Dynasty invented Bank system. During the third century AD, banks in Persia and other territories in the Persian empire under Sassanid Empire issued letters of credit known as Sakks and is the root of the word cheque.
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Rhazes, 865 A.D., Chemist and Physician Discovered Sulfuric Acid and Alcohol
Khwarizmi , 800 A.D., Persian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and geographer, Inventor of Algorithm
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Avicennia, 980 A.D., Physician and Philosopher Author of The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine which was for seven centuries the standard medical text in European universities
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A Safavid King
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Qajar Kings
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Amir Kabir, Qajar Prime Minister Established the First Modern University in Iran in 1880s
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Pahlavi Dynasty
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Pahlavi Dynasty
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On 22 September 1980 Iraq invaded Iran and this war lasted from September 1980 to August 1988 and about a million Iranians killed or wounded. On 9 December 1991, the UN Secretary-General declared Iraq as invader and the war ended.
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NATURAL SCENERY
Natural Scenery
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Natural Scenery
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Natural Scenery
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TOURISM ATTRACTIONS
Tourism Attractions
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Tourism Attractions
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Tourism Attractions
Tourism Attractions
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Imam Reza holly shrine (All made of gold and silver), Mashad
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Tourism Attractions
Tourism Attractions
Tourism Attractions
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Tourism Attractions
Qeshm Island
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Tourism Attractions
Tourism Attractions
The second 7 star hotel of the world Flower of the east Kish Island
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Tourism Attractions
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Tehran
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Tehran
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Tehran
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Tehran
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Tehran
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Tehran
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Tehran
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Tehran
Iranian Youth
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Soccer Fans
Iranian Youth
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Iranian Youth
Soccer Fans
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Iranian Fashions
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Last Wednesday of the Year Chahrshanbe Soori Fireworks, Dance and Jump over Fire
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Iranian Miniature
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FAMOUS IRANIANS
Famous Iranians
Christiane Amanpour
Chief International Correspondent for the CNN
Anousheh Ansari
First Female Private Space Tourism
Bijan Davari
IBM Fellow and Vice President
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Famous Iranians
Hossein Eslambolchi
Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer of AT&T
Maria Khorsand
President of Ericsson Company
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wikipedia.org
Famous Iranians
Omid Kordestani
Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Field Operations of Google
Farzad Nazem
Executive Vice President of Yahoo!
Pierre M. Omidyar
Founder and Chairman of the eBay
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wikipedia.org
Famous Iranians
Azadeh Tabazadeh
Senior Research Scientist, Earth Science Division, NASA
Faryar Shirzad
Former White House Deputy Assistant for International Economic Affairs to President George W. Bush
Shirin Ebadi
The First Iranian and the First Muslim Woman To Receive the Nobel Peace Prize
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IRANIANS IS USA
Iranians in USA
In 1990 about 1,100,000 Iranians have been living in USA. In 1979, Iran has had the most student population abroad among all other countries and the most number of foreign students in US. 46% of Iranians in US have bachelors degree or higher.
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Iranians in USA
It is estimated that about 800,000 Iranians live in California. The most population of Iranians, about 600,000, live in Los Angeles which is called Tehrangeles (Tehran-Los Angeles). Iranians live in Westwood district of L.A. Which is called Little Persia and is one of the most expensive districts of L.A.
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Beggar (bi-kaar) Better (Behtar) Candy (Ghandy) Cash (karsha) Cheque(Check) (Chek) Cow (Gav) Guitar (Sitar) Further (Fartar)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Persian_origin
Sugar (shakar)
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Persian_origin
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