Sea of Clouds

Nestled amidst the lush, rolling hills of Iran’s picturesque landscape, Filband Village is a breathtaking haven of natural beauty and cultural charm. S

Filband: Walking on the Clouds
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Where the sky kisses the earth Discover the enchanting beauty of Filband Village above the clouds in Iran.

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A Timeless symbol of faith and beauty.

The Sheikh Losfollah Mosque is a breathtaking sanctuary that exemplifies Islamic architectural brilliance.

Where architectural splendor meets spiritual serenity.
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Discover the harmonious blend of artistry and devotion in the heart of Sheikh Losfollah

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Hafez Shirazi: The Heartbeat of Persian Poetry

Poetry that touches the spirit — Hafez’s words are a timeless journey into the soul of Persia.

Whispers of Love and Soul — Hafez of Shiraz
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Celebrate the legendary poet Hafez Shirazi, a master of lyrical poetry whose eloquence and wisdom continue to resonate. His mystical verses unlock the depths of the soul, inviting us into a world of passion, mysticism, and eternal beauty.

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Experience the Thrill of Skiing in Tochal, Tehran

Nestled in the Alborz mountain range, Tochal offers an exciting skiing experience just a short drive from Tehran

Your Gateway to Winter Adventure Just Minutes from the City
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Experience the thrill of alpine adventure at Tochal Ski Resort, Tehran’s premier winter getaway.

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International Dolls Museum

International Dolls Museum is a private museum which has been launched in Tehran on Mehr 1393 S.H

Firouzabad Monuments; Outstanding Symbols of Sassanid Architecture

Situated in the southern part of the Fars Province of Iran, Firouzabad City houses several monuments depicting the outstanding Architecture of the Sassanid era.

Laleh International Hotel

Laleh International Hotel is one of the most luxurious and well-established five-star hotels in Tehran

Kebab Torsh: A Special Recommendation for Travelers to Northern Iran

Iranian kebabs are famous worldwide, but among them, Kebab Torsh stands out with its unique and distinctive flavor.

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Tabas Metal Engraving and Its Unparalleled Delicacy

While Qalam-zani is well-known through the names of cities like Isfahan, Shiraz, and Tabriz, Tabas metalwork holds its own unique identity and exquisite finesse.

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Turkmen Needlework

Inscribed as the 20th intangible heritage of Iran on the UNESCO List, Turkmen needlework is an art the beauty of which is indescribable.

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The connection between art and nature in Sundanese weaving.

Sundbafi weaving is a type of mat made from date palm fibers, it is an art in which no industrial tools are used.

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Ehrami weaving: an art form intertwined with religious beliefs and rituals

Once used as Hajj clothing, Ehrami weaving is now mainly used for making prayer rugs

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Jajim

The art of weaving Jajim is quite old and has been practiced almost all over Iran.

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Charuq

Charuq (lit. clodhopper) is a traditional, famous, and colorfully decorated footwear that has been and is popular among some Iranian communities

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Mangrove’s Crabs

"Mangrove's Crabs" is a captivating documentary that unveils the fascinating world of crab species found in the mangrove forests of southern Iran, specifically Hormozgan. The region hosts a remarkable diversity of crab species, ranging from the smallest knuckle-sized crab to the largest, which is bigger than a dinner plate. This documentary deals with the life of these unattainable creatures and the challenges they face in their daily life.

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Vertigo

“Vertigo” is the story of certain problems between some family friends, the most important of which is betrayal. A group of friends who have started a family and have children, begin to cheat on their spouses and enter into a secret relationship with their friends’ spouses… The serial depicts the betrayals that take place as a condemnable act.

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Koochool Neighborhood

The Koochool animated series follows the Koochools, fantastical creatures living in Koochool Neighborhood. They attend Koochool Kindergarten and engage in various social issues, facing challenges in friendships and family relationships. Each episode presents a problem that the Koochools solve through teamwork or support from adults. The series explores themes like friendship, competition, jealousy, and personal growth, reflecting children’s moral development in different situations

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The Story of a City

This documentary examines the geographical and historical context of Bushehr Port and its people. It also highlights the lifestyle and livelihood of the local community.

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The Contrary Route

This feature film is the life story of a young boy who has not seen his father and his mother works in a factory. In spite of being amateur and just having a small camera, he decided to make a movies in order to change the course of his life and works hard to achieve his ambitious goal.

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Red Square

The story of a lonely woman named Sheida who involuntarily enters a game of terror created by her husband and a foreign terrorist. In order to save his daughter's life, he is exposed to a choice between love, revenge, and power, and he goes with three famous and powerful smugglers named Pop, Mobini, and Makin for a while, unaware that the end of this game will be bloody. In order to save her daughter’s life, Sheida is caught choosing between love, revenge, and power, and she begins to accompany three famous and notorious smugglers named Pop, Mobini, and Makin for a while, unaware that the game will eventually end in bloodshed.

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Shah Nematollah Vali Mausoleum: A Garden Embraced by the Desert, a Journey from Earth to the Heavens

This multifunctionality is one of the defining characteristics of Iranian funerary gardens. Unlike many Western mausoleums, which often function primarily as memorial structures, Iranian garden-tombs have traditionally been living and dynamic spaces for community, education, worship, and everyday life. The Mausoleum of Shah Nematollah Vali, through the integration of these functions, suggests that in Iranian culture, death is not necessarily conceived as a tragic ending separate from life, but as part of the broader fabric of everyday and spiritual existence.

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Tehran The Capital Through the Lens of Architecture From Qajar Gardens to Modern Skyscrapers

For contemporary architects and urban planners, Tehran is both a cautionary lesson and an opportunity for rethinking urban development. The city demonstrates how a small village can be transformed into a metropolis in just over two centuries. This city of contrasts continues to tell the story of its turbulent history, whispering through its towering skyscrapers and highways, as well as its Qajar palaces and historic houses. It invites architects and urban planners to reflect on the meaning of urban identity and sustainable development.

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Gorgan: The City of Forests and History; A Showcase of Northern Iranian Architecture

In northern Iran, nestled among the lush Hyrcanian forests and the fertile plains along the Caspian Sea, lies a city whose history is intertwined with myth, culture, and a civilization spanning thousands of years. Gorgan, formerly known as “Astarabad,” is one of the oldest human settlements in northern Iran and has been an important center of civilization throughout history. Gorgan can be described as the “City of Forests and History”—a city where the indigenous architecture of northern Iran blends with an ancient historical heritage, creating pleasant spaces that exist in harmony with nature and are imbued with a rich sense of collective memory.

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Shushtar: The Architecture of Water , When Ancient Infrastructure Becomes a Cultural Landscape

Among all the architectural masterpieces of Iran, there is one that was built not with bricks and tiles, but with water. This masterpiece is the Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System—a vast hydraulic machine from antiquity that, remarkably, has transcended its role as mere technical infrastructure and evolved into a magnificent cultural landscape. Shushtar, in Khuzestan Province, on the Karun River, tells a story of how engineering and architecture, when placed in the service of life and community, can become a form of poetry.

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Dowlatabad Garden in Yazd: Water, Wind, and Architecture in the Heart of the Desert

Dowlatabad Garden, renowned for its windcatcher, lies in the heart of Yazd’s desert. With its towering windcatcher and turquoise water channels, the garden showcases the ingenuity, creativity, and resilience of the desert’s people.

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Qadiri House, Rasht Outward Looking Architecture in the Land of Eternal Rain

For contemporary architects, Qadiri House in Rasht offers a comprehensive and inspiring lesson in “climate-responsive design.” It demonstrates how architecture can coexist with nature rather than resist it or impose itself upon it, transforming environmental constraints into aesthetic opportunities and developing intelligent, sustainable solutions in response to climatic challenges.

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History of Persian Literature , politicization of the history of Persian literature

So far, many studies have been conducted on the rich Persian culture and literature, among which History of Persian Literature is one of the most prominent.

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A Journey Through the Conduct of the Imams: In Search of an Answer to the Enigma of War or Peace

A study of the lives of the Imams examines the approach of the Imams (peace be upon them) in dealing with the issue of the caliphate and government.

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My Model for a world that thirsts for another way.

Modernity has distracted man from spirituality and caused him to become alienated. Therefore, another path must be taken...

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Iran: A History of Art – A Study of Iranian Art and Its Evolution

iranians had the art of art since the ancient time , but the arrival of islam to iran played a special role in strengthening some art such as architecture .

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From Iran s literary past, a narrative of the flourishing of Iranian culture in past centuries.

Iran is an ancient country with an authentic culture, a culture that has maintained its vibrancy throughout the centuries.

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Barbat

Barbat is an Iranian instrument that may seem to be the same as the Arabic oud to common people. However, the longevity of this instrument is much more than that of oud.

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Daf

The history of Daf goes back to ancient times when it was played in old Persia, different parts of Asia & North Africa

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Tar (string instrument)

Tar (Persian: تار) is an Iranian[1][2][3][4] long-necked, waisted lute family instrument, used by many cultures and countries including Iran, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Georgia, Tajikistan ( Iranian Plateau) and others near the Caucasus and Central Asia regions.

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Turkmen music

The most important part of Turkmen music is the collection of works that are sung and played by the Bakhshis.

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Radif in Iranian Music

Radif in Iranian music is one of Iran’s intangible cultural heritages, which was inscribed in the UNESCO List of intangible world heritage in October 2009.

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Shajarian’s Rabbana

Words are incapable of describing Shajarian’s Rabbana. One has to listen to it and hear it in order to fathom the depth of its spirituality!

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Hossein Behzad: A Pioneering Figure in Contemporary Iranian Miniature Painting

Master Hossein Behzad, a preeminent contemporary Iranian miniature painter, significantly contributed to the revival of this Iranian-Islamic national art through the creation of a distinctive new style. By integrating traditional Persian miniature techniques with modern artistic elements, he produced lasting works that garnered acclaim both nationally and globally.

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Caricature: A Penetrating and Innovative Art in the History of Iran

Caricature is another branch of the visual arts that involves the exaggeration, distortion, and amplification of human, animal, or object features while maintaining a visually recognizable likeness.

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Photography: Lasting Frames that Tell the History of Iran

Photography is one of the various branches of visual arts and is the art of creating lasting images through light or other forms of electromagnetic radiation on light-sensitive materials.

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New Art Media in Iran: Progression in Evolution, Impact, and Creativity

New art media are a relatively recent branch of the visual arts, emerging through the use of fresh language and innovative forms of expression.

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Mirza Mohammad Reza Kalhor and the Revival of Nastaliq Script

Mirza Mohammad Reza Kalhor was a renowned and skilled calligrapher of the Qajar era, recognized among the prominent Nastaliq masters in the history of Iranian visual arts. Through his innate talent and creativity, he succeeded in establishing a fresh, distinctive, and enduring style in Nastaliq calligraph.

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Mahmoud Farshchian: The Shining Star of Iran’s Art Scene

Mahmoud Farshchian is a highly skilled and internationally renowned Iranian artist, recognized as a master of Persian miniature painting. His innovative and conceptually rich works, created over the course of his prolific artistic career, have earned him widespread admiration and respect among art scholars and enthusiasts worldwide.

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Sheikh Bahai and the Need for Reviving His Tumar

Around 500 years ago, Sheikh Bahai, a great Iranian scientist, ended the long-standing dispute in the distribution of the water of the Zainderud River by writing his book Tumar

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Hamzeh Ilkhanizadeh and His Role in the Iranian Sport of Polo

Hamzeh Ilkhanizadeh is a well-known name among those interested in polo, which is as an authentic Iranian sport

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Ghoamreza Takhti

a famous Iranian wrestler was born in a moderate and religious family in the Khaniabad neighborhood of Tehran on August 27, 1930.

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Sohrevardi: The Founder of School of “Ishraq” (Illuminationism)

The renowned Iranian philosopher who has had a tremendous impact on contemporary thinkers.

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Khawaja Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Abu Ja’far Mohammad bin Mohammad bin Hasan Jahrudi Tusi, popularly known as Khawaja Nasir al-Din, was born in the Jahrud district of the Qom City on 18 February 1201 CE.

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Najaf Daryabandari

Najaf Daryabandari was a great Iranian translator who left behind many translation works from English to Persian.

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The History of Nowruz

Nowruz marks the beginning of spring and the new year for Iranians and they have been celebrating it since ancient times.

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The Story of Asli and Karam

The story of Asli and Karam is considered to be the greatest oral heritage of the Azarbaijani people, which is narrated by Ashiqs/Ashiks in gatherings and in the form of a folklore song.

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The Festival of Pir Shalyar

The festival of Pir Shalyar is a traditional ceremony, which is the symbol of empathy among the Kurdish people of Iran.

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Muharram In Yazd

Muharram is the month in which Iranians commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Husain (AS).

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History and traditions of polo, an ancient Iranian game

Polo is one of Iran’s inscribed elements on the UNESCO World Heritage list, a sport whose origins date back to the first millennium BCE.

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Sangsari Tribe of Iran

The Sangsari Tribe of Iran engages in a nomadic migratory lifestyle in the north and northeast regions of Iran

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Kousha University of Applied Science and Technology: Bridging Skills-Based, Industrial, and Practical Education with Labor Marke

Kousha University of Applied Science and Technology: A higher education institution dedicated to enhancing students’ scientific and technical knowledge and equipping them with the skills needed to undertake practical and industrial projects.

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Karaj Sugar Applied Science and Technology Center: One of the Modern Institutions of Skills-Based and Industrial Higher Educatio

Karaj Sugar Applied Science and Technology Center: Bridging Skills-Based Education, Industry, and Entrepreneurship to Meet the Needs of the Country’s Industries

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Isfahan City Center Comprehensive Center for Applied Science and Technology: Integrating Skills-Based Education, Employment-Orie

Isfahan City Center Comprehensive Center for Applied Science and Technology: A Modern Institution for Skills-Based Higher Education, Adopting a Practical Approach Aligned with Labor Market Standards.

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Kermanshah University of Technology: Bridging Engineering Education, Research, and Technological Development in Western Iran

Kermanshah University of Technology aims to train specialized professionals, meet the needs of industries in Kermanshah Province and western Iran, and advance the development of modern technologies across various industries.

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Qom University of Technology: Bridging Engineering Education, Research, and Industrial Development in the Province

Qom University of Technology: A University Focused on Engineering and Technology Education, Fostering an Innovative Environment for Training Professional Engineers

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Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Non-Profit University: Connecting Education, Research, and the Development of Academic Skills

Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Non-Profit University: Providing Quality Education, Advancing Academic and Research Activities, Enhancing Society’s Cultural Standards, and Educating Competent Graduates

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