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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

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Experience the thrill of alpine adventure at Tochal Ski Resort, Tehran’s premier winter getaway.

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The Iron Age Museum of Tabriz; A Journey through Human History

During an archeological excavation, 38 graves were found in Tabriz, which are now referred to as the “Iron Age Museum of Tabriz’.

Vazvan Qanat and Its Remarkable Subterranean Dam

The subterranean dam and artificial underground reservoir of the Vazvan Qanat are ingenious creations, showcasing the creativity and engineering innovation of Iranian architects from over two thousand years ago.

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Here stands the oldest hotel on Chaharbagh Abbasi Avenue, Isfahan, Iran, Asia, an unrepeatable heritage in Isfahan architectural style, from the glorious Safavid era.

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Sha’r Weaving: The Textile Art of the Desert People of Iran

Sha’r Weaving is an art of fabric weaving that has been popular in Yazd and some central cities of Iran.

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Tabriz Leather

The leather products of Tabriz, especially its full leather shoes, have a global reputation and are popular among tourists as one of the best souvenirs they can take from this city.

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Carpet tableau title and the reputation of Sardrud in its production

Artists implement the most beautiful patterns and designs in their tapestry paintings in an attractive and eye-catching way.

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Traditional Darning

Darning is a sewing technique for repairing holes, or worn areas in fabric in such a way that the fabric returns to its original state after repair, leaving no trace of the refinishing work.

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Verni Weaving, the Art of Arsbaran Nomads

Having bright and attractive color combinations, Verni products have always been popular among tourists.

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Firuzehkubi or Turquoise Inlay of Isfahan

One of the most popular handicrafts of Iran, that is both decorative and applicable, is “Firuzehkoobi” or turquoise inlaying. Firuzehkubi are small pieces of Turquoise gem stone which are inlaid, like mosaics, on a base that are tools or utensils made of copper, silver, brass or bronze.

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The Garden of Tales

“The Garden of Tales” follows the story of a kind gardener who takes care of a quiet village full of colorful flowers. His chubby and reliable cat also helps him look after the flowers and learns new lessons every day. This animation contains lessons about such important values as orderliness, respecting others, right thinking, perseverance, friendship, trustworthiness, reading, and helping others.

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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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The Last Year’s Story

Ms. Salem, a second-grade primary school teacher, has been involved in online teaching in the last year of her teaching career. She does not post any photos or videos of herself. The lady principal of the school, who will also retire this year, is concerned about the state of education in her school and is trying to protect her own reputation after 30 years of service.

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Borqeh

This documentary is about the producer’s encounter with his own childhood nostalgia and deals with his difficult childhood and its effects on his presentday life. In spite of being discouraged by the people around him, this producer ventures into the place where he spent his childhood to produce this documentary.

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Pikolo

Piccolo is a magical island that is the home of many strange and fantasy creatures .the island attracts a creature once in a while. Every time a new person is thrown into Piccolo, the magical rose blooms and informs the other inhabitants. One day Piki gets pulled into the clouds while paragliding and falls in Piccolo. After the fall, the people of Piccolo find him he had lost his memory so they officially recognize him as a citizen of Piccolo. Over time, he gets to know the people of Piccolo They face a new issue and challenge in each episode.

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Orange Forest

"The Orange Forest" is the story of a failed playwright who has just become a high school teacher. The students and the principal of the school are not satisfied with his behavior. In the course of a journey, he encounters an image from his past.

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Khaju Bridge: A Palace Above the Water, a Symphony of Stone and Light

Among all the historic bridges of Iran, there is one that is far more than a passage across a river. It is at once a recreational palace, a public gathering place, a water-regulating weir, and a masterpiece of art and architecture. Khaju Bridge, built in the mid-seventeenth century by order of Shah Abbas II of the Safavid dynasty over the Zayandeh Rud River in eastern Isfahan, represents one of the finest achievements of Iranian bridge architecture. Here, hydraulic engineering, monumental architecture, and landscape design are woven together with such remarkable intelligence that, even nearly four centuries later, the bridge remains breathtaking.

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Geometry in Iranian Architecture: The Hidden Language of Order and Beauty

Geometry in Iranian architecture is a language that has transcended the boundaries of time and place. It speaks both to our reason and logic, and to our spirit and emotions. It responds to structural and climatic challenges while also embodying philosophical and mystical concepts. It gives buildings both order and stability, as well as beauty and grandeur. Perhaps the secret behind the enduring legacy of Iran’s architectural masterpieces lies in this profound connection between geometry, function, and meaning—a connection that Iranian architects brought to its highest expression and passed down as an enduring heritage to humanity.

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Persepolis: The Terrace of Royal Power

The Achaemenid Empire stretched from the Indus to the Nile, encompassing dozens of peoples, languages, and beliefs. Force could conquer such a vast realm, but it could not secure its lasting unity. The empire needed an idea—one powerful enough to bring all its diversity together under a shared vision. Persepolis was the embodiment of that idea. It was not a temple, nor a tomb, nor a royal palace in the conventional sense. Persepolis was a ceremonial capital—a place of royal audience, where, during Nowruz, the King received delegations from across the empire. Its architecture was designed to give lasting form to this ceremony of welcome, order, and imperial unity.

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Iran s Ice Houses Masterpieces of Sustainable Architecture in the Heart of the Desert

Iran’s traditional ice houses are a powerful manifesto against the notion that sustainable and climate-responsive technologies are modern, imported concepts. Centuries ago, Iranian architects were already putting these principles into practice in the heart of the desert, taking them far beyond theory and perfecting them through the construction of monumental and highly efficient structures. These forgotten mud-brick domes are silent yet powerful reminders of the ingenuity, creativity, and sustainability embedded in Iranian architecture.

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Vakil Bazaar, Shiraz A Zand Era Masterpiece Where Commerce and Art Converge

To understand Vakil Bazaar, one must first understand Karim Khan Zand and his vision for Shiraz. Amid the turmoil that followed the collapse of the Afsharid dynasty and the assassination of Nader Shah, he succeeded in unifying a large part of Iran and chose Shiraz as his capital. Unlike many rulers before and after him, Karim Khan never crowned himself and did not call himself Shah. Instead, he adopted the humble title Vakil al Ra’aya, meaning the people’s representative or the people’s advocate. This people centered and modest spirit was also reflected in the architecture of the Zand era: the buildings of this period were not designed to display royal power or intimidate the viewer, but to serve the people, stimulate the urban economy, and enhance the comfort of everyday life.

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Minaret

Roots of the word minaret: A tower that was built for surveillance or to convey the news by lighting a fire as a sign of victory. Minarets were and are also built for the purpose of reciting the call to prayer and it is for this reason that the other name of the minaret is the muazzanih (lit. place of saying “Azan” or the call to prayer).

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Human rights from an Islamic perspective and answers to important questions.

The image of Islam and human rights from the perspective of Islam that has been portrayed in the minds of the world’s people through the media has many flaws.

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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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Makhtumqoli Faraghi

Makhtumqoli Faraghi (Magtymguly Pyragy in Turkmen dialect) was a Turkmen spiritual leader and philosophical poet, whose position and his poems in Turkmen literature and culture is unparalleled.

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Islam and education a path to reforming oneself and society.

Great people always have a big question before them: How can we lead ourselves and society towards salvation The answer that Islam and Education seeks to find.

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Conquering Phoenix, A Tribute to a Great Martyr

Phoenix the Conqueror tells the story of a martyred student.

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Analytical History of Islam: An Analytical Look at Early Islamic History with a Critical Approach

History is a subject in whose analysis impartiality comes first, a perspective that has been well implemented in Analytical History of Islam.

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Radif in Iranian Music

Radif (lit. order) in Iranian music is its identity: an identity that because of its importance, has been inscribed on the UNESCO List of World’s Intangible Heritage

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Sorna in Lak Music

The scope of Lak music is quite unique and Sorna and Dohol are its main musical instruments.

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Dutar

Dutar, the art of making and playing which has been inscribed on the UNESCO List of World Intangible Heritage, is one of the cultural elements of the north and northeast regions of Iran.

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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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Ey Iran

The patriotic song “Ey Iran Ey Marz-e Porgohar” was composed and sung while Iran was under the occupation of the Allied Forces and was going through bitter days.

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Balaban

Balaban can be considered one of the most important wind instruments of Azari music, which is widely used in individual and group performances.

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Persian Miniature Painting: An Art Inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

Miniature painting, considered one of the diverse branches of visual arts, is an authentic and captivating art form that combines delicate, imaginative, and finely detailed illustrations with both decorative and functional qualities

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Darvish ʿAbdolmajid Taleqani: Pioneer of Shekasteh-Nastaliq in Iran

Darvish ʿAbdolmajid Taleqani was the most prominent calligrapher of the Shekasteh-Nastaliq style in 12th-century Iran, and many calligraphy scholars consider him the greatest master in the history of this script.

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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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Persian Calligraphy

Persian calligraphy or Iranian calligraphy is one of the most revered arts of Iran, which has gradually evolved and many calligraphers have contributed to different genres of this art. Nastaliq is an outstanding genre of Persian calligraphy that has come to be known as the most beautiful human calligraphy.

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MirʿAli Tabrizi; The Creator of the Nastaʿlīq Script

Mir Ali Tabrizi, one of the greatest Iranian calligraphers of the Timurid era, in the 9th century AH, for the first time, was able to establish the principles and rules governing calligraphy in the Nastaʿlīq style and bring order to it.

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Mir Emad: The Master of Nasta‘liq Calligraphy in Iran

Mir Emad Hassani Seifi Qazvini was one of the most celebrated calligraphers in the history of Iranian art during the Safavid era, whose fame extended far beyond the borders of Iran. Through his exceptional mastery and artistic brilliance, he elevated the Nastaʿlīq script to such perfection that many scholars of Islamic calligraphy came to describe it as the bride of calligraphic scripts.

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Ibn Miskawayh: Rational and Wise

Due to the importance given to ethics and its significance in politics, Ibn Miskawayh holds a noticeable position in the history of Islamic thought. He belongs to a tradition that considers special weight for reason and wisdom.

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Ferdowsi and His Shahnameh, the Pride of Iran

Ferdowsi is celebrated as a guardian of national identity and culture by the people of Iran

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Ibn Muqaffa’: The Scholar Who Introduced the Iranian Culture to Arab Countries

Kelileh va Demneh, “Tajnameh of Anushirvan”, “Ayinnameh Ahd Sassani”, “Kitab-e Mazdak, and Kitab al-Taj” are some of the books that Ibn Muqaffa’ has translated from Middle Persian to Arabic introducing the Iranian Culture to the Arab world.

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Abul-Fadhl Bayhaqi: The Father of Persian Prose

Unlike other historians, Abul-Fadhl Bayhaqi did not fear criticizing the rulers, and was brave enough not to bow down to them.

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Shahriyar: A Lifetime of Pure Love

What has been behind by Shahriyar as his heritage is just love and love and love!

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Parvin Etesami

Rakhshandeh Etesami, popularly known as Parvin Etesami, one of the most famous contemporary Iranian poets, who has been described as “the most famous female poet of Iran was born in the city of Tabriz on March 17, 1906 CE.

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Golabgiri (Making Rosewater)

Golabgiri is an interesting ancient ceremony of Iran - as the birthplace of rosewater production in the world - dating back to about one thousand years ago.

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Sizdah Be-dar (lit. Thirteenth Day Outdoor)

The last day of the Nowruz celebrations, which takes place on the 13th day of the month of Farvardin (the first month of the Iranian calendar) is called “Sizdah Be-dar” or “Nature’s Day” by the people of Iran.

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Celebration of Ramadan

(Community iftars and Community prayers) Ramadan, also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan or Ramathan, is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community

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Chavush-Khani

Chavush-Khani is the practice of reciting religious poems in a clear and melodic voice in praise of the Prophet (PBUH) and his family, ahead of pilgrims.

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Tati Language of Karingan Village

Although the Azari language is presently spoken in most regions of the Azarbaijan provinces of Iran, the Tati language was widely spoken in some of these regions in the past, and it is still spoken in the Karingan or Keringan Village of East Azarbaijan Province.

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The harvest ceremony of Saghay village, an ancient ritual intertwined with spiritual beliefs.

In the harvest ceremony of Saqay village, the people of the village gather together and socialize before starting the harvest the next day.

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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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