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Azarbaijan Museum of Nomads, Getting to Know One of the Most Influential Parts of Iranian Society

Azarbaijan Museum of Nomads displays a lifestyle that is completely compatible with nature and introduces visitors to one of the most influential parts of Iranian society

The Azarshahr Musalla: A Structure Standing Firm for Centuries

The Azarshahr Musalla was built on a hill overlooking the Dehkhvargan River.

Abbasi Hotel

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

Traditional Aushes of Yazd

Many types of Aush (a particular Iranian dish) with different flavors and healthy and nourishing ingredients are cooked in Yazd, which have an important place in the diet of the people of this province

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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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Kurdish Handicrafts

Handicrafts of Kurdistan include different types of art. Using these arts, Kurdish artists have provided for the necessities of their lives throughout history.

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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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Traditional Iranian lock making, simple and mysterious.

Locks that are traditionally produced in Iran may seem simple, but precise and mysterious techniques are used in their construction.

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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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Cashmere Weaving

Yazd City is the main center of the old arts of cashmere weaving, producing very beautiful and eye-catching cashmere: an Iranian souvenir.

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GIRLS OF THE WIND

Sarah, a young girl, realizes after a long period of not hearing from her fiancé that she must, in accordance with a local tradition, hand over her fiancé to another woman.

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Ashura

The story of two martyred brothers, Hamid and Mahdi Bakri, two battalion commanders of Iran’s Armed Forces during the Iraq-Iran War (1980-1988). Mahdi requests his younger brother to join him at the war front and despite certain existing problems, Hamid honors his brother’s request. Following Operation Kheibar, Mahdi Bakri must return home alone, leaving his brother behind. The series narrates the tragic story of Mahdi’s journey to find out what happened to his brother and how he copes with his loss.

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Mokhtar Nameh

The life history and struggles of Mokhtar Saghafi, one of Imam Ali’s companions, who is well-known for his uprising against the Umayyad ruling system to avenge the martyrdom of Imam Husayn (AS) and his companions in the battle of Karbala. This serial depicts the political and social situation of the world of Islam in those days.

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Hanir

The story of a young rural girl who, along with other girls of her age, works to harvest the leaves of the henna trees on her father’s land. While cutting the branches one day, she accidentally cuts her finger and a drop of blood falls onto the leaves and turns them red. Her mother, who is aware of the curative properties of the henna leaf, beats the leaves and applies them to Hina’s wound to heal it. The incident sparks a curiosity in Hina, who starts to learn more about the traditional medicinal uses of henna. The documentary explores the cultural and historical significance of henna, its use in traditional medicine, and its role in modern beauty practices. It also sheds light on the challenges faced by rural communities in preserving traditional knowledge and practices in the face of modernization.

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Right to Silence

Mirhashem is a young clergy who has bought a small home recently. He uses the cashier's check in order to afford it; a bully has the check now. Mirhashem’s wife has left him alone due to the troubles made by the bully. He becomes a clergy for an old but important mosque in North of Iran. The bully makes permanent troubles, he asked Mirhashem to pay him back from the people’s cash vow...

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23 People

This film is based on the memoirs of 23 young Iranian combatants who aged were between 13 and 17 years and were taken POWs by Iraqi forces during Iraq’s imposed war in 1982.

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Soltaniyeh Dome (Mausoleum)

Soltanieh complex, which includes a dome, a tomb, and a cellar, is located 39 km southeast of the city of Zanjan.

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Schools of Iran (madrasa)

Iran s madrasas tell the story of knowledge, but not knowledge alone. They tell us how people learned, debated, lived together, and respected one another. The architecture of the madrasa was an architecture of community. A student might be alone in his chamber, but he could still hear the discussions of others. When he stepped into the courtyard, everyone could see him. There were no walls or curtains to separate people. Perhaps, in its simplicity, the madrasa was one of the finest forms of urban space in Iran: open yet protected, public yet private, orderly yet not so rigid that it left no room for spontaneity.

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Sa d al Saltaneh Caravanserai Qazvin , Iran s Largest Urban Caravanserai A Marketplace for the World

At the heart of Qazvin s historic urban fabric, once the first capital of the Safavid dynasty, stands a remarkable complex that rightfully bears the title of Iran s largest urban caravanserai. Built in the late Qajar period on the orders of Mohammad-Baqer Khan Sa’d al-Saltaneh, the governor of Qazvin at the time, Sa d al Saltaneh Caravanserai is a vast commercial and accommodation complex covering nearly 26,000 square meters. Far more than a caravanserai, it functioned as a complete commercial city, with covered bazaar passages, timchehs, courtyards, a bathhouse, a mosque, and magnificent chahar-suqs. Still vibrant and active today, the complex is a remarkable example of Qajar era commercial architecture and the thoughtful integration of multiple functions within a single architectural ensemble.

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Gur-e Dokhtar

Goor-e Dokhtar is an ancient tomb located in the province of Bushehr.

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Iranian Gardens

The gardens of Iran are stories of tranquility. They tell of how people, even under the harshest conditions, created some of the most beautiful things—not for display, but simply to breathe. When you look at a garden, you can see what its creator had in mind: water, shade, symmetry, and the chance to simply be surrounded by nature.

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Mellat Cinema Complex

What sets Mellat Cinema Complex apart from other cinemas in Iran and many cinema complexes across the region is its distinctive, iconic, and distinctly cinematic architectural design. Inspired by the concepts of movement and fluidity, the building’s dynamic form seems to tell a story of its own, much like a film, inviting visitors to step inside and become part of the experience.

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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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Saadi Shirazi Persian Kalam

Prominent Persian poet from Iran, famous for his prose in Gulistan and verse in Bustan.

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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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"Islam and Religious Pluralism" and the Perspective of a Muslim on Plurality

The West aggressively promotes the notion of religious pluralism, but is this narrative truly perfect and free of flaws?

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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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Azari Music

Azari music is an important part of the culture of the Azari-speaking people of Iran, which has evolved throughout history.

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The Bakhshi Music of Khorasan

The Bakhshi music of Khorasan, which has its own special characteristics expresses the rich and noble culture of the people of the region.

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Evolution of Iranian Music

By knowing the evolution of Iranian music, one can get to know more about the Iranian nation and its culture.

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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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Bakhtiari Music in Nowruz

Bakhtiari folk music is the manifestation of Bakhtiari culture and the one played to welcome the spring and Nowruz is full of joy and delight.

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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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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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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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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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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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Traditional Persin Design

Traditional Persian design earmarks the independent identity of Iranian arts and crafts

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Mirdamad: Founder of New Islamic Philosophical Thoughts

Mirdamad’s major contribution to Islamic philosophy was his novel formulation regarding gradations of time and the emanations of the separate categories of time as descending divine hypostases. He resolved the controversy of the createdness or uncreatedness of the world in time by proposing the notion of “Hhuduth-e Dahri” (Atemporal origination).

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Sadr al-Din, Mohammad bin Ebrahim Qavami Shirazi

Sadr al-Din, Mohammad bin Ebrahim Qavami Shirazi, popularly known as Mulla Sadra and Ṣadr al-Muti’allihin, was born in the city of Shiraz in the year 1571 CE. He was a renowned Iranian philosopher and the founder of the Transcendent Philosophy.

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Khwaja Abdullah Ansari’s Supplications: the Climax of Spirituality

Khwaja Abdullah Ansari’s supplications were inspired by the Qur’an, hadith, and the teachings of mystics who lived before him.

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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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Agha Bozorg Tehrani: Guardian of Shia Identity

Agha Bozorg Tehrani’s “Shia Bibliographic Encyclopedia” duly responds to an author’s remarks about the role of Shia in the history of Islam.

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Najaf Daryabandari

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

Customs of Iran

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Haft sin

Haft-sin is a special arrangement symbolizing the Iranian New Year (Nowruz), which is beautifully designed and comprises seven things starting with the letter “sin” of the Persian language alphabet.

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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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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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Shabih Khwani in Bkhshayesh

Every year, tens of thousands of people attend the Shabih Khwani ceremony in Bakhshayesh City of East Azarbaijan.

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Iranian customs

There are three major national festivals (religious festivals not included) being celebrated nationwide every year. These festivals have their roots in Iranian customs and ancient culture and are celebrated over the centuries. There is a common concept among all these festivals: emphasizing the value of the family and friendship.

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Oral Culture of the Grand Bazaar of Tehran

The Grand Bazaar of Tehran has a long history and the oral culture prevalent in it is the manifestation of the beliefs of Iranians in business and social relations.

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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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