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National Jewelry Museum

The unparalleled National Jewelry Treasury is a collection of some of the world’s most precious jewels, amassed over centuries. Each piece reflects a part of the tumultuous history of the great nation of Iran and showcases the artistic taste and creativity of its people. They evoke memories of the bitter and sweet moments of defeats and victories, as well as the pride, ostentation, and authoritative rule of past rulers.

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The word Bagh (garden), in Middle Manichaean Persian

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

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Iranian Monabbat-Kari

Monabbat-kari (wood-carving) is a genuine Iranian art and craft, which is practiced by different artists in different cities and the Monabbat artifacts of Abadeh have gained global fame.

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Iranian Khatam

Khatam (marquetry) is an ancient Iranian skill and art of decorating objects and it is one of Iran’s handicrafts and a symbol of the art and taste of the people of this land.

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Mamaqan Needlework

Needlework products of Mamqan are the manifestation of a unique effect of the art, taste, and talent of unknown artists.

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Silversmithing

East Azarbaijan Province of Iran is one of the main centers of silversmithing in Iran. The products of this craft include a wide range of ornaments and other artifacts.

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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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Daraei-bafi, weaving fabric with colorful and eye-catching patterns

Daraei is a beautiful and colorful textile, usually woven from silk or cotton fibers. The art of weaving this fabric is called daraei-bafi.

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Knockout

Mohammad, the hardworking student of the class, does not allow Bijan to cheat by looking at his answer sheet in one of their exams and because of this, he is threatened by Bijan; a boy who, despite being successful in Taekwondo, has problems in his studies and, therfore, is not encouraged by the teachers and the principal. In the meantime, Amir - another character in this movie - extends help to Muhammad and certain events happen that connect the fate of Muhammad, Amir, and Bijan together.

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The Marriage Project

This documentary is about two issues. A) an attempt to test the possibility of forming a relationship between the people admitted in a mental asylum, and B) the filmmaker’s bitter experience of meeting and living with a person who is now one of these mental patients.

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The Lost Honor

The “Lost Honor” is the story of a couple named Hajar and Amir from the lower class of society, whose relationship begins to fade away after 2 years of living together due to not having children. Amir is an unskilled worker who is responsible for casting concrete in a factory and Hajar works in a sewing workshop. Things are seemingly normal in the everyday boring life of this couple until Hajar’s accident and the death of a child disrupts everything. Amir is faced with many questions that come his way one after another and having a pessimistic personality, he begins to doubt everything, especially Hajar.

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Bigi and Friends

Bigi is a little blue hippopotamus with a big heart. Partnering up with his trusty companions: a chimp, a cheetah, a squirrel, and a mole. They make a pretty darn good team of explorers. Aimed at kids aged two to six, Bigi and Friends let viewers tag along with their favorite hippo and his buddies as they scour an island paradise in search of adventure.

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Sea Boys

The story of this movie is about two boys who live on opposite sides of Iran (North and South) and have undergone the loss of one of their parents. The boy who lives in the north has lost his father and a boy who lives in the south has lost his mother.

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Faryad’s Group

Four characters named Java, Dara, Mana and Parva live in the same neighborhood and each of them has their own characteristic and ability. When Mr. Faryad, the new teacher for sport comes to the school, a group is formed to solve the problems of the neighborhood together.

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Chogha Zanbil

Chogha Zanbil (or the Ziggurat Dur Untash) is an ancient Elamite complex located in the Shush (Susa) County of the Khuzestan Province of Iran.

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Agha Bozorg Mosque, Kashan: Architecture for Wisdom and Faith

This building shows that an architectural masterpiece does not necessarily have to be the largest, tallest, or most richly decorated. Sometimes, the rightness of a space, its alignment with its function, and the harmony of its elements can be more valuable than any form of luxury or excess.

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Qal’eh Dokhtar or Dokhtar Castle (Qiz Qalasi)

Qal’eh Dokhtar or Dokhtar Castle is located in the Achaemenid part of Miyaneh city (in East Azerbaijan province).

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Milad Tower A Symbol of Modern Tehran Iran s Tallest Tower Through the Lens of Architecture

Milad Tower has created a multifunctional urban landmark by combining high-rise structural engineering suited to earthquake-prone regions with modern technology and Iranian identity. The tower demonstrates how telecommunications infrastructure can be transformed into a vibrant public space and a major tourist attraction. As a symbol of modern Tehran, Milad Tower shines over the capital at night with its colorful illumination.

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The New Islamic Consultative Assembly Building in Tehran

For contemporary architects and designers, the new building of the Islamic Consultative Assembly offers an important lesson in “architecture for governance.” It demonstrates how abstract concepts such as “law,” “transparency,” “sustainability,” and “democracy” can be translated into a physical and visual language through the choice of architectural style and materials, as well as spatial organization.

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Iranian architect

You will not easily find the Iranian architect in the history books. Not because such architects did not exist or lacked importance, but because they did not seek recognition for their names. Their anonymity was not imposed upon them, it was a choice. Their professional training and ethos taught them that their work was for God and for the people, not for fame or fortune. But let me make one thing clear, the Iranian architect was a genius. Not merely a skilled craftsman or an accomplished builder, but a creative mind capable of solving complex problems. The work may have been collective, but without those exceptional minds, that collective effort would never have achieved what it did.

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Endowment Deed of Rab’-e Rashidi

Endowment Deeds of Rab’-e Rashidi is a 700-year-old document (book) consisting of an extensive list of endowments and how the income from them was spent to support scientific activities.

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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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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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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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Sages of the Isfahan School and the Issue of the Origin of the World, an examination of the Isfahan School philosophers view

The book Sages of the Isfahan School and a Study of the Creation of the World ex Nihilo is one of Dr. Nazari Tavakkoli’s well known books.

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Tas

“Tas” is a type of Kurdish percussion instrument that is mostly used in the monastic (khanqah) traditional music of Kurdistan and is considered very important.

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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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Naqareh

A percussion instrument, which was used to announce important events in the past but has multiple uses today.

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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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Tanbur

Tanbur (Tambour), another Persian musical instrument, is shaped from mulberry wood

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Traditional Persin Design

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

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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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Iranian Illustration: Global Highlights

The art of illustration, or “tasvirsazi,” is considered one of the diverse branches of visual arts. This art involves establishing a connection between text and image, which together can convey one or more specific messages to the audience.

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Iranian Design: From Ancient Pottery to Innovative and Unprecedented Forms

Design is one of the various branches of visual arts and is considered one of the oldest methods of communication among humans, often executed with simple tools and through lines. The word “design” literally means “planning” or “drafting”, but in a specialized sense, it refers to recreating tangible images or visualizing mental concepts.

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Iranian Graphic Design: An Artistic Fusion of Technique and Content

Graphic design is recognized as a branch of the visual arts and involves the careful selection and arrangement of visual elements, including images, text, symbols, and colors, to create a composition that communicates a specific message to viewers

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Seyed Mohammad Ehsai: The Painter with a Refined Sense for Words

Seyed Mohammad Ehsai is a renowned and accomplished figure in contemporary Iranian visual arts and is regarded as one of the pioneers of Naqqashi-Khat (calligraphic painting) in the country. Through his distinctive body of work in this field, he has gained international recognition and acclaim among art enthusiasts. One of the main reasons for Ehsai’s prominence lies in his pivotal role in establishing calligraphic painting in Iran. He was among the first artists to employ letters as a medium for personal artistic expression.

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Unsuri Balkhi: The Peak of Eulogy

Unsuri Balkhi’s poetry is considered to be devoid of poetic tenderness, an issue that he himself had also noticed and admitted in the couplet: “Rudki’s ghazals were delicate / My ghazals are not like those of Rudki s”.

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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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Baba Tahir’s Persian Quatrains: Vintage Poetry

Baba Tahir Oryan is mainly admired by both elites and others for his phenomenal do-beytis (quatrains).

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Baba Taher

Baba Taher of Hamadani, popularly known as “Baba Taher Oryan” was the Iranian mystic, poet, and couplet composer of the 11th century CE.

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Mulla Sadra and the Compatibility of Revelation and Wisdom

By writing the book “Asfar al-Arba’a”, Mulla Sadra changed Islamic philosophy.

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Abu Rayhan Biruni

Abu Rayhan Mohammad bin Ahmad Biruni, popularly known as Al-Biruni is a renowned Iranian scholar, scientist, mathematician, astronomer, chronologist, anthropologist, Indologist, and natural scientist who was born on 5 September 973 CE in an area near Khwarazm and for this reason, he came to be known as Al-Biruni, meaning someone belonging to outside Khwarazm.

Customs of Iran

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Epic of Koroghlu

The Epic of Koroghlu is the story of the struggles of a young boy by the name of “Roshan” against the tyrannical ruler of his time, which, according to experts, is rooted in a real event.

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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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Iranian coffeehouse, a social institution with specific traditions

Iranian coffeehouses came into existence in the 16th century and, throughout their centuries-long existence, have fostered traditions and arts.

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Nowruz

Nowruz (literally translated New Day) is one of the oldest celebrations in ancient Persia, which is held vigorously in the first day of spring marking the beginning of the Iranian calendar (21 March).

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Takam Gardani

Nowruz is the ancient festivity of Iranians during which special customs are observed for celebrating it in different parts of Iran. Takam Gardani is a folklore custom that the people of Iran’s Azarbaijan perform to welcome Nowruz.

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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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