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World Heritage Sites of Iran UNESCO/ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage. Iran accepted the UNESCO Convention on 26 February 1975, as, on 2019, twenty-four sites in Iran were included: Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran Located in the East Azerbaijan province, it...Read More

City Introduction A province of western Iran in the Zagros Mountains, with a population of around 1,716,527 people (2006), Lorestan covers an area of 28,392 km2. Stretched along the Zagros mountain range and veiled with wheat fields and oak trees, Lorestan contains rare mountains, mysterious canyons and eye-catching waterfalls, to justify its visitors what are...Read More

City Introduction The largest city and capital of Qazvin Province and the medieval capital of the Safavid dynasty for over forty years (1555-1598), it is known as the calligraphy capital of Iran. The city is famous for its Baghlava, carpet patterns, poets, political newspaper and Pahlavi influence on its accent.The majority of Qazvin People’s major...Read More

City Introduction Kerman city (the capital of Kerman Province) according to the 2011 census had a population of 821,394 people, in 221,389 households, which had made it the 10th most populous city of Iran. As the largest and most developed city in Kerman Province and the most important city in the southeast of Iran, Kerman...Read More

City Introduction The capital city of Gilan Province, also known as the “City of Rain”, had a population of 639,951 according to 24 October 2011 census. This largest city of Iran’s Caspian Sea Coast, is a major trade center between Caucasia, Russia and Iran, using the port of Bandar-e Anzali. Rasht is also a major...Read More

City Introduction One of the 31 provinces of Iran, known from 1969 to 1986 as Kermanshahan and from 1986 to 1995 as Bakhtaran. This city is the center of Region 4, with the region’s central secretariat located in it. A majority of people in Kermanshah Province are Shia, while there are Sunni and Yarsanist minority...Read More

City Introduction As one of the oldest Iranian cities, it has a green mountainous area in the foothills of the 3,574-meter Alvand Mountain, in the Midwest part of Iran, with 1,850 meters height. By the 2006 census, it carried a population of 473,149 people, in 127,812 families. History It was stablished by the Medes and...Read More

City Introduction A county in Isfahan Province with a 297,000 population in 81,816 families, according to 2006 census. It subdivides into four districts: the Central, Qamsar, Neyasar, and Barzok Districts, and the total of eight cities. History Kashan is one of the primary centers of civilization in pre-historic ages that dates back to the Elamite...Read More

Introduction The second-most-populous city in Iran and the capital of Khorasan-e Razavi Province, Mashhad is located in the northeast of the country. With a 3,001,184 population (2016 census), it was once a major oasis along the ancient Silk Road connecting Merv to the east.In addition to Ferdowsi, who composed the Shahnameh, this city is the...Read More

City Introduction Tehran/ Teheran, the capital of Iran and Tehran Province, with a population of around 8.7 million in the city and 15 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and also the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East (after Cairo). For...Read More

City Introduction The present capital of East Azerbaijan province and the sixth populous city of Iran, it is located in the Quru River Valley, in Azerbaijan region, between long ridges of volcanic cones in the Sahand and Eynali Mountains (height of 1,350- 1,600 meters). With cold winters and temperate summers, Tabriz is considered a summer...Read More

City Introduction Yazd Province, one of the 31 provinces of Iran, is in the center of the country, placed in Region 5 (2014). According to the most recent divisions of the country, this province has an area of 76,469 km², dividing into ten counties:Abar Kuh, Ardakan, Bafq, Behabad, Khatam, Mehriz, Meybod, Ashkezar, Taft, and Yazd....Read More