ABOUT IRAN

Iran is situated in the heart of Middle East and as a bridge which links the Caspian Sea, the most beautiful golf, and also, it is a cross roads on the way of east to west, i.e. the junction of cultural, intellectual and political manifestations of the worlds of east and west.
Iran has more than 68,000,000 with a population density of 35.26 per sq. through the years; It is the land of where rings of Asian, European and African Civilizations are interred connected.
The unique geopolitical location of Iran has enabled various forms of culture to interact, this source of grandeur legacy of the rich Persian & Islamic culture.

Thousand of monuments and picturesque attractions make Iran a hot Tourism Spot.
The language and official script of Iran is Persian and the main foreign language spoken by its people is English.

The official Religion of Iran is Islam with more than 99 percent of the population being Muslims.
The government of Iran is the Islamic republic system.
Extremes of temperature are the main factors in determining when to visit Iran. Temperature can vary wildly: when it’s -5◦c in Tabriz it might be 35◦c in Bandar-e Abase. Spring & autumn are easily the best times to come.
The measuring system of the country is the metric system. The unit of weight predominantly used in Iran is kilogram.
The electrical system is 220 V with 50-Hertz frequency. The clothing of Iranian varies depending on the customs and traditions of each region. The youth prefer to wear fresh and natural colors. A glance at history reveals that in no era, be it before the Islamic period or after, Iranian was found of body nudity in their style of clothing.

Women are obliged to wear loose and free dresses as well as head scarves.
Iranian artists have always poor & yard nature as a symbol and sing of existence of beauty in their different & diverse artistic works. Among significant characteristics of vast land of Iran, which is very important from tourism point of view is the existence of high mountains, flat plains, desert areas, different rivers & lakes which all together have caused a unique geographical condition in which, at each part and in any time of the year, one of the four season is visible.
Iran is an ancient land whose history goes back to 8 millennia B.C, with an area of 1,648,000 kilometers and 28 provinces and, in brief, a land of four seasons in one season.
The plateau of Iran is amongst the oldest civilization centers of antic era Asia and is very important in archeology science. The history of settlement in the plateau of Iran from new Stone Age till migration of Aryans is not yet very clear. But there are reliable evidences, which indicate that Iran has been inhabited since a very long time ago.
The first distinct people to emerge on the Iranian plateau were probably the Elamites, who established a city at Shush in the second millennium BC, drastic skills it went until the middle of the 6 the century BC, when the Achaemenian king Cyrus the great ruled the region, that’s Persian history was documented.

The Achaemenian Dynasty is recognized as the founder of the Persian Empire, leading to the eventual of Iran.
In the 4th century BC, Alexander the great, despite the conciliatory offers from Dariush III for a negotiated Peace, invaded Persia, entered shush, then took some time to cross the mountains to the east, but event valley entered Persepolis after death of him in 323 BC, the empire was divided into 3 squabbling dynasties, with Persian controlled by the Macedonian Seleucids, but the Seleucids had problems controlling the numerous feisty ethnic minorities, in particular the nomadic Parthian who came to control most of Persians until the 3rd century AD.
The Sassanians came from the control regions of Persia.
They were an industrious Zoroastrian gang & set to squabbling and were over run by the Arabs in 637. The Arabs ruled until 1050. They were brought down by a Turkish dynasty, which captured Isfahan in 1051 & they clean away by Genghis khan rampaging Mongols in early 13th century. In the late 14th century, the Timuri Dynasty filled the breath, but was then pressured by Turkmen tribes, Ohoman Torks & European colonialists such as Portugal.
Safavi Dynasty (1502-1722) was one of the great Persian empires. The brilliant Shah Abbas I and his successors enshrined schism & rebuilt Isfahan, but the Dynasty's fall was hastened by Afghan in versions in the early 18th country.
The Afghans couldn’t hold power & Iran was ruled by a succession of variously mad , bad & benevolent rulers until the bitter & Twisted eunuch, Agha Muhammad khan, until the Turkish Ghajars in 1779 & went on to establish a capital in Tehran. The Ghajar kings ruled a relatively peaceful Iran until 1921. In legislative assembly of that period, Reza become prime minister, and commenced the huge task of dragging the 20th century.
Iran was again neutral during World War II but Britain & Russia established spheres of influence that to shut out Germany in 1941. Reza was forced into exile in South Africa and his son Mohammad Reza, succeeded him. After 30 years of ruling over the country. The uprising of Iranians by the leadership of late Ayatollah Khomeini leads to Islamic revolution of Iran in 1979.

 

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