Iran Info
General
General Information
Persia, is one of the centers of ancient human civilization. The name Iran comes from the word Aryanam, meaning "Land of the Aryans". Sited on the hinge between the Mediterranean world, Central Asia, and the Middle East, Iran has taken several turns as a
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Random Facts about Iran
In Persian, the word Iran means “Land of the Aryans”. Iran is one of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations, with settlements dating back to 4000 B.C. Approximately 70% of Iran’s population is under the age of 30. Iranians have woven beautiful rugs
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Religion
In the early days, before the emergence of the empire of the Persians and the Medes, the Aryan inhabitants of Iran were polytheists, worshiping, as most other primitive people, natural phenomena such as fire, water, wind, the moon and the sun. However, abo
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Ethnic groups
The official language of Iran is Persian (Farsi). Persian is a West Iranian language of the Indo-European family of languages and is spoken in those parts of Iran where the Fars people, Persians, dwell, as well as in the Republic of Tajikistan. Tehran, Isf
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UNESCO sites in Iran
There're 19 world heritage sites in Iran, that is 1,6% of all the world heritage sites. There're 51 sites submitted on the tentative list.
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Best Skiing Opportunity in Iran
Iran is quite a different country in the region when it comes to the possibilities of skiing in The Middle East! There are lots of huge mountains with high peaks and appropriate slopes for different types of skiing.
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