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.ib-country-map-caption3{position:relative;top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn{text-align:left;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-num{margin-left:1em}</style><table class="infobox ib-country vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="fn org country-name">Islamic Republic of Iran</div><div class="ib-country-names"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><span title="Persian-language text"><span lang="fa" dir="rtl" style="font-style: normal;">جمهوری اسلامی ایران</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>)</span></span><br /><small><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân</i></span></small></div></th></tr><tr><td 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title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[iːˈɾɒn]</span>), officially the <b><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Republic">Islamic Republic</a> of Iran</b> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl"><big>جمهوری اسلامی ايران</big></span>, <a href="/wiki/Transliteration" title="Transliteration">transliteration</a>: <i>Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān</i>), also known as <b>Persia</b>, is a country in <a href="/wiki/Western_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Asia">Western Asia</a>. The 18th largest country in the world, Iran is approximately the size of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> combined and has a population of over 82 million people. Iran borders <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, to the north-west, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a> to the north-east, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> to the east, and <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> to the west. The greater part of Iran is situated on the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_plateau" title="Iranian plateau">Iranian plateau</a>. In addition, it borders the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>, an important oil-producing area, and the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>. <a href="/wiki/Shi%27a_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi'a Islam">Shi'a Islam</a> is the official state religion and <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> the official language. The <a href="/wiki/Politics_and_Government_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics and Government of Iran">political system of Iran</a> comprises several intricately connected governing bodies and is based on the 1979 <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran">Constitution</a>. The highest state authority is <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran" title="Supreme Leader of Iran">the Supreme Leader</a>, currently served by <a href="/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" title="Ali Khamenei">Ali Khamenei</a>. </p><p>Iran has one of the oldest histories in the world, extending more than 5000 years, and throughout history, Iran has been of <a href="/wiki/Geostrategy" title="Geostrategy">geostrategic</a> importance because of its central location in <a href="/wiki/Eurasia" title="Eurasia">Eurasia</a> and Western Asia. 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One of only three Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi found outside Egypt, with the other two belonging to Eshmunazar's father King Tabnit and to a woman, possibly Eshmunazar's mother Queen Amoashtart, it was likely carved in Egypt from local amphibolite, and captured as booty by the Sidonians during their participation in Cambyses II's conquest of Egypt in 525 BC. The sarcophagus has two sets of Phoenician inscriptions, one on its lid and a partial copy of it on the sarcophagus trough, around the curvature of the head. The lid inscription was of great significance upon its discovery as it was the first Phoenician language inscription to be discovered in Phoenicia proper and the most detailed Phoenician text ever found anywhere up to that point, and is today the second longest extant Phoenician inscription, after the Karatepe bilingual. The sarcophagus was discovered by Alphonse Durighello, a diplomatic agent in Sidon engaged by Aimé Péretié, the chancellor of the French consulate in Beirut. The sarcophagus was sold to Honoré de Luynes, a wealthy French nobleman and scholar, and was subsequently removed to the Louvre after the resolution of a legal dispute over its ownership. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 1 The sarcophagus at the Louvre, 2022 The sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II is a 6th-century BC sarcophagus unearthed in 1855 in the grounds of an ancient necropolis southeast of the city of Sidon, in modern-day Lebanon, that contained the body of Eshmunazar II (Phoenician: 𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤏𐤆𐤓 ʾšmnʿzr, r. c. 539 – c. 525 BC), Phoenician King of Sidon. One of only three Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi found outside Egypt, with the other two belonging to Eshmunazar's father King Tabnit and to a woman, possibly Eshmunazar's mother Queen Amoashtart, it was likely carved in Egypt from local amphibolite, and captured as booty by the Sidonians during their participation in Cambyses II's conquest of Egypt in 525 BC. The sarcophagus has two sets of Phoenician inscriptions, one on its lid and a partial copy of it on the sarcophagus trough, around the curvature of the head. The lid inscription was of great significance upon its discovery as it was the first Phoenician language inscription to be discovered in Phoenicia proper and the most detailed Phoenician text ever found anywhere up to that point, and is today the second longest extant Phoenician inscription, after the Karatepe bilingual. The sarcophagus was discovered by Alphonse Durighello, a diplomatic agent in Sidon engaged by Aimé Péretié, the chancellor of the French consulate in Beirut. The sarcophagus was sold to Honoré de Luynes, a wealthy French nobleman and scholar, and was subsequently removed to the Louvre after the resolution of a legal dispute over its ownership. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 1</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:310px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Eshmunazar_II_sarcophagus_(cleaned_up).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Eshmunazar_II_sarcophagus_%28cleaned_up%29.jpg/220px-Eshmunazar_II_sarcophagus_%28cleaned_up%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="398" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Eshmunazar_II_sarcophagus_%28cleaned_up%29.jpg/330px-Eshmunazar_II_sarcophagus_%28cleaned_up%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Eshmunazar_II_sarcophagus_%28cleaned_up%29.jpg/440px-Eshmunazar_II_sarcophagus_%28cleaned_up%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1561" data-file-height="2823" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">The sarcophagus at the <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a>, 2022</div></div></div></div><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/Sarcophagus_of_Eshmunazar_II" title="Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II">sarcophagus of</a></b> <b>Eshmunazar II</b> is a 6th-century BC <a href="/wiki/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">sarcophagus</a> unearthed in 1855 in the grounds of an ancient <a href="/wiki/Necropolis" title="Necropolis">necropolis</a> southeast of the city of <a href="/wiki/Sidon" title="Sidon">Sidon</a>, in modern-day <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>, that contained the body of <a href="/wiki/Eshmunazar_II" title="Eshmunazar II">Eshmunazar II</a> (<a href="/wiki/Phoenician_language" title="Phoenician language">Phoenician</a>: <span title="Phoenician-language text"><span lang="phn" dir="rtl">𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤏𐤆𐤓</span></span> <span title="Phoenician-language romanization"><i lang="phn-Latn">ʾšmnʿzr</i></span>, <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 539</span> – <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 525 BC</span></span>), <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenician</a> <a href="/wiki/King_of_Sidon" title="King of Sidon">King of Sidon</a>. One of only three <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Ancient Egyptian</a> sarcophagi found outside Egypt, with the other two belonging to Eshmunazar's father King <a href="/wiki/Tabnit" title="Tabnit">Tabnit</a> and to a woman, possibly Eshmunazar's mother Queen <a href="/wiki/Amoashtart" title="Amoashtart">Amoashtart</a>, it was likely carved in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egypt</a> from local <a href="/wiki/Amphibolite" title="Amphibolite">amphibolite</a>, and captured as booty by the Sidonians during their participation in <a href="/wiki/Cambyses_II" title="Cambyses II">Cambyses II</a>'s <a href="/wiki/First_Achaemenid_conquest_of_Egypt" title="First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt">conquest of Egypt</a> in 525 BC. The sarcophagus has two sets of <a href="/wiki/Canaanite_and_Aramaic_inscriptions" title="Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions">Phoenician inscriptions</a>, one on its lid and a partial copy of it on the sarcophagus trough, around the curvature of the head. The lid inscription was of great significance upon its discovery as it was the first <a href="/wiki/Phoenician_language" title="Phoenician language">Phoenician language</a> inscription to be discovered in Phoenicia proper and the most detailed Phoenician text ever found anywhere up to that point, and is today the second longest extant Phoenician inscription, after the <a href="/wiki/Karatepe_bilingual" title="Karatepe bilingual">Karatepe bilingual</a>.<br /><br />The sarcophagus was discovered by <a href="/wiki/Alphonse_Durighello" class="mw-redirect" title="Alphonse Durighello">Alphonse Durighello</a>, a diplomatic agent in Sidon engaged by <a href="/wiki/Aim%C3%A9_P%C3%A9reti%C3%A9" title="Aimé Péretié">Aimé Péretié</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chancellor" title="Chancellor">chancellor</a> of the French <a href="/wiki/Consulate" title="Consulate">consulate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>. The sarcophagus was sold to <a href="/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_Th%C3%A9odoric_d%27Albert_de_Luynes" title="Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes">Honoré de Luynes</a>, a wealthy <a href="/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a> nobleman and scholar, and was subsequently removed to the <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a> after the resolution of a legal dispute over its ownership. (<b><a href="/wiki/Eshmunazar_II_sarcophagus" class="mw-redirect" title="Eshmunazar II sarcophagus">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 2 Lion and Sun The Lion and Sun (Persian: شیر و خورشید, romanized: Šir-o Xoršid, pronounced [ˌʃiːɾo xoɾˈʃiːd]; Classical Persian: [ˌʃeːɾu xʷuɾˈʃeːd]) is one of the main emblems of Iran (Persia), and was an element in Iran's national flag until the 1979 revolution and is still commonly used by nationalists and opposition groups of the Islamic Republic government. The motif, which illustrates ancient and modern Iranian traditions, became a popular symbol in Iran in the 12th century. The lion and sun symbol is based largely on astronomical and astrological configurations: the ancient sign of the sun in the house of Leo, which itself is traced back to Babylonian astrology and Near Eastern traditions. The motif has many historical meanings. First, as a scientific and secular motif, it was only an astrological and zodiacal symbol. Under the Safavid and the first Qajar shahs, it became more associated with Shia Islam. During the Safavid era, the lion and sun stood for the two pillars of society, the state and the Islamic religion. It became a national emblem during the Qajar era. In the 19th century, European visitors at the Qajar court attributed the lion and sun to remote antiquity; since then, it has acquired a nationalistic interpretation. During the reign of Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar and his successors, the form of the motif was substantially changed. A crown was also placed on the top of the symbol to represent the monarchy. Beginning in the reign of Fat′h-Ali, the Islamic aspect of the monarchy was de-emphasized. This shift affected the symbolism of the emblem. The meaning of the symbol changed several times between the Qajar era and the 1979 revolution. The lion could be a symbol for Rostam, the legendary hero of Iranian mythology. The Sun has alternately been interpreted as symbol of motherland or Jamshid, the mythical Shah of Iran. The many historical meanings of the emblem have provided rich ground for competing symbols of Iranian identity. In the 20th century, some politicians and scholars suggested that the emblem should be replaced by other symbols such as the Derafsh Kaviani. However, the emblem remained the official symbol of Iran until the 1979 revolution, when the "Lion and Sun" symbol was removed from public spaces and government organizations, and replaced by the present-day emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 2 Lion and Sun The Lion and Sun (Persian: شیر و خورشید, romanized: Šir-o Xoršid, pronounced [ˌʃiːɾo xoɾˈʃiːd]; Classical Persian: [ˌʃeːɾu xʷuɾˈʃeːd]) is one of the main emblems of Iran (Persia), and was an element in Iran's national flag until the 1979 revolution and is still commonly used by nationalists and opposition groups of the Islamic Republic government. The motif, which illustrates ancient and modern Iranian traditions, became a popular symbol in Iran in the 12th century. The lion and sun symbol is based largely on astronomical and astrological configurations: the ancient sign of the sun in the house of Leo, which itself is traced back to Babylonian astrology and Near Eastern traditions. The motif has many historical meanings. First, as a scientific and secular motif, it was only an astrological and zodiacal symbol. Under the Safavid and the first Qajar shahs, it became more associated with Shia Islam. During the Safavid era, the lion and sun stood for the two pillars of society, the state and the Islamic religion. It became a national emblem during the Qajar era. In the 19th century, European visitors at the Qajar court attributed the lion and sun to remote antiquity; since then, it has acquired a nationalistic interpretation. During the reign of Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar and his successors, the form of the motif was substantially changed. A crown was also placed on the top of the symbol to represent the monarchy. Beginning in the reign of Fat′h-Ali, the Islamic aspect of the monarchy was de-emphasized. This shift affected the symbolism of the emblem. The meaning of the symbol changed several times between the Qajar era and the 1979 revolution. The lion could be a symbol for Rostam, the legendary hero of Iranian mythology. The Sun has alternately been interpreted as symbol of motherland or Jamshid, the mythical Shah of Iran. The many historical meanings of the emblem have provided rich ground for competing symbols of Iranian identity. In the 20th century, some politicians and scholars suggested that the emblem should be replaced by other symbols such as the Derafsh Kaviani. However, the emblem remained the official symbol of Iran until the 1979 revolution, when the "Lion and Sun" symbol was removed from public spaces and government organizations, and replaced by the present-day emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 2</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:310px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lion_and_Sun_(Pahlavi_Dynasty).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Lion_and_Sun_%28Pahlavi_Dynasty%29.svg/220px-Lion_and_Sun_%28Pahlavi_Dynasty%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Lion_and_Sun_%28Pahlavi_Dynasty%29.svg/330px-Lion_and_Sun_%28Pahlavi_Dynasty%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Lion_and_Sun_%28Pahlavi_Dynasty%29.svg/440px-Lion_and_Sun_%28Pahlavi_Dynasty%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="464" data-file-height="379" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Lion and Sun</div></div></div></div><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/Lion_and_Sun" title="Lion and Sun">Lion and Sun</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">شیر و خورشید</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">Šir-o Xoršid</i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Persian" title="Help:IPA/Persian">[ˌʃiːɾo<span class="wrap"> </span>xoɾˈʃiːd]</a></span>; <small><a href="/wiki/Classical_Persian" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical Persian">Classical Persian</a></small>: <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Persian" title="Help:IPA/Persian">[ˌʃeːɾu<span class="wrap"> </span>xʷuɾˈʃeːd]</a></span>) is one of the main emblems of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Name_of_Iran" title="Name of Iran">Persia</a>), and was an element in <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Iran" title="Flag of Iran">Iran's national flag</a> until the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">1979 revolution</a> and is still commonly used by nationalists and opposition groups of the Islamic Republic government. The motif, which illustrates ancient and modern Iranian traditions, became a popular symbol in Iran in the 12th century. The lion and sun symbol is based largely on astronomical and astrological configurations: the ancient sign of the sun in <a href="/wiki/Leo_(astrology)" title="Leo (astrology)">the house of Leo</a>, which itself is traced back to <a href="/wiki/Babylonian_astrology" title="Babylonian astrology">Babylonian astrology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Near_East" title="Ancient Near East">Near Eastern</a> traditions.<br /><br />The motif has many historical meanings. First, as a scientific and secular motif, it was only an astrological and zodiacal symbol. Under the <a href="/wiki/Safavid_dynasty" title="Safavid dynasty">Safavid</a> and the first <a href="/wiki/Qajar_dynasty" title="Qajar dynasty">Qajar</a> shahs, it became more associated with <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia Islam</a>. During the Safavid era, the lion and sun stood for the two pillars of society, the state and the Islamic religion. It became a national emblem during the Qajar era. In the 19th century, European visitors at the Qajar court attributed the lion and sun to remote antiquity; since then, it has acquired a <a href="/wiki/Iranian_nationalism" title="Iranian nationalism">nationalistic</a> interpretation. During the reign of <a href="/wiki/Fat%E2%80%B2h-Ali_Shah_Qajar" class="mw-redirect" title="Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar">Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar</a> and his successors, the form of the motif was substantially changed. A crown was also placed on the top of the symbol to represent the monarchy. Beginning in the reign of Fat′h-Ali, the Islamic aspect of the monarchy was de-emphasized. This shift affected the symbolism of the emblem. The meaning of the symbol changed several times between the Qajar era and the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">1979 revolution</a>. The lion could be a symbol for <a href="/wiki/Rostam" title="Rostam">Rostam</a>, the legendary hero of <a href="/wiki/Persian_mythology" title="Persian mythology">Iranian mythology</a>. The Sun has alternately been interpreted as symbol of motherland or <a href="/wiki/Jamshid" title="Jamshid">Jamshid</a>, the mythical Shah of Iran.<br />The many historical meanings of the emblem have provided rich ground for competing symbols of Iranian identity. In the 20th century, some politicians and scholars suggested that the emblem should be replaced by other symbols such as the <a href="/wiki/Derafsh_Kaviani" title="Derafsh Kaviani">Derafsh Kaviani</a>. However, the emblem remained the official symbol of Iran until the 1979 revolution, when the "Lion and Sun" symbol was removed from public spaces and government organizations, and replaced by the present-day <a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_Iran" title="Emblem of Iran">emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran</a>. (<b><a href="/wiki/Lion_and_Sun" title="Lion and Sun">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 3 The 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake (also known as the 2002 Avaj earthquake or the 2002 Changureh earthquake) occurred on 22 June 2002. The epicenter was near the city of Bou'in-Zahra in Qazvin province, a region of northwestern Iran which is crossed by several major faults that is known for destructive earthquakes. The shock measured 6.5 on the Mwc scale, had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), and was followed by more than 20 aftershocks. At least 230 people were killed and 1,500 more were injured. According to the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), the earthquake was felt as far away as the capital city of Tehran, approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi) east of the epicenter, although no damage was reported there. Most houses in the region were single-story masonry buildings, and virtually all of these collapsed. The public became angry due to the slow official response to victims who needed supplies. Residents of the town of Avaj resorted to throwing stones at the car of a government minister. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 3 The 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake (also known as the 2002 Avaj earthquake or the 2002 Changureh earthquake) occurred on 22 June 2002. The epicenter was near the city of Bou'in-Zahra in Qazvin province, a region of northwestern Iran which is crossed by several major faults that is known for destructive earthquakes. The shock measured 6.5 on the Mwc scale, had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), and was followed by more than 20 aftershocks. At least 230 people were killed and 1,500 more were injured. According to the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), the earthquake was felt as far away as the capital city of Tehran, approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi) east of the epicenter, although no damage was reported there. Most houses in the region were single-story masonry buildings, and virtually all of these collapsed. The public became angry due to the slow official response to victims who needed supplies. Residents of the town of Avaj resorted to throwing stones at the car of a government minister. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 3</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bullseye1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Bullseye1.png/220px-Bullseye1.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Bullseye1.png/330px-Bullseye1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Bullseye1.png/440px-Bullseye1.png 2x" data-file-width="1610" data-file-height="1610" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/2002_Bou%27in-Zahra_earthquake" title="2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake">2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake</a></b> (also known as the <b>2002 Avaj earthquake</b> or the <b>2002 Changureh earthquake</b>) occurred on 22 June 2002. The <a href="/wiki/Epicenter" title="Epicenter">epicenter</a> was near the city of <a href="/wiki/Bou%27in-Zahra" class="mw-redirect" title="Bou'in-Zahra">Bou'in-Zahra</a> in <a href="/wiki/Qazvin_province" title="Qazvin province">Qazvin province</a>, a region of northwestern <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> which is crossed by several major <a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)" title="Fault (geology)">faults</a> that is known for destructive earthquakes. The shock measured 6.5 on the <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Mwc" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000002B-QINU`"'</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Mw mag. from centroid">M<sub>wc</sub></span></a> scale, had a maximum <a href="/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of VIII (<i>Severe</i>), and was followed by more than 20 <a href="/wiki/Aftershocks" class="mw-redirect" title="Aftershocks">aftershocks</a>. At least 230 people were killed and 1,500 more were injured.<br /><br />According to the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (<a href="/wiki/IIEES" class="mw-redirect" title="IIEES">IIEES</a>), the earthquake was felt as far away as the capital city of <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>, approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi) east of the epicenter, although no damage was reported there. Most houses in the region were single-story <a href="/wiki/Masonry" title="Masonry">masonry</a> buildings, and virtually all of these collapsed. The public became angry due to the slow official response to victims who needed supplies. Residents of the town of <a href="/wiki/Avaj" title="Avaj">Avaj</a> resorted to throwing stones at the car of a government minister. (<b><a href="/wiki/2002_Bou%27in-Zahra_earthquake" title="2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 4 The persecution of Zoroastrians has been recorded throughout the history of Zoroastrianism, an Iranian religion. The notably large-scale persecution of Zoroastrians began after the rise of Islam in the 7th century CE; both during and after the conquest of Persia by Arab Muslims, discrimination and harassment against Zoroastrians took place in the form of forced conversions and sparse violence. Muslims who arrived in the region after its annexation by the Rashidun Caliphate are recorded to have destroyed Zoroastrian temples. Zoroastrians living in areas that had fallen under Muslim control were required to pay a tax known as jizya. Muslims built mosques in the place of some destroyed Zoroastrian temples, and burned many Persian libraries. Gradually, the Rashidun Caliphate passed an increasing number of laws to regulate Zoroastrian behaviour and limit their ability to participate in society. Over time, the persecution of Zoroastrians by Muslims became increasingly common and widespread, and the religion consequently began to decline. As the process of Islamization was initiated under Muslim rule, many Zoroastrians fled east from Persia to India, where they were given refuge. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 4 The persecution of Zoroastrians has been recorded throughout the history of Zoroastrianism, an Iranian religion. The notably large-scale persecution of Zoroastrians began after the rise of Islam in the 7th century CE; both during and after the conquest of Persia by Arab Muslims, discrimination and harassment against Zoroastrians took place in the form of forced conversions and sparse violence. Muslims who arrived in the region after its annexation by the Rashidun Caliphate are recorded to have destroyed Zoroastrian temples. Zoroastrians living in areas that had fallen under Muslim control were required to pay a tax known as jizya. Muslims built mosques in the place of some destroyed Zoroastrian temples, and burned many Persian libraries. Gradually, the Rashidun Caliphate passed an increasing number of laws to regulate Zoroastrian behaviour and limit their ability to participate in society. Over time, the persecution of Zoroastrians by Muslims became increasingly common and widespread, and the religion consequently began to decline. As the process of Islamization was initiated under Muslim rule, many Zoroastrians fled east from Persia to India, where they were given refuge. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 4</span></span><div style="text-align:left;">The <b><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Zoroastrians" title="Persecution of Zoroastrians">persecution of Zoroastrians</a></b> has been recorded throughout the history of <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Iranian_religions" title="Iranian religions">Iranian religion</a>. The notably large-scale persecution of Zoroastrians began after the rise of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> in the 7th century CE; both during and after the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Persia" title="Muslim conquest of Persia">conquest of Persia by Arab Muslims</a>, discrimination and harassment against Zoroastrians took place in the form of <a href="/wiki/Forced_conversion_to_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Forced conversion to Islam">forced conversions</a> and sparse violence. <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> who arrived in the region after its annexation by the <a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun Caliphate</a> are recorded to have destroyed <a href="/wiki/Fire_temple" title="Fire temple">Zoroastrian temples</a>. Zoroastrians living in areas that had fallen under Muslim control were required to pay a tax known as <i><a href="/wiki/Jizya" title="Jizya">jizya</a></i>.<br /> <br />Muslims built <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosques</a> in the place of some destroyed Zoroastrian temples, and burned many Persian libraries. Gradually, the Rashidun Caliphate passed an increasing number of laws to regulate Zoroastrian behaviour and limit their ability to participate in society. Over time, the persecution of Zoroastrians by Muslims became increasingly common and widespread, and the religion consequently began to decline. As the process of <a href="/wiki/Islamization" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamization">Islamization</a> was initiated under Muslim rule, <a href="/wiki/Parsis" title="Parsis">many Zoroastrians fled east</a> from <a href="/wiki/History_of_Iran" title="History of Iran">Persia</a> to <a href="/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India">India</a>, where they were given refuge. (<b><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Zoroastrians" title="Persecution of Zoroastrians">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 5 Anachronistic painting of the Battle of Nineveh (627) between Heraclius's army and the Persians under Khosrow II. Fresco by Piero della Francesca, c. 1452 The Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, also called the Last Great War of Antiquity, was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire. It was the final and most devastating conflict of the Roman–Persian Wars (54 BC – AD 628). The previous war between the two powers had ended in 591 after emperor Maurice helped the Sasanian King Khosrow II regain his throne. In 602, Maurice was murdered by his political rival Phocas. Khosrow declared war, ostensibly to avenge the death of the deposed emperor Maurice. This became a decades-long conflict, the longest war in the series, and was fought throughout the Middle East, the Aegean Sea, and before the walls of Constantinople itself. While the Persians proved largely successful during the first stage of the war from 602 to 622, conquering much of the Levant, Egypt, several islands in the Aegean Sea and parts of Anatolia, the ascendancy of the emperor Heraclius in 610 led, despite initial setbacks, to a status quo ante bellum. Heraclius's campaigns in Iranian lands from 622 to 626 forced the Persians onto the defensive, allowing his forces to regain momentum. Allied with the Avars and Slavs, the Persians made a final attempt to take Constantinople in 626, but were defeated there. In 627, allied with Turks, Heraclius invaded the heartland of Persia. After the Battle of Nineveh (627), Iranian forces were finally broken, forcing civil war-torn Persia to seek peace. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 5 Anachronistic painting of the Battle of Nineveh (627) between Heraclius's army and the Persians under Khosrow II. Fresco by Piero della Francesca, c. 1452 The Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, also called the Last Great War of Antiquity, was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire. It was the final and most devastating conflict of the Roman–Persian Wars (54 BC – AD 628). The previous war between the two powers had ended in 591 after emperor Maurice helped the Sasanian King Khosrow II regain his throne. In 602, Maurice was murdered by his political rival Phocas. Khosrow declared war, ostensibly to avenge the death of the deposed emperor Maurice. This became a decades-long conflict, the longest war in the series, and was fought throughout the Middle East, the Aegean Sea, and before the walls of Constantinople itself. While the Persians proved largely successful during the first stage of the war from 602 to 622, conquering much of the Levant, Egypt, several islands in the Aegean Sea and parts of Anatolia, the ascendancy of the emperor Heraclius in 610 led, despite initial setbacks, to a status quo ante bellum. Heraclius's campaigns in Iranian lands from 622 to 626 forced the Persians onto the defensive, allowing his forces to regain momentum. Allied with the Avars and Slavs, the Persians made a final attempt to take Constantinople in 626, but were defeated there. In 627, allied with Turks, Heraclius invaded the heartland of Persia. After the Battle of Nineveh (627), Iranian forces were finally broken, forcing civil war-torn Persia to seek peace. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 5</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:310px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Piero_della_Francesca_021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Piero_della_Francesca_021.jpg/220px-Piero_della_Francesca_021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Piero_della_Francesca_021.jpg/330px-Piero_della_Francesca_021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Piero_della_Francesca_021.jpg/440px-Piero_della_Francesca_021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="1895" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center"><a href="/wiki/Anachronistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Anachronistic">Anachronistic</a> painting of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nineveh_(627)" title="Battle of Nineveh (627)">Battle of Nineveh (627)</a> between <a href="/wiki/Heraclius" title="Heraclius">Heraclius</a>'s army and the Persians under <a href="/wiki/Khosrow_II" title="Khosrow II">Khosrow II</a>. Fresco by <a href="/wiki/Piero_della_Francesca" title="Piero della Francesca">Piero della Francesca</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1452</span></div></div></div></div><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_War_of_602%E2%80%93628" title="Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628">Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628</a></b>, also called the <b>Last Great War of Antiquity</b>, was fought between the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a>. It was the final and most devastating conflict of the <a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Persian_Wars" title="Roman–Persian Wars">Roman–Persian Wars</a> (54 BC – AD 628). The <a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_War_of_572%E2%80%93591" title="Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591">previous war</a> between the two powers had ended in 591 after <a href="/wiki/Maurice_(emperor)" title="Maurice (emperor)">emperor Maurice</a> helped the Sasanian King <a href="/wiki/Khosrow_II" title="Khosrow II">Khosrow II</a> regain his throne. In 602, Maurice was murdered by his political rival <a href="/wiki/Phocas" title="Phocas">Phocas</a>. Khosrow declared war, ostensibly to avenge the death of the deposed emperor Maurice. This became a decades-long conflict, the longest war in the series, and was fought throughout the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a>, and before the walls of <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> itself.<br /><br />While the Persians proved largely successful during the first stage of the war from 602 to 622, conquering much of the Levant, Egypt, several islands in the Aegean Sea and parts of Anatolia, the ascendancy of the emperor <a href="/wiki/Heraclius" title="Heraclius">Heraclius</a> in 610 led, despite initial setbacks, to a <i><a href="/wiki/Status_quo_ante_bellum" title="Status quo ante bellum">status quo ante bellum</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Heraclius_Caucasus_campaign" title="Heraclius Caucasus campaign">Heraclius's campaigns in Iranian lands</a> from 622 to 626 forced the Persians onto the defensive, allowing his forces to regain momentum. Allied with the <a href="/wiki/Pannonian_Avars" title="Pannonian Avars">Avars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slavs" title="Slavs">Slavs</a>, the Persians made a <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(626)" title="Siege of Constantinople (626)">final attempt to take Constantinople in 626</a>, but were defeated there. In 627, <a href="/wiki/Third_Perso-Turkic_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Perso-Turkic War">allied with Turks</a>, Heraclius invaded the heartland of Persia. After the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nineveh_(627)" title="Battle of Nineveh (627)">Battle of Nineveh</a> (627), Iranian forces were finally broken, forcing <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_civil_war_of_628%E2%80%93632" title="Sasanian civil war of 628–632">civil war-torn Persia</a> to seek peace. (<b><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Sasanian_War_of_602%E2%80%93628" title="Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 6 The Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 or the War of the Armenian Succession was fought between the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire over control of Armenia, a vital buffer state between the two realms. Armenia had been a Roman client state since the days of Emperor Augustus, but in 52/53, the Parthians succeeded in installing their own candidate, Tiridates, on the Armenian throne. These events coincided with the accession of Nero to the imperial throne in Rome, and the young emperor decided to react vigorously. The war, which was the only major foreign campaign of his reign, began with rapid success for the Roman forces, led by the able general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo. They overcame the forces loyal to Tiridates, installed their own candidate, Tigranes VI, on the Armenian throne, and left the country. The Romans were aided by the fact that the Parthian king Vologases was embroiled in the suppression of a series of revolts in his own country. As soon as these had been dealt with, however, the Parthians turned their attention to Armenia, and after a couple of years of inconclusive campaigning, inflicted a heavy defeat on the Romans in the Battle of Rhandeia. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 6 The Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 or the War of the Armenian Succession was fought between the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire over control of Armenia, a vital buffer state between the two realms. Armenia had been a Roman client state since the days of Emperor Augustus, but in 52/53, the Parthians succeeded in installing their own candidate, Tiridates, on the Armenian throne. These events coincided with the accession of Nero to the imperial throne in Rome, and the young emperor decided to react vigorously. The war, which was the only major foreign campaign of his reign, began with rapid success for the Roman forces, led by the able general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo. They overcame the forces loyal to Tiridates, installed their own candidate, Tigranes VI, on the Armenian throne, and left the country. The Romans were aided by the fact that the Parthian king Vologases was embroiled in the suppression of a series of revolts in his own country. As soon as these had been dealt with, however, the Parthians turned their attention to Armenia, and after a couple of years of inconclusive campaigning, inflicted a heavy defeat on the Romans in the Battle of Rhandeia. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 6</span></span><div style="text-align:left;">The <b><a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Parthian_War_of_58%E2%80%9363" title="Roman–Parthian War of 58–63">Roman–Parthian War of 58–63</a></b> or the <b>War of the Armenian Succession</b> was fought between the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian Empire</a> over control of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Armenia</a>, a vital <a href="/wiki/Buffer_state" title="Buffer state">buffer state</a> between the two realms. Armenia had been a Roman client state since the days of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a>, but in 52/53, the Parthians succeeded in installing their own candidate, <a href="/wiki/Tiridates_I_of_Armenia" title="Tiridates I of Armenia">Tiridates</a>, on the Armenian throne.<br /><br />These events coincided with the accession of <a href="/wiki/Nero" title="Nero">Nero</a> to the imperial throne in Rome, and the young emperor decided to react vigorously. The war, which was the only major foreign campaign of his reign, began with rapid success for the Roman forces, led by the able general <a href="/wiki/Gnaeus_Domitius_Corbulo" title="Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo">Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo</a>. They overcame the forces loyal to Tiridates, installed their own candidate, <a href="/wiki/Tigranes_VI_of_Armenia" title="Tigranes VI of Armenia">Tigranes VI</a>, on the Armenian throne, and left the country. The Romans were aided by the fact that the Parthian king <a href="/wiki/Vologases_I_of_Parthia" title="Vologases I of Parthia">Vologases</a> was embroiled in the suppression of a <a href="/wiki/Hyrcania#Arsacid_era" title="Hyrcania">series of revolts</a> in his own country. As soon as these had been dealt with, however, the Parthians turned their attention to Armenia, and after a couple of years of inconclusive campaigning, inflicted a heavy defeat on the Romans in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rhandeia" title="Battle of Rhandeia">Battle of Rhandeia</a>. (<b><a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Parthian_War_of_58%E2%80%9363" title="Roman–Parthian War of 58–63">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 7 An earthquake occurred on November 27, 2005, at 13:52 IRST (10:22 UTC) on the sparsely populated Qeshm Island off Southern Iran, killing 13 people and devastating 13 villages. It was Iran's second major earthquake of 2005, following the one at Zarand in February. The epicenter was about 1,500 kilometers (930 mi) south of Tehran, close to Iran's southern borders. Initial measurements showed that the earthquake registered about 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale, although that was reduced to 5.8 after further analysis. More than 400 minor aftershocks followed the main quake, 36 of which were greater than magnitude 2.5. The earthquake occurred in a remote area during the middle of the day, limiting the number of fatalities. Iranian relief efforts were effective and largely adequate, leading the country to decline offers of support from other nations and UNICEF. Qeshm Island is part of the Simply Folded Belt, the most seismically active part of the Zagros fold and thrust belt. Similar to most earthquakes in the area, the 2005 event resulted from reverse slip faulting. Since it lies in such a seismically active area, there is a high risk of destructive earthquakes in Iran; 1 in 3,000 deaths are attributable to earthquakes. One geophysicist has cited the lack of strict building codes as a serious concern. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 7 An earthquake occurred on November 27, 2005, at 13:52 IRST (10:22 UTC) on the sparsely populated Qeshm Island off Southern Iran, killing 13 people and devastating 13 villages. It was Iran's second major earthquake of 2005, following the one at Zarand in February. The epicenter was about 1,500 kilometers (930 mi) south of Tehran, close to Iran's southern borders. Initial measurements showed that the earthquake registered about 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale, although that was reduced to 5.8 after further analysis. More than 400 minor aftershocks followed the main quake, 36 of which were greater than magnitude 2.5. The earthquake occurred in a remote area during the middle of the day, limiting the number of fatalities. Iranian relief efforts were effective and largely adequate, leading the country to decline offers of support from other nations and UNICEF. Qeshm Island is part of the Simply Folded Belt, the most seismically active part of the Zagros fold and thrust belt. Similar to most earthquakes in the area, the 2005 event resulted from reverse slip faulting. Since it lies in such a seismically active area, there is a high risk of destructive earthquakes in Iran; 1 in 3,000 deaths are attributable to earthquakes. One geophysicist has cited the lack of strict building codes as a serious concern. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 7</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg/220px-Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg/330px-Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg/440px-Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="917" data-file-height="647" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br />An <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquake</a> occurred on November 27, 2005, at 13:52 <a href="/wiki/Iran_Standard_Time" title="Iran Standard Time">IRST</a> (10:22 <a href="/wiki/UTC" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC">UTC</a>) on the sparsely populated <a href="/wiki/Qeshm" class="mw-redirect" title="Qeshm">Qeshm Island</a> off <a href="/wiki/Southern_Iran" title="Southern Iran">Southern Iran</a>, killing 13 people and devastating 13 villages. It was Iran's second major earthquake of 2005, following the one at <a href="/wiki/2005_Zarand_earthquake" title="2005 Zarand earthquake">Zarand</a> in February. The <a href="/wiki/Epicenter" title="Epicenter">epicenter</a> was about 1,500 kilometers (930 mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>, close to Iran's southern borders. Initial measurements showed that the earthquake registered about 6.0 on the <a href="/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">moment magnitude scale</a>, although that was reduced to 5.8 after further analysis. More than 400 minor <a href="/wiki/Aftershock" title="Aftershock">aftershocks</a> followed the main quake, 36 of which were greater than magnitude 2.5. The earthquake occurred in a remote area during the middle of the day, limiting the number of fatalities. Iranian relief efforts were effective and largely adequate, leading the country to decline offers of support from other nations and <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a>.<br /><br />Qeshm Island is part of the Simply Folded Belt, the most seismically active part of the <a href="/wiki/Zagros_fold_and_thrust_belt" title="Zagros fold and thrust belt">Zagros fold and thrust belt</a>. Similar to most earthquakes in the area, the 2005 event resulted from <a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)#Dip-slip_faults" title="Fault (geology)">reverse slip faulting</a>. Since it lies in such a seismically active area, there is a high risk of destructive earthquakes in Iran; 1 in 3,000 deaths are attributable to earthquakes. One geophysicist has cited the lack of strict building codes as a serious concern. (<b><a href="/wiki/2005_Qeshm_earthquake" title="2005 Qeshm earthquake">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 8 The Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh at Akka in Israel, the holiest Bahá’í site. The Baháʼí Faith (Farsi: bahâ'iyyat, IPA: [bæhɒːʔijjæt]) is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. Established by Baháʼu'lláh, it initially developed in Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing persecution since its inception. The religion has 5–8 million adherents (known as Baháʼís) spread throughout most of the world's countries and territories. The Baháʼí Faith has three central figures: the Báb (1819–1850), executed for heresy, who taught that a prophet similar to Jesus and Muhammad would soon appear; Baháʼu'lláh (1817–1892), who claimed to be said prophet in 1863 and had to endure both exile and imprisonment; and his son, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (1844–1921), who made teaching trips to Europe and the United States after his release from confinement in 1908. After ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's death in 1921, the leadership of the religion fell to his grandson Shoghi Effendi (1897–1957). Baháʼís annually elect local, regional, and national Spiritual Assemblies that govern the religion's affairs, and every five years an election is held for the Universal House of Justice, the nine-member governing institution of the worldwide Baháʼí community that is located in Haifa, Israel, near the Shrine of the Báb. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 8 The Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh at Akka in Israel, the holiest Bahá’í site. The Baháʼí Faith (Farsi: bahâ'iyyat, IPA: [bæhɒːʔijjæt]) is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. Established by Baháʼu'lláh, it initially developed in Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing persecution since its inception. The religion has 5–8 million adherents (known as Baháʼís) spread throughout most of the world's countries and territories. The Baháʼí Faith has three central figures: the Báb (1819–1850), executed for heresy, who taught that a prophet similar to Jesus and Muhammad would soon appear; Baháʼu'lláh (1817–1892), who claimed to be said prophet in 1863 and had to endure both exile and imprisonment; and his son, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (1844–1921), who made teaching trips to Europe and the United States after his release from confinement in 1908. After ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's death in 1921, the leadership of the religion fell to his grandson Shoghi Effendi (1897–1957). Baháʼís annually elect local, regional, and national Spiritual Assemblies that govern the religion's affairs, and every five years an election is held for the Universal House of Justice, the nine-member governing institution of the worldwide Baháʼí community that is located in Haifa, Israel, near the Shrine of the Báb. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 8</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:310px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Shrine_of_Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Shrine_of_Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h.jpg/220px-Shrine_of_Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Shrine_of_Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h.jpg/330px-Shrine_of_Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Shrine_of_Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h.jpg/440px-Shrine_of_Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1092" data-file-height="798" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">The <a href="/wiki/Shrine_of_Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h" title="Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh">Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh</a> at <a href="/wiki/Akka,_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Akka, Israel">Akka</a> in Israel, the holiest Bahá’í site.</div></div></div></div><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a></b> (Farsi: bahâ'iyyat, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Persian" title="Help:IPA/Persian">[bæhɒːʔijjæt]</a></span>) is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_and_the_unity_of_religion" title="Baháʼí Faith and the unity of religion">essential worth of all religions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_and_the_unity_of_humanity" title="Baháʼí Faith and the unity of humanity">the unity of all people</a>. Established by <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h" title="Baháʼu'lláh">Baháʼu'lláh</a>, it initially developed in Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced <a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%ADs" title="Persecution of Baháʼís">ongoing persecution</a> since its inception. The religion has 5–8 million adherents (known as <b>Baháʼís</b>) spread throughout most of the world's countries and territories.<br /><br />The Baháʼí Faith has three central figures: the <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1b" title="Báb">Báb</a> (1819–1850), executed for heresy, who taught that a prophet similar to <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> would soon appear; <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h" title="Baháʼu'lláh">Baháʼu'lláh</a> (1817–1892), who claimed to be said prophet in 1863 and had to endure both exile and imprisonment; and his son, <a href="/wiki/%CA%BBAbdu%27l-Bah%C3%A1" title="ʻAbdu'l-Bahá">ʻAbdu'l-Bahá</a> (1844–1921), who made teaching trips to Europe and the United States after his release from confinement in 1908. After ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's death in 1921, the leadership of the religion fell to his grandson <a href="/wiki/Shoghi_Effendi" title="Shoghi Effendi">Shoghi Effendi</a> (1897–1957). Baháʼís annually elect local, regional, and national <a href="/wiki/Spiritual_Assembly" title="Spiritual Assembly">Spiritual Assemblies</a> that govern the religion's affairs, and every five years an election is held for the <a href="/wiki/Universal_House_of_Justice" title="Universal House of Justice">Universal House of Justice</a>, the nine-member governing institution of the worldwide Baháʼí community that is located in <a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a>, Israel, near the <a href="/wiki/Shrine_of_the_B%C3%A1b" title="Shrine of the Báb">Shrine of the Báb</a>. (<b><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 9 Drachma of Bahram I Bahram I (also spelled Wahram I or Warahran I; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭) was the fourth Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 271 to 274. He was the eldest son of Shapur I (r. 240–270) and succeeded his brother Hormizd I (r. 270–271), who had reigned for a year. Bahram I's reign marked the end of the Sasanian tolerance towards Manichaeism, and in 274, with the support of the influential Zoroastrian priest Kartir, he had Mani imprisoned and executed. Bahram I's reign was brief and largely uneventful. He was succeeded by his son Bahram II. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 9 Drachma of Bahram I Bahram I (also spelled Wahram I or Warahran I; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭) was the fourth Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 271 to 274. He was the eldest son of Shapur I (r. 240–270) and succeeded his brother Hormizd I (r. 270–271), who had reigned for a year. Bahram I's reign marked the end of the Sasanian tolerance towards Manichaeism, and in 274, with the support of the influential Zoroastrian priest Kartir, he had Mani imprisoned and executed. Bahram I's reign was brief and largely uneventful. He was succeeded by his son Bahram II. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 9</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:310px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coin_of_Bahram_I_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Coin_of_Bahram_I_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Coin_of_Bahram_I_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Coin_of_Bahram_I_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Coin_of_Bahram_I_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Coin_of_Bahram_I_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="386" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_drachma" title="Ancient drachma">Drachma</a> of Bahram I</div></div></div></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Bahram_I" title="Bahram I">Bahram I</a></b> (also spelled <b>Wahram I</b> or <b>Warahran I</b>; <a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Persian language">Middle Persian</a>: <span lang="pal" dir="rtl">𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭</span>) was the fourth <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian</a> <a href="/wiki/King_of_Kings" title="King of Kings">King of Kings</a> of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> from 271 to 274. He was the eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Shapur_I" title="Shapur I">Shapur I</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 240–270</span>) and succeeded his brother <a href="/wiki/Hormizd_I" title="Hormizd I">Hormizd I</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 270–271</span>), who had reigned for a year.<br /><br />Bahram I's reign marked the end of the Sasanian tolerance towards <a href="/wiki/Manichaeism" title="Manichaeism">Manichaeism</a>, and in 274, with the support of the influential Zoroastrian priest <a href="/wiki/Kartir" title="Kartir">Kartir</a>, he had <a href="/wiki/Mani_(prophet)" title="Mani (prophet)">Mani</a> imprisoned and executed. Bahram I's reign was brief and largely uneventful. He was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Bahram_II" title="Bahram II">Bahram II</a>. (<b><a href="/wiki/Bahram_I" title="Bahram I">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 10 The Villa Sceriman Widmann Rezzonico Foscari, owned by the Scerimans in the 18th century The Sceriman family, also referred to as the Shahremanian, Shahremanean, Shahrimanian, Shehrimanian, Shariman, or Seriman family, were a wealthy Safavid merchant family of Armenian ethnicity. A Catholic family, they had their roots in early 17th-century New Julfa (the Armenian quarter of Isfahan, Iran), and relatively quickly came to preside over branches all over the world, stretching from Italy (mostly Venice) in the west, to Pegu (Burma) in the east. Apart from being renowned as a trader's family, some Scerimans were high-ranking individuals in the Safavid state, including in its military, religious, and bureaucratic systems. Later, similar positions were obtained abroad, such as in the various Italian city-states and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They especially became renowned in the Republic of Venice, where they were well integrated into its ruling class. Nevertheless, until their decline in the late 1790s and eventual inactivity in the 19th century, they remained bound to their original base in Iran. Despite their success, the Scerimans helped create a rift in the Armenian community of Iran. Due to their prominent position in society, their support of the Catholic faith created a strong sense of hostility between the majority Gregorian Armenians and minority Catholic Armenians. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 10 The Villa Sceriman Widmann Rezzonico Foscari, owned by the Scerimans in the 18th century The Sceriman family, also referred to as the Shahremanian, Shahremanean, Shahrimanian, Shehrimanian, Shariman, or Seriman family, were a wealthy Safavid merchant family of Armenian ethnicity. A Catholic family, they had their roots in early 17th-century New Julfa (the Armenian quarter of Isfahan, Iran), and relatively quickly came to preside over branches all over the world, stretching from Italy (mostly Venice) in the west, to Pegu (Burma) in the east. Apart from being renowned as a trader's family, some Scerimans were high-ranking individuals in the Safavid state, including in its military, religious, and bureaucratic systems. Later, similar positions were obtained abroad, such as in the various Italian city-states and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They especially became renowned in the Republic of Venice, where they were well integrated into its ruling class. Nevertheless, until their decline in the late 1790s and eventual inactivity in the 19th century, they remained bound to their original base in Iran. Despite their success, the Scerimans helped create a rift in the Armenian community of Iran. Due to their prominent position in society, their support of the Catholic faith created a strong sense of hostility between the majority Gregorian Armenians and minority Catholic Armenians. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 10</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Villa_Widmann-Foscari.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Villa_Widmann-Foscari.jpg/220px-Villa_Widmann-Foscari.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Villa_Widmann-Foscari.jpg/330px-Villa_Widmann-Foscari.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Villa_Widmann-Foscari.jpg/440px-Villa_Widmann-Foscari.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1117" data-file-height="745" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Villa_Widmann" title="Villa Widmann">Villa Sceriman Widmann Rezzonico Foscari</a>, owned by the Scerimans in the 18th century</figcaption></figure><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/Sceriman_family" title="Sceriman family">Sceriman family</a></b>, also referred to as the <b>Shahremanian</b>, <b>Shahremanean</b>, <b>Shahrimanian</b>, <b>Shehrimanian</b>, <b>Shariman</b>, or <b>Seriman</b> family, were a wealthy <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavid</a> <a href="/wiki/Armenian_merchantry" title="Armenian merchantry">merchant</a> family of <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> ethnicity. A Catholic family, they had their roots in early 17th-century <a href="/wiki/New_Julfa" title="New Julfa">New Julfa</a> (the Armenian quarter of <a href="/wiki/Isfahan" title="Isfahan">Isfahan</a>, Iran), and relatively quickly came to preside over branches all over the world, stretching from Italy (mostly <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a>) in the west, to <a href="/wiki/Pegu" class="mw-redirect" title="Pegu">Pegu</a> (Burma) in the east. Apart from being renowned as a trader's family, some Scerimans were high-ranking individuals in the Safavid state, including in its military, religious, and bureaucratic systems. Later, similar positions were obtained abroad, such as in the various Italian city-states and the <a href="/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Austro-Hungarian Empire">Austro-Hungarian Empire</a>. They especially became renowned in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a>, where they were well integrated into its ruling class. Nevertheless, until their decline in the late 1790s and eventual inactivity in the 19th century, they remained bound to their original base in Iran.<br /><br />Despite their success, the Scerimans helped create a rift in the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Armenians" title="Iranian Armenians">Armenian community of Iran</a>. Due to their prominent position in society, their support of the Catholic faith created a strong sense of hostility between the majority <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Gregorian Armenians</a> and minority <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Catholic Armenians</a>. (<b><a href="/wiki/Sceriman_family" title="Sceriman family">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> </ul></div> <div class="noprint" style="margin:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; padding:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Portal:Iran/Recognized_content" title="Portal:Iran/Recognized content">More recognized articles</a></b></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:#005100;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #aaaaaa;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#32ce32;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:#005100;font-size:80%"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal%3AIran%2FSelected_picture%2F5&action=edit"><span style="color:#005100">edit</span></a> </div><h2 id="Selected_picture" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:#005100;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">Selected picture</h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #aaaaaa;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#f9f9ff;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ghaleye_Rud_Khan_(40)_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Broadleaf deciduous forest in Gīlān Province, Iran"><img alt="Broadleaf deciduous forest in Gīlān Province, Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Ghaleye_Rud_Khan_%2840%29_4.jpg/300px-Ghaleye_Rud_Khan_%2840%29_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Ghaleye_Rud_Khan_%2840%29_4.jpg/450px-Ghaleye_Rud_Khan_%2840%29_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Ghaleye_Rud_Khan_%2840%29_4.jpg/600px-Ghaleye_Rud_Khan_%2840%29_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Broadleaf deciduous forest in Gīlān Province, Iran</figcaption></figure> <table class="noprint" width="100%" border="0" style="padding: 0; 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margin:-4em auto;"><div class="nomobile"></div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-slideshow switcher-container"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 1 Artistic representation of a Median man The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and the northeastern and eastern region of Mesopotamia in the vicinity of Ecbatana (present-day Hamadan). Their consolidation in Iran is believed to have occurred during the 8th century BC. In the 7th century BC, all of western Iran and some other territories were under Median rule, but their precise geographic extent remains unknown. Although widely recognized as playing an important role in the history of the ancient Near East, the Medes left no written records to reconstruct their history. Knowledge of the Medes comes only from foreign sources such as the Assyrians, Babylonians, Armenians and Greeks, as well as a few Iranian archaeological sites, which are believed to have been occupied by Medes. The accounts related to the Medes reported by Herodotus convey the image of a powerful people, who would have formed an empire at the beginning of the 7th century BC that lasted until the 550s BC, played a pivotal role in the fall of the Assyrian Empire, and competed with the powerful kingdoms of Lydia and Babylonia. However, a recent reassessment of contemporary sources from the Median period has altered scholars' perceptions of the Median state. The state remains difficult to perceive in the documentation, which leaves many doubts about its extent; some specialists have even suggested that there never was a powerful Median kingdom. In any case, it appears that after the fall of the last Median king against the Persian king Cyrus the Great, Media became an important province and was prized by the empires which successively dominated it (Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians and Sasanids). (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 1 Artistic representation of a Median man The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and the northeastern and eastern region of Mesopotamia in the vicinity of Ecbatana (present-day Hamadan). Their consolidation in Iran is believed to have occurred during the 8th century BC. In the 7th century BC, all of western Iran and some other territories were under Median rule, but their precise geographic extent remains unknown. Although widely recognized as playing an important role in the history of the ancient Near East, the Medes left no written records to reconstruct their history. Knowledge of the Medes comes only from foreign sources such as the Assyrians, Babylonians, Armenians and Greeks, as well as a few Iranian archaeological sites, which are believed to have been occupied by Medes. The accounts related to the Medes reported by Herodotus convey the image of a powerful people, who would have formed an empire at the beginning of the 7th century BC that lasted until the 550s BC, played a pivotal role in the fall of the Assyrian Empire, and competed with the powerful kingdoms of Lydia and Babylonia. However, a recent reassessment of contemporary sources from the Median period has altered scholars' perceptions of the Median state. The state remains difficult to perceive in the documentation, which leaves many doubts about its extent; some specialists have even suggested that there never was a powerful Median kingdom. In any case, it appears that after the fall of the last Median king against the Persian king Cyrus the Great, Media became an important province and was prized by the empires which successively dominated it (Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians and Sasanids). (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 1</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hottenroth_I-021_-_28_-_Median_male.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Hottenroth_I-021_-_28_-_Median_male.jpg/130px-Hottenroth_I-021_-_28_-_Median_male.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Hottenroth_I-021_-_28_-_Median_male.jpg/196px-Hottenroth_I-021_-_28_-_Median_male.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Hottenroth_I-021_-_28_-_Median_male.jpg/261px-Hottenroth_I-021_-_28_-_Median_male.jpg 2x" data-file-width="483" data-file-height="891" /></a><figcaption>Artistic representation of a Median man</figcaption></figure><br /><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/Medes" title="Medes">Medes</a></b> were an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_history" title="Ancient history">ancient</a> <a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranian people</a> who spoke the <a href="/wiki/Median_language" title="Median language">Median language</a> and who inhabited an area known as <a href="/wiki/Media_(region)" title="Media (region)">Media</a> between <a href="/wiki/Western_Iran" title="Western Iran">western</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Iran" title="Northern Iran">northern Iran</a>. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and the northeastern and eastern region of <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a> in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Ecbatana" title="Ecbatana">Ecbatana</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Hamadan" title="Hamadan">Hamadan</a>). Their consolidation in Iran is believed to have occurred during the 8th century BC. In the 7th century BC, all of western Iran and some other territories were under Median rule, but their precise geographic extent remains unknown.<br /><br />Although widely recognized as playing an important role in the history of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Near_East" title="Ancient Near East">ancient Near East</a>, the Medes left no written records to reconstruct their history. Knowledge of the Medes comes only from foreign sources such as the <a href="/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria">Assyrians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Babylonia" title="Babylonia">Babylonians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greeks</a>, as well as a few Iranian archaeological sites, which are believed to have been occupied by Medes. The accounts related to the Medes reported by <a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a> convey the image of a powerful people, who would have formed an empire at the beginning of the 7th century BC that lasted until the 550s BC, played a pivotal role in the fall of the Assyrian Empire, and competed with the powerful kingdoms of <a href="/wiki/Lydia" title="Lydia">Lydia</a> and Babylonia. However, a recent reassessment of contemporary sources from the Median period has altered scholars' perceptions of the <a href="/wiki/Median_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Median state">Median state</a>. The state remains difficult to perceive in the documentation, which leaves many doubts about its extent; some specialists have even suggested that there never was a powerful Median kingdom. In any case, it appears that after the fall of the last Median king against the Persian king <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great" title="Cyrus the Great">Cyrus the Great</a>, Media became an important province and was prized by the empires which successively dominated it (<a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanids</a>). (<b><a href="/wiki/Medes" title="Medes">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 2 Reza Shah in uniform, c. 1931 Reza Shah Pahlavi (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. Originally a military officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war and prime minister of Iran, and was elected shah following the deposition of the last monarch of the Qajar dynasty. Reza Shah's reign ended when he was forced to abdicate after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Mohammad Reza Shah. A moderniser, Reza Shah clashed with the Shia clergy and introduced social, economic, and political reforms during his reign, ultimately laying the foundations of the modern Iranian state. Therefore, he is regarded by many as the founder of modern Iran. At the age of 14, Reza Shah joined the Persian Cossack Brigade. He rose through the ranks, becoming a brigadier general by 1921. In 1911, he was promoted to first lieutenant; he was elevated to the rank of captain by 1912, and he became a colonel by 1915. In February 1921, as leader of the entire Cossack Brigade based in Qazvin province, he marched towards Tehran and seized the capital. He forced the dissolution of the government and installed Zia ol Din Tabatabaee as the new prime minister. Reza Khan's first role in the new government was commander-Afaqn-chief of the army and the minister of war. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 2 Reza Shah in uniform, c. 1931 Reza Shah Pahlavi (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. Originally a military officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war and prime minister of Iran, and was elected shah following the deposition of the last monarch of the Qajar dynasty. Reza Shah's reign ended when he was forced to abdicate after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Mohammad Reza Shah. A moderniser, Reza Shah clashed with the Shia clergy and introduced social, economic, and political reforms during his reign, ultimately laying the foundations of the modern Iranian state. Therefore, he is regarded by many as the founder of modern Iran. At the age of 14, Reza Shah joined the Persian Cossack Brigade. He rose through the ranks, becoming a brigadier general by 1921. In 1911, he was promoted to first lieutenant; he was elevated to the rank of captain by 1912, and he became a colonel by 1915. In February 1921, as leader of the entire Cossack Brigade based in Qazvin province, he marched towards Tehran and seized the capital. He forced the dissolution of the government and installed Zia ol Din Tabatabaee as the new prime minister. Reza Khan's first role in the new government was commander-Afaqn-chief of the army and the minister of war. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 2</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:310px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Reza_shah_uniform.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Reza_shah_uniform.jpg/220px-Reza_shah_uniform.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Reza_shah_uniform.jpg/330px-Reza_shah_uniform.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Reza_shah_uniform.jpg/440px-Reza_shah_uniform.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1520" data-file-height="2101" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Reza Shah in uniform, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1931</span></div></div></div></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Reza_Shah" title="Reza Shah">Reza Shah Pahlavi</a></b> (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was <a href="/wiki/Shah_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Shah of Iran">shah of Iran</a> from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the <a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" title="Pahlavi dynasty">Pahlavi dynasty</a>. Originally a military officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war and <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Iran" title="Prime Minister of Iran">prime minister</a> of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, and was elected <a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">shah</a> following the deposition of the last monarch of the <a href="/wiki/Qajar_dynasty" title="Qajar dynasty">Qajar dynasty</a>. Reza Shah's reign ended when he was forced to abdicate after the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran" title="Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran">Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran</a> in 1941. He was succeeded by his eldest son, <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Shah" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Reza Shah">Mohammad Reza Shah</a>. A moderniser, Reza Shah clashed with the <a href="/wiki/Shia_clergy" title="Shia clergy">Shia clergy</a> and introduced social, economic, and political reforms during his reign, ultimately laying the foundations of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Iran#Late_modern_period" title="History of Iran">modern Iranian state</a>. Therefore, he is regarded by many as the founder of modern Iran.<br /><br />At the age of 14, Reza Shah joined the Persian Cossack Brigade. He rose through the ranks, becoming a brigadier general by 1921.<br /> In 1911, he was promoted to first lieutenant; he was elevated to the rank of captain by 1912, and he became a colonel by 1915. In February 1921, as leader of the entire Cossack Brigade based in <a href="/wiki/Qazvin_province" title="Qazvin province">Qazvin province</a>, he marched towards <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> and <a href="/wiki/1921_Persian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1921 Persian coup d'état">seized the capital</a>. He forced the dissolution of the government and installed <a href="/wiki/Zia_ol_Din_Tabatabaee" title="Zia ol Din Tabatabaee">Zia ol Din Tabatabaee</a> as the new prime minister. Reza Khan's first role in the new government was commander-Afaqn-chief of the army and the minister of war. (<b><a href="/wiki/Reza_Shah" title="Reza Shah">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 3 Tehran skyline and the Alborz Tehran (/tɛˈræn, -ˈrɑːn, ˌteɪ-/; Persian: تهران [tehˈɾɒːn] ⓘ, Tehrân) is the capital and largest city of Iran. In addition to serving as the capital of Tehran province, the city is the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District. With a population of around 9.8 million in the city as of 2025, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East after Cairo, and the 24th most populous metropolitan area in the world. Greater Tehran includes several municipalities, including, Karaj, Eslamshahr, Shahriar, Qods, Malard, Golestan, Pakdasht, Qarchak, Nasimshahr, Parand, Pardis, Andisheh and Fardis. In the classical antiquity, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages (now Ray), a prominent Median city almost entirely destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray was absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 3 Tehran skyline and the Alborz Tehran (/tɛˈræn, -ˈrɑːn, ˌteɪ-/; Persian: تهران [tehˈɾɒːn] ⓘ, Tehrân) is the capital and largest city of Iran. In addition to serving as the capital of Tehran province, the city is the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District. With a population of around 9.8 million in the city as of 2025, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East after Cairo, and the 24th most populous metropolitan area in the world. Greater Tehran includes several municipalities, including, Karaj, Eslamshahr, Shahriar, Qods, Malard, Golestan, Pakdasht, Qarchak, Nasimshahr, Parand, Pardis, Andisheh and Fardis. In the classical antiquity, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages (now Ray), a prominent Median city almost entirely destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray was absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 3</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:310px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:North_of_Tehran_Skyline_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/North_of_Tehran_Skyline_view.jpg/220px-North_of_Tehran_Skyline_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/North_of_Tehran_Skyline_view.jpg/330px-North_of_Tehran_Skyline_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/North_of_Tehran_Skyline_view.jpg/440px-North_of_Tehran_Skyline_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1709" data-file-height="1350" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Tehran skyline and the <a href="/wiki/Alborz" title="Alborz">Alborz</a></div></div></div></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a></b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span></span>-/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">تهران</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Persian" title="Help:IPA/Persian">[tehˈɾɒːn]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/d\/d6\/Fa-ir-Tehran_%281%29.ogg\/Fa-ir-Tehran_%281%29.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Fa-ir-Tehran (1).ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/Fa-ir-Tehran_%281%29.ogg/Fa-ir-Tehran_%281%29.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Fa-ir-Tehran_(1).ogg" title="File:Fa-ir-Tehran (1).ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>, <i>Tehrân</i>) is the capital and largest city of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. In addition to serving as the capital of <a href="/wiki/Tehran_province" title="Tehran province">Tehran province</a>, the city is the administrative center for <a href="/wiki/Tehran_County" title="Tehran County">Tehran County</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Central_District_(Tehran_County)" title="Central District (Tehran County)">Central District</a>. With a population of around 9.8 million in the city as of 2025, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_of_Iran" title="List of largest cities of Iran">most populous city</a> in Iran and Western Asia, the <a href="/wiki/Largest_metropolitan_areas_of_the_Middle_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East">second-largest metropolitan area</a> in the Middle East after <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, and the 24th most populous metropolitan area in the world. <a href="/wiki/Greater_Tehran" title="Greater Tehran">Greater Tehran</a> includes several municipalities, including, <a href="/wiki/Karaj" title="Karaj">Karaj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eslamshahr" title="Eslamshahr">Eslamshahr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shahriar,_Tehran_province" title="Shahriar, Tehran province">Shahriar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qods,_Iran" title="Qods, Iran">Qods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malard" title="Malard">Malard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golestan,_Tehran" title="Golestan, Tehran">Golestan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakdasht" title="Pakdasht">Pakdasht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qarchak" title="Qarchak">Qarchak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nasimshahr" title="Nasimshahr">Nasimshahr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parand" title="Parand">Parand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pardis" title="Pardis">Pardis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andisheh" title="Andisheh">Andisheh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fardis" title="Fardis">Fardis</a>.<br /><br />In the <a href="/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">classical antiquity</a>, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages (now <a href="/wiki/Ray,_Iran" title="Ray, Iran">Ray</a>), a prominent <a href="/wiki/Medes" title="Medes">Median</a> city almost entirely destroyed in the medieval <a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Persia" title="Muslim conquest of Persia">Arab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oghuz_Turks" title="Oghuz Turks">Turkic</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mongol_conquest_of_Khwarezmia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia">Mongol</a> invasions. Modern Ray was absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. (<b><a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 4 Sir Nasser David Khalili KCSS (Persian: ناصر داوود خلیلی, born 18 December 1945) is a British scholar, collector, and philanthropist based in London. Born in Iran and educated at Queens College, City University of New York and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, he is a naturalised British citizen. He assembled eight art collections—the Khalili Collections—each considered among the most important in its field. These collections total 35,000 artworks and include the largest private collection of Islamic art and a collection of Japanese art rivalling that of the Japanese imperial family. He has spent tens of millions of pounds on conserving, researching, and documenting the collections, publishing more than seventy volumes of catalogues and research so far. Exhibitions drawn from the collections have appeared in institutions around the world. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 4 Sir Nasser David Khalili KCSS (Persian: ناصر داوود خلیلی, born 18 December 1945) is a British scholar, collector, and philanthropist based in London. Born in Iran and educated at Queens College, City University of New York and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, he is a naturalised British citizen. He assembled eight art collections—the Khalili Collections—each considered among the most important in its field. These collections total 35,000 artworks and include the largest private collection of Islamic art and a collection of Japanese art rivalling that of the Japanese imperial family. He has spent tens of millions of pounds on conserving, researching, and documenting the collections, publishing more than seventy volumes of catalogues and research so far. Exhibitions drawn from the collections have appeared in institutions around the world. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 4</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_David_Khalili_2023.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Sir_David_Khalili_2023.png/220px-Sir_David_Khalili_2023.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Sir_David_Khalili_2023.png/330px-Sir_David_Khalili_2023.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Sir_David_Khalili_2023.png/440px-Sir_David_Khalili_2023.png 2x" data-file-width="1356" data-file-height="1748" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nasser_Khalili" title="Nasser Khalili">Sir Nasser David Khalili</a></b> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Sylvester" title="Order of St. Sylvester">KCSS</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">ناصر داوود خلیلی</span>, born 18 December 1945) is a British scholar, collector, and <a href="/wiki/Philanthropy" title="Philanthropy">philanthropist</a> based in London. Born in Iran and educated at <a href="/wiki/Queens_College,_City_University_of_New_York" title="Queens College, City University of New York">Queens College, City University of New York</a> and the <a href="/wiki/School_of_Oriental_and_African_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="School of Oriental and African Studies">School of Oriental and African Studies</a> in London, he is a naturalised British citizen. <br /><br />He assembled eight art collections—the <a href="/wiki/Khalili_Collections" title="Khalili Collections">Khalili Collections</a>—each considered among the most important in its field. These collections total 35,000 artworks and include the largest private collection of Islamic art and a collection of Japanese art rivalling that of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan" title="Imperial House of Japan">Japanese imperial family</a>. He has spent tens of millions of pounds on conserving, researching, and documenting the collections, publishing more than seventy volumes of catalogues and research so far. Exhibitions drawn from the collections have appeared in institutions around the world. (<b><a href="/wiki/Nasser_Khalili" title="Nasser Khalili">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 5 By the late 11th century, the Shi'a sub-sect of Ismailism (later Nizari Ismailism) had found many adherents in Persia, although the region was occupied by the Sunni Seljuk Empire. The hostile tendencies of the Abbasid–Seljuk order triggered a revolt by Ismailis in Persia under Hassan-i Sabbah, starting the so-called Alamut Period. Due to the increasingly significant socio-economic issues, the decentralization of the Seljuk government leading to inefficient army mobilization, and a unifying factor of religion in the provinces facilitating the swift spread of the revolt and a strong sense of community within Isamilis, the Seljuks were unable to quickly put down the revolt. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 5 By the late 11th century, the Shi'a sub-sect of Ismailism (later Nizari Ismailism) had found many adherents in Persia, although the region was occupied by the Sunni Seljuk Empire. The hostile tendencies of the Abbasid–Seljuk order triggered a revolt by Ismailis in Persia under Hassan-i Sabbah, starting the so-called Alamut Period. Due to the increasingly significant socio-economic issues, the decentralization of the Seljuk government leading to inefficient army mobilization, and a unifying factor of religion in the provinces facilitating the swift spread of the revolt and a strong sense of community within Isamilis, the Seljuks were unable to quickly put down the revolt. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 5</span></span><div style="text-align:left;">By the late 11th century, the <a href="/wiki/Shi%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi'a">Shi'a</a> sub-sect of <a href="/wiki/Isma%27ilism" title="Isma'ilism">Ismailism</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Nizari" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizari">Nizari</a> Ismailism) had found many adherents in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Persia</a>, although the region was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> <a href="/wiki/Seljuk_Empire" title="Seljuk Empire">Seljuk Empire</a>. The hostile tendencies of the <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Revival" title="Sunni Revival">Abbasid–Seljuk order</a> triggered a revolt by Ismailis in Persia under <a href="/wiki/Hassan-i_Sabbah" class="mw-redirect" title="Hassan-i Sabbah">Hassan-i Sabbah</a>, starting the so-called Alamut Period.<br /><br />Due to the increasingly significant socio-economic issues, the decentralization of the Seljuk government leading to inefficient army mobilization, and a unifying factor of religion in the provinces facilitating the swift spread of the revolt and a strong sense of community within Isamilis, the Seljuks were unable to quickly put down the revolt. (<b><a href="/wiki/Nizari%E2%80%93Seljuk_conflicts" title="Nizari–Seljuk conflicts">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 6 India–Iran relations are the bilateral relationship between the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Independent India and Iran established diplomatic relations on 15 March 1950. However, ties between both ancient Persia and ancient India date back millennia. During much of the Cold War, relations between India and the erstwhile Imperial State of Iran suffered due to their differing political interests: India endorsed a non-aligned position but fostered strong links with the Soviet Union, while Iran was an open member of the Western Bloc and enjoyed close ties with the United States. While India did not welcome the 1979 Islamic Revolution, relations between the two states strengthened momentarily in its aftermath. However, Iran's continued support for Pakistan in the India–Pakistan conflict and India's close relations with Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War greatly strained bilateral ties. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 6 India–Iran relations are the bilateral relationship between the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Independent India and Iran established diplomatic relations on 15 March 1950. However, ties between both ancient Persia and ancient India date back millennia. During much of the Cold War, relations between India and the erstwhile Imperial State of Iran suffered due to their differing political interests: India endorsed a non-aligned position but fostered strong links with the Soviet Union, while Iran was an open member of the Western Bloc and enjoyed close ties with the United States. While India did not welcome the 1979 Islamic Revolution, relations between the two states strengthened momentarily in its aftermath. However, Iran's continued support for Pakistan in the India–Pakistan conflict and India's close relations with Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War greatly strained bilateral ties. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 6</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iran_India_Locator.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Iran_India_Locator.svg/220px-Iran_India_Locator.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Iran_India_Locator.svg/330px-Iran_India_Locator.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Iran_India_Locator.svg/440px-Iran_India_Locator.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="205" data-file-height="149" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="India–Iran relations">India–Iran relations</a></b> are the bilateral relationship between the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of India">Republic of India</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Republic of Iran">Islamic Republic of Iran</a>. Independent India and Iran established diplomatic relations on 15 March 1950. However, ties between both ancient Persia and ancient India date back millennia. <br /><br />During much of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, relations between India and the erstwhile <a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_Iran" title="Pahlavi Iran">Imperial State of Iran</a> suffered due to their differing political interests: India endorsed a <a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">non-aligned</a> position but fostered strong links with the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, while Iran was an open member of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Bloc" title="Western Bloc">Western Bloc</a> and enjoyed close ties with the United States. While India did not welcome the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">1979 Islamic Revolution</a>, relations between the two states strengthened momentarily in its aftermath. However, Iran's continued support for <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts" title="Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts">India–Pakistan conflict</a> and India's close relations with <a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Iraq</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a> greatly strained bilateral ties. (<b><a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="India–Iran relations">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 7 Simon by Giovanni Orlandi Simon I the Great (Georgian: სიმონ I დიდი, romanized: simon I didi), also known as Svimon (Georgian: სვიმონი, romanized: svimoni; c. 1537 – 1611), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a Georgian king (mepe) of Kartli from 1556 to 1569 and again from 1578 to 1599. His first tenure was marked by war against the Persian domination of Georgia. In 1569 he was captured by the Persians, and spent nine years in captivity. In 1578 he was released and reinstalled in Kartli. During this period (i.e. his second tenure), he fought as a Persian subject against the Ottoman domination of Georgia. In 1599 Simon I was captured by the Ottomans and died in captivity. During 1557 to 1569 he was known as Mahmud Khan (Persian: محمود خان, romanized: Mahmūd Khān) and from 1578 to 1599 as Shahnavaz Khan (Persian: شاهنواز خان, romanized: Shāhnavāz Khān). He was also referred to as Simon the Mad (Turkish: Deli Simon) by the Ottomans. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 7 Simon by Giovanni Orlandi Simon I the Great (Georgian: სიმონ I დიდი, romanized: simon I didi), also known as Svimon (Georgian: სვიმონი, romanized: svimoni; c. 1537 – 1611), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a Georgian king (mepe) of Kartli from 1556 to 1569 and again from 1578 to 1599. His first tenure was marked by war against the Persian domination of Georgia. In 1569 he was captured by the Persians, and spent nine years in captivity. In 1578 he was released and reinstalled in Kartli. During this period (i.e. his second tenure), he fought as a Persian subject against the Ottoman domination of Georgia. In 1599 Simon I was captured by the Ottomans and died in captivity. During 1557 to 1569 he was known as Mahmud Khan (Persian: محمود خان, romanized: Mahmūd Khān) and from 1578 to 1599 as Shahnavaz Khan (Persian: شاهنواز خان, romanized: Shāhnavāz Khān). He was also referred to as Simon the Mad (Turkish: Deli Simon) by the Ottomans. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 7</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:310px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Simeon_prencipe_de_Giorgiani_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Simeon_prencipe_de_Giorgiani_cropped.jpg/220px-Simeon_prencipe_de_Giorgiani_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Simeon_prencipe_de_Giorgiani_cropped.jpg/330px-Simeon_prencipe_de_Giorgiani_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Simeon_prencipe_de_Giorgiani_cropped.jpg/440px-Simeon_prencipe_de_Giorgiani_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="441" data-file-height="578" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Simon by <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Orlandi" title="Giovanni Orlandi">Giovanni Orlandi</a></div></div></div></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Simon_I_of_Kartli" title="Simon I of Kartli">Simon I the Great</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;">სიმონ I დიდი</span></span>, <span style="font-size: smaller;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Georgian" title="Romanization of Georgian">romanized</a>:</span> <span lang="ka-Latn" style="font-style: italic;">simon I didi</span>), also known as <b>Svimon</b> (<a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;">სვიმონი</span></span>, <span style="font-size: smaller;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Georgian" title="Romanization of Georgian">romanized</a>:</span> <span lang="ka-Latn" style="font-style: italic;">svimoni</span>; <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1537 – 1611), of the <a href="/wiki/Bagrationi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bagrationi">Bagrationi</a> dynasty, was a <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgian</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Georgia" title="List of monarchs of Georgia">king</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Mepe" title="Mepe">mepe</a></i>) of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kartli_(1484%E2%80%931762)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Kartli (1484–1762)">Kartli</a> from 1556 to 1569 and again from 1578 to 1599. His first tenure was marked by war against the <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Persian</a> domination of Georgia. In 1569 he was captured by the Persians, and spent nine years in captivity. In 1578 he was released and reinstalled in Kartli. During this period (i.e. his second tenure), he fought as a Persian subject against the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> domination of Georgia. In 1599 Simon I was captured by the Ottomans and died in captivity. During 1557 to 1569 he was known as <b>Mahmud Khan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">محمود خان</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">Mahmūd Khān</i></span>) and from 1578 to 1599 as <b>Shahnavaz Khan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">شاهنواز خان</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">Shāhnavāz Khān</i></span>). He was also referred to as <b>Simon the Mad</b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Deli Simon</i>) by the Ottomans. (<b><a href="/wiki/Simon_I_of_Kartli" title="Simon I of Kartli">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 8 Meng Wanzhou during her house arrest in Vancouver in 2021 On December 1, 2018, Meng Wanzhou, the board deputy chairperson and daughter of the founder of the Chinese multinational technology corporation Huawei, was detained upon arrival at Vancouver International Airport by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers for questioning, which lasted three hours. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police subsequently arrested her on a provisional U.S. extradition request for fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud in order to circumvent U.S. sanctions against Iran. On January 28, 2019, the United States Department of Justice formally announced financial fraud charges against Meng. The first stage of the extradition hearing for Meng began Monday, January 20, 2020, and concluded on May 27, 2020, when the Supreme Court of British Columbia ordered the extradition to proceed. During the extradition courtroom proceedings, Meng's lawyers made several allegations against the prosecution, including allegations of unlawful detention of Meng, unlawful search and seizure, extradition law violations, misrepresentation, international law violation, and fabricated testimonies by the CBSA, each of which were responded to by the prosecution. In August 2021, the extradition judge questioned the regularity of the case and expressed great difficulty in understanding how the Record of Case (ROC) presented by the US supported their allegation of criminality. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 8 Meng Wanzhou during her house arrest in Vancouver in 2021 On December 1, 2018, Meng Wanzhou, the board deputy chairperson and daughter of the founder of the Chinese multinational technology corporation Huawei, was detained upon arrival at Vancouver International Airport by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers for questioning, which lasted three hours. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police subsequently arrested her on a provisional U.S. extradition request for fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud in order to circumvent U.S. sanctions against Iran. On January 28, 2019, the United States Department of Justice formally announced financial fraud charges against Meng. The first stage of the extradition hearing for Meng began Monday, January 20, 2020, and concluded on May 27, 2020, when the Supreme Court of British Columbia ordered the extradition to proceed. During the extradition courtroom proceedings, Meng's lawyers made several allegations against the prosecution, including allegations of unlawful detention of Meng, unlawful search and seizure, extradition law violations, misrepresentation, international law violation, and fabricated testimonies by the CBSA, each of which were responded to by the prosecution. In August 2021, the extradition judge questioned the regularity of the case and expressed great difficulty in understanding how the Record of Case (ROC) presented by the US supported their allegation of criminality. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 8</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meng_Wanzhou_in_Vancouver_(2021).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Meng_Wanzhou_in_Vancouver_%282021%29.jpg/220px-Meng_Wanzhou_in_Vancouver_%282021%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Meng_Wanzhou_in_Vancouver_%282021%29.jpg/330px-Meng_Wanzhou_in_Vancouver_%282021%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Meng_Wanzhou_in_Vancouver_%282021%29.jpg/440px-Meng_Wanzhou_in_Vancouver_%282021%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1142" data-file-height="890" /></a><figcaption>Meng Wanzhou during her house arrest in Vancouver in 2021</figcaption></figure><br />On December 1, 2018, <a href="/wiki/Meng_Wanzhou" title="Meng Wanzhou">Meng Wanzhou</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">board</a> <a href="/wiki/Deputy_chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy chairman">deputy chairperson</a> and daughter of <a href="/wiki/Ren_Zhengfei" title="Ren Zhengfei">the founder</a> of the Chinese multinational technology corporation <a href="/wiki/Huawei" title="Huawei">Huawei</a>, was detained upon arrival at <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_International_Airport" title="Vancouver International Airport">Vancouver International Airport</a> by <a href="/wiki/Canada_Border_Services_Agency" title="Canada Border Services Agency">Canada Border Services Agency</a> (CBSA) officers for questioning, which lasted three hours. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police" title="Royal Canadian Mounted Police">Royal Canadian Mounted Police</a> subsequently arrested her on a provisional <a href="/wiki/Extradition_law_in_the_United_States" title="Extradition law in the United States">U.S. extradition request</a> for fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud in order to circumvent <a href="/wiki/United_States_sanctions_against_Iran" title="United States sanctions against Iran">U.S. sanctions against Iran</a>. On January 28, 2019, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> formally announced financial <a href="/wiki/Fraud" title="Fraud">fraud</a> charges against Meng. The first stage of the <a href="/wiki/Extradition" title="Extradition">extradition</a> <a href="/wiki/Hearing_(law)" title="Hearing (law)">hearing</a> for Meng began Monday, January 20, 2020, and concluded on May 27, 2020, when the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_British_Columbia" title="Supreme Court of British Columbia">Supreme Court of British Columbia</a> ordered the extradition to proceed.<br /><br />During the extradition courtroom proceedings, Meng's lawyers made several allegations against the prosecution, including allegations of <a href="/wiki/Unlawful_detention" class="mw-redirect" title="Unlawful detention">unlawful detention</a> of Meng, unlawful <a href="/wiki/Search_and_seizure" title="Search and seizure">search and seizure</a>, extradition law violations, <a href="/wiki/Misrepresentation" title="Misrepresentation">misrepresentation</a>, <a href="/wiki/International_law" title="International law">international law</a> violation, and <a href="/wiki/Perjury" title="Perjury">fabricated testimonies</a> by the CBSA, each of which were responded to by the prosecution. In August 2021, the extradition judge questioned the regularity of the case and expressed great difficulty in understanding how the Record of Case (ROC) presented by the US supported their allegation of criminality. (<b><a href="/wiki/Extradition_case_of_Meng_Wanzhou" title="Extradition case of Meng Wanzhou">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 9 Jerusalem is rebuilt by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes. From "Our day in the light of the prophecy", 1921. The history of the Jews in Iran dates back to late biblical times (mid-1st millennium BCE). The biblical books of Chronicles, Isaiah, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, contain references to the life and experiences of Jews in Persia. In the book of Ezra, the Persian kings are credited with permitting and enabling the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their Temple; its reconstruction was carried out "according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia" (Ezra 6:14). This event in Jewish history took place in the late 6th century BCE, by which time there was a well-established and influential Jewish community in Persia. Persian Jews have lived in the territories of today's Iran for over 2,700 years, since the first Jewish diaspora when the Assyrian king Shalmaneser V conquered the (Northern) Kingdom of Israel (722 BCE) and took some of the Israelites into captivity at Khuzestan. In 586 BCE, the Neo-Babylonian Empire expelled large populations of Jews from Judea to the Babylonian captivity. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 9 Jerusalem is rebuilt by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes. From "Our day in the light of the prophecy", 1921. The history of the Jews in Iran dates back to late biblical times (mid-1st millennium BCE). The biblical books of Chronicles, Isaiah, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, contain references to the life and experiences of Jews in Persia. In the book of Ezra, the Persian kings are credited with permitting and enabling the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their Temple; its reconstruction was carried out "according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia" (Ezra 6:14). This event in Jewish history took place in the late 6th century BCE, by which time there was a well-established and influential Jewish community in Persia. Persian Jews have lived in the territories of today's Iran for over 2,700 years, since the first Jewish diaspora when the Assyrian king Shalmaneser V conquered the (Northern) Kingdom of Israel (722 BCE) and took some of the Israelites into captivity at Khuzestan. In 586 BCE, the Neo-Babylonian Empire expelled large populations of Jews from Judea to the Babylonian captivity. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 9</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Our_day_in_the_light_of_prophecy_and_providence_(1921)_(14754519586).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Our_day_in_the_light_of_prophecy_and_providence_%281921%29_%2814754519586%29.jpg/220px-Our_day_in_the_light_of_prophecy_and_providence_%281921%29_%2814754519586%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Our_day_in_the_light_of_prophecy_and_providence_%281921%29_%2814754519586%29.jpg/330px-Our_day_in_the_light_of_prophecy_and_providence_%281921%29_%2814754519586%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Our_day_in_the_light_of_prophecy_and_providence_%281921%29_%2814754519586%29.jpg/440px-Our_day_in_the_light_of_prophecy_and_providence_%281921%29_%2814754519586%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2034" data-file-height="3090" /></a><figcaption> Jerusalem is rebuilt by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes. From "Our day in the light of the prophecy", 1921.</figcaption></figure><br /><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Iran" title="History of the Jews in Iran">history of the Jews in Iran</a></b> dates back to late <a href="/wiki/Biblical_times" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblical times">biblical times</a> (mid-1st millennium BCE). The biblical books of <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Chronicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Book of Chronicles">Chronicles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah" title="Book of Isaiah">Isaiah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Daniel" title="Book of Daniel">Daniel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Ezra" title="Book of Ezra">Ezra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Nehemiah" title="Book of Nehemiah">Nehemiah</a>, contain references to the life and experiences of <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> in <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persia</a>. In the book of Ezra, the Persian kings are credited with permitting and enabling the Jews to return to <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> and rebuild their <a href="/wiki/Temple_in_Jerusalem" title="Temple in Jerusalem">Temple</a>; its reconstruction was carried out "according to the decree of <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great" title="Cyrus the Great">Cyrus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Darius_the_Great" title="Darius the Great">Darius</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ezra#Timeline" title="Ezra">Artaxerxes</a> king of Persia" (<a href="/wiki/Ezra_6" title="Ezra 6">Ezra 6</a>:14). This event in Jewish history took place in the late 6th century BCE, by which time there was a well-established and influential Jewish community in <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persia</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/Persian_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Jews">Persian Jews</a> have lived in the territories of today's Iran for over 2,700 years, since the first <a href="/wiki/Jewish_diaspora" title="Jewish diaspora">Jewish diaspora</a> when the <a href="/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria">Assyrian</a> king <a href="/wiki/Shalmaneser_V" title="Shalmaneser V">Shalmaneser V</a> conquered the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">(Northern) Kingdom of Israel</a> (722 BCE) and took some of the <a href="/wiki/Israelites" title="Israelites">Israelites</a> into captivity at <a href="/wiki/Khuzestan" class="mw-redirect" title="Khuzestan">Khuzestan</a>. In 586 BCE, the <a href="/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire" title="Neo-Babylonian Empire">Neo-Babylonian Empire</a> expelled large populations of Jews from <a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Babylonian_captivity" title="Babylonian captivity">Babylonian captivity</a>. (<b><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Iran" title="History of the Jews in Iran">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 10 Shah Abbas I in a 16th or 17th century portrait Abbas I (Persian: عباس یکم, romanized: ʿAbbās yekom; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (Persian: عباس بزرگ, romanized: ʿAbbās-e Bozorg), was the fifth Safavid shah of Iran from 1588 to 1629. The third son of Shah Mohammad Khodabanda, he is generally considered one of the most important rulers in Iranian history and the greatest ruler of the Safavid dynasty. Although Abbas would preside over the apex of Safavid Iran's military, political and economic power, he came to the throne during a troubled time for the country. Under the ineffective rule of his father, the country was riven with discord between the different factions of the Qizilbash army, who killed Abbas' mother and elder brother. Meanwhile, Iran's main enemies, its arch-rival the Ottoman Empire and the Uzbeks, exploited this political chaos to seize territory for themselves. In 1588, one of the Qizilbash leaders, Murshid Quli Khan, overthrew Shah Mohammed in a coup and placed the 16-year-old Abbas on the throne. However, Abbas soon seized power for himself. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 10 Shah Abbas I in a 16th or 17th century portrait Abbas I (Persian: عباس یکم, romanized: ʿAbbās yekom; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (Persian: عباس بزرگ, romanized: ʿAbbās-e Bozorg), was the fifth Safavid shah of Iran from 1588 to 1629. The third son of Shah Mohammad Khodabanda, he is generally considered one of the most important rulers in Iranian history and the greatest ruler of the Safavid dynasty. Although Abbas would preside over the apex of Safavid Iran's military, political and economic power, he came to the throne during a troubled time for the country. Under the ineffective rule of his father, the country was riven with discord between the different factions of the Qizilbash army, who killed Abbas' mother and elder brother. Meanwhile, Iran's main enemies, its arch-rival the Ottoman Empire and the Uzbeks, exploited this political chaos to seize territory for themselves. In 1588, one of the Qizilbash leaders, Murshid Quli Khan, overthrew Shah Mohammed in a coup and placed the 16-year-old Abbas on the throne. However, Abbas soon seized power for himself. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 10</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:310px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:ShahAbbasPortraitFromItalianPainter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ShahAbbasPortraitFromItalianPainter.jpg/220px-ShahAbbasPortraitFromItalianPainter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="327" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ShahAbbasPortraitFromItalianPainter.jpg/330px-ShahAbbasPortraitFromItalianPainter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/ShahAbbasPortraitFromItalianPainter.jpg/440px-ShahAbbasPortraitFromItalianPainter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="918" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Shah Abbas I in a 16th or 17th century portrait</div></div></div></div><br /><b>Abbas I</b> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">عباس یکم</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">ʿAbbās yekom</i></span>; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as <b><a href="/wiki/Abbas_the_Great" title="Abbas the Great">Abbas the Great</a></b> (Persian: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">عباس بزرگ</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">ʿAbbās-e Bozorg</i></span>), was the fifth <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavid</a> <a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">shah</a> of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> from 1588 to 1629. The third son of <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Khodabanda" title="Mohammad Khodabanda">Shah Mohammad Khodabanda</a>, he is generally considered one of the most important rulers in Iranian history and the greatest ruler of the Safavid dynasty.<br /><br />Although Abbas would preside over the apex of Safavid Iran's military, political and economic power, he came to the throne during a troubled time for the country. Under the ineffective rule of his father, the country was riven with discord between the different factions of the <a href="/wiki/Qizilbash" title="Qizilbash">Qizilbash</a> army, who killed Abbas' mother and elder brother. Meanwhile, Iran's main enemies, its arch-rival the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Khanate_of_Bukhara" title="Khanate of Bukhara">Uzbeks</a>, exploited this political chaos to seize territory for themselves. In 1588, one of the Qizilbash leaders, Murshid Quli Khan, overthrew Shah Mohammed in a <a href="/wiki/Coup" class="mw-redirect" title="Coup">coup</a> and placed the 16-year-old Abbas on the throne. However, Abbas soon seized power for himself. 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medieval and<br />early modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em;font-weight:normal;font-size:85%;">632–1090</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun <span class="nowrap">Caliphate (632–661)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad <span class="nowrap">Caliphate (661–750)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid <span class="nowrap">Caliphate (750–1258)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samanid_Empire" title="Samanid Empire">Samanid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (819–999)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahirid_dynasty" title="Tahirid dynasty">Tahirid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (821–873)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alid_dynasties_of_northern_Iran" title="Alid dynasties of northern Iran">Alavid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (864–928)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saffarid_dynasty" title="Saffarid dynasty">Saffarid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (861–1003)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziyarid_dynasty" title="Ziyarid dynasty">Ziyarid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (931–1090)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buyid_dynasty" title="Buyid dynasty">Buyid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (934–1062)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em;font-weight:normal;font-size:85%;">977–1432</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ghaznavids" title="Ghaznavids">Ghaznavid <span class="nowrap">Empire (977–1186)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghurid_dynasty" title="Ghurid dynasty">Ghurid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1011–1215)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seljuk_Empire" title="Seljuk Empire">Seljuk <span class="nowrap">Empire (1037–1194)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anushtegin_dynasty" title="Anushtegin dynasty">Anushtegin <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1077–1231)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldiguzids" title="Eldiguzids">Eldiguzids <span class="nowrap">(1135/36-1225)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kart_dynasty" title="Kart dynasty">Kart <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1244–1381)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilkhanate" title="Ilkhanate"><span class="nowrap">Ilkhanate (1256–1335)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzaffarids_(Iran)" title="Muzaffarids (Iran)">Muzaffarid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1314–1393)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalayirid_Sultanate" title="Jalayirid Sultanate">Jalayirid Sultanate <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1335–1432)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chobanids" title="Chobanids">Chobanid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1338–1357)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em;font-weight:normal;font-size:85%;">1370–1925</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timurid_Empire" title="Timurid Empire">Timurid <span class="nowrap">Empire (1370–1507)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qara_Qoyunlu" title="Qara Qoyunlu">Qara Qoyunlu <span class="nowrap">Turcomans (1374–1468)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aq_Qoyunlu" title="Aq Qoyunlu">Aq Qoyunlu <span class="nowrap">Turcomans (1378–1508)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavid <span class="nowrap">Empire (1501–1736)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afsharid_Iran" title="Afsharid Iran">Afsharid <span class="nowrap">Empire (1736–1796)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zand_dynasty" title="Zand dynasty">Zand <span class="nowrap">Dynasty (1751–1794)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qajar_Iran" title="Qajar Iran">Qajar <span class="nowrap">Empire (1789–1925)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanates_of_Azerbaijan" title="Khanates of Azerbaijan">Khanates of <span class="nowrap">Azerbaijan (18th–20th centuries)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanates_of_the_Caucasus" title="Khanates of the Caucasus">Khanates of the <span class="nowrap">Caucasus (18th–19th centuries)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_Constitutional_Revolution" title="Persian Constitutional Revolution">Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_bombardment_of_the_Majlis" title="1908 bombardment of the Majlis">1908 bombardment of the Majlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_separatism_in_Iran" title="Kurdish separatism in Iran">Kurdish separatism in Iran (1918–)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Persian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1921 Persian coup d'état">1921 Persian coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_separatism_in_Khuzestan" title="Arab separatism in Khuzestan">Arab separatism in Khuzestan (1922–2020)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em;font-weight:normal;font-size:85%;">1925–1979</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" title="Pahlavi dynasty">Pahlavi <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1925–1979)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shatt_al-Arab_dispute" title="Shatt al-Arab dispute">Shatt al-Arab dispute (1936–1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_crisis_of_1946" title="Iran crisis of 1946">Iran crisis of 1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Balochistan" title="Insurgency in Balochistan">Insurgency in Balochistan (1948–)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Iranian_Constituent_Assembly_election" title="1949 Iranian Constituent Assembly election">1949 Iranian Constituent Assembly election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1953 Iranian coup d'état">1953 coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_revolution" title="Iranian revolution">Iranian <span class="nowrap">revolution (1979)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em;font-weight:normal;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Islamic Republic</a></span><br />1979–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="History of the Islamic Republic of Iran"><span class="nowrap">History (1979–)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interim_Government_of_Iran" title="Interim Government of Iran">Interim Government (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1979_Iranian_Islamic_Republic_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum">March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Khuzestan_insurgency" title="1979 Khuzestan insurgency">1979 Khuzestan insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" title="Iran hostage crisis">Iran hostage crisis (1979–1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1979_Iranian_constitutional_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="December 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum">December 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege" title="Iranian Embassy siege">Iranian Embassy <span class="nowrap">siege (1980)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nojeh_coup_plot" title="Nojeh coup plot">Nojeh coup plot (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq <span class="nowrap">War (1980–88)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interim_Government_of_Iran_(1981)" title="Interim Government of Iran (1981)">Interim Government of Iran (1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Mecca_incident" title="1987 Mecca incident">1987 Mecca incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655" title="Iran Air Flight 655">Iran Air Flight 655 <span class="nowrap">shootdown (1988)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDPI_insurgency_(1989%E2%80%931996)" title="KDPI insurgency (1989–1996)">KDPI insurgency (1989–1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93PJAK_conflict" title="Iran–PJAK conflict">PJAK conflict (2004–)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election_protests" title="2009 Iranian presidential election protests">2009 Iranian presidential election protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war (2011–)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_military_intervention_against_the_Islamic_State" class="mw-redirect" title="International military intervention against the Islamic State">International military intervention against the Islamic State (2014–)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (2015)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_the_Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">United States withdrawal (2018)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%932018_Iranian_protests" title="2017–2018 Iranian protests">2017–2018 Iranian protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%932019_Iranian_general_strikes_and_protests" title="2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests">2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Iran" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Iran">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Sistan_and_Baluchestan_protests" title="2019 Sistan and Baluchestan protests">2019 Sistan and Baluchestan protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Iranian_protests" title="2019–2020 Iranian protests">2019–2020 Iranian protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Sistan_and_Baluchestan_protests" title="2021 Sistan and Baluchestan protests">2021 Sistan and Baluchestan protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%932022_Iranian_protests" title="2021–2022 Iranian protests">2021–2022 Iranian protests</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Persians" title="List of ancient Persians">Ancient Persians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Iran" title="Greater Iran">Greater Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persianization" title="Persianization">Persianization</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Persianate_society" title="Persianate society">Persianate society</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turco-Persian_tradition" title="Turco-Persian tradition">Turco-Persian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Persian_culture" title="Indo-Persian culture">Indo-Persian</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranic peoples</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_languages" title="Iranian languages">languages</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiroft_culture" title="Jiroft culture">Jiroft culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryan" title="Aryan">Aryans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis" title="Azerbaijanis">Azerbaijanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoples_of_the_Caucasus" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoples of the Caucasus">Peoples of the Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persians" title="Persians">Persians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of monarchs of Persia">Monarchs of Persia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Iran" title="List of heads of state of Iran">Heads of state of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_democracy_in_classical_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="History of democracy in classical Iran">History of democracy in classical Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Iran" title="Military history of Iran">Military history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_electricity_in_Iran" title="History of electricity in Iran">Electric history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Iran" title="List of years in Iran">Years in Iran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography215" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Iran" title="Geography of Iran">Geography</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Borders_of_Iran" title="Borders of Iran">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Iran_by_province" title="List of cities in Iran by province">Cities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_of_Iran" title="List of largest cities of Iran">largest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Iran" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Iran">twin towns and sister cities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Iran" title="List of earthquakes in Iran">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Iran" title="Environmental issues in Iran">Environmental issues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Iran" title="Climate change in Iran">Climate change</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_(Iran)" title="Azerbaijan (Iran)">Iranian Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province" title="Sistan and Baluchestan province">Iranian Balochistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caspian_Hyrcanian_mixed_forests" class="mw-redirect" title="Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests">Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Kurdistan" title="Iranian Kurdistan">Iranian Kurdistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_plateau" title="Iranian plateau">Iranian plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Urmia" title="Lake Urmia">Lake Urmia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Iran" title="List of islands of Iran">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Iran" title="List of mountains in Iran">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran" title="Provinces of Iran">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Iran" title="Wildlife of Iran">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Politics215" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Iran" title="Politics of Iran">Politics</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Censorship_in_Iran" title="Censorship in Iran">Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Iran" title="Constitution of Iran">Constitution</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_Constitutional_Revolution" title="Persian Constitutional Revolution">Persian Constitutional Revolution</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Iran" title="Corruption in Iran">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Iran" title="Elections in Iran">Elections</a> (<a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2009 Iranian presidential election">2009 presidential</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Iran" title="Foreign relations of Iran">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Iran" title="Human rights in Iran">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Childrens%27_Rights_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Childrens' Rights in Iran">Children's rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Iran">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Iran" title="Women's rights in Iran">Women's rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_judicial_system_of_Iran" title="History of the judicial system of Iran">Judicial system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces">Military</a> (<a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Navy" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Navy">Navy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Intelligence_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)">Ministry of Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyberwarfare_and_Iran" title="Cyberwarfare and Iran">Cyberwarfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">Nuclear program</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1747" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747">UN Security Council Resolution 1747</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Iran" title="List of political parties in Iran">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principlists" class="mw-redirect" title="Principlists">Principlists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propaganda_in_Iran" title="Propaganda in Iran">Propaganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Reformists" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Reformists">Reformists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_and_terrorism_in_Iran" title="Assassination and terrorism in Iran">Terrorism</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iran_and_state-sponsored_terrorism" title="Iran and state-sponsored terrorism">state-sponsorship allegations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Revolution" title="White Revolution">White Revolution (1963)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights_movement_in_Iran" title="Women's rights movement in Iran">Women's rights movement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Councils</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Experts" title="Assembly of Experts">Assembly (or Council) of Experts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expediency_Discernment_Council" title="Expediency Discernment Council">Expediency Discernment Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardian_Council" title="Guardian Council">Guardian Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly" title="Islamic Consultative Assembly">Islamic Consultative Assembly (parliament)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_councils_of_Iran" title="Local councils of Iran">Local councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_National_Security_Council" title="Supreme National Security Council">Supreme National Security Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iranian_officials" title="List of Iranian officials">Officials</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ambassadors_from_Iran" title="List of current ambassadors from Iran">Ambassadors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Iran" title="President of Iran">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Iran_governors-general" title="List of current Iran governors-general">Provincial governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran" title="Supreme Leader of Iran">Supreme Leader</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Economy215" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Iran" title="Economy of Iran">Economy</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bonyad" title="Bonyad">Bonyad (charitable trust)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_capital_flight_from_Iran" title="Human capital flight from Iran">Brain drain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Iran" title="List of companies of Iran">Companies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Iran" title="Automotive industry in Iran">Automotive industry</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_labour_in_Iran" title="Child labour in Iran">Child labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Iran" title="Corruption in Iran">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_Cooperation_Organization" title="Economic Cooperation Organization">Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Iran" title="Economic history of Iran">Economic history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Economic_Reform_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Economic Reform Plan">Economic Reform Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Iran" title="Energy in Iran">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Iran" title="Environmental issues in Iran">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment_in_Iran" title="Foreign direct investment in Iran">Foreign direct investment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property_in_Iran" title="Intellectual property in Iran">Intellectual property</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_oil_bourse" title="Iranian oil bourse">International oil bourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_rankings_of_Iran" title="International rankings of Iran">International rankings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_and_the_World_Trade_Organization" title="Iran and the World Trade Organization">Iran and the World Trade Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Iran" title="Taxation in Iran">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_economic_laws_in_Iran" title="List of economic laws in Iran">Main economic laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Middle_East" title="Economy of the Middle East">Economy of the Middle East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milad_Tower" title="Milad Tower">Milad Tower and complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_equipment_manufactured_in_Iran" title="List of military equipment manufactured in Iran">Military equipment manufactured</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">Nuclear program</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1747" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747">UN Security Council Resolution 1747</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privatization_in_Iran" title="Privatization in Iran">Privatization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_rial" title="Iranian rial">Rial (currency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Space_Agency" title="Iranian Space Agency">Space Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Execution_of_Imam_Khomeini%27s_Order" title="Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order">Setad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Audit_Court_of_Iran" title="Supreme Audit Court of Iran">Supreme Audit Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehran_Stock_Exchange" title="Tehran Stock Exchange">Tehran Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venture_capital_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Venture capital in Iran">Venture capital</a> (<a href="/wiki/Communications_in_Iran#Technology_start-ups" title="Communications in Iran">Technology start-ups</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economic_sector" title="Economic sector">Sectors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Iran" title="Agriculture in Iran">Agriculture</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fruit_production_in_Iran" title="Fruit production in Iran">fruit</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_and_insurance_in_Iran" title="Banking and insurance in Iran">Banking and insurance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Iran" title="Central Bank of Iran">Central Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shetab_Banking_System" title="Shetab Banking System">Shetab Banking System</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Construction_industry_of_Iran" title="Construction industry of Iran">Construction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_industry_of_Iran" title="Defense industry of Iran">Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Iran" title="Healthcare in Iran">Health care</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pharmaceuticals_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceuticals in Iran">Pharmaceuticals</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industry_of_Iran" title="Industry of Iran">Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Iran" title="Mining in Iran">Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Iran" title="Petroleum industry in Iran">Petroleum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company" title="Anglo-Persian Oil Company">Anglo-Persian Oil Company</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_Iran" title="Communications in Iran">Telecommunications and IT</a> (<a href="/wiki/Telecommunication_Company_of_Iran" title="Telecommunication Company of Iran">TCI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Iran" title="Transport in Iran">Transport</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_airlines_of_Iran" title="List of airlines of Iran">airlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehran_Metro" title="Tehran Metro">metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Railways" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Railways">railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRISL_Group" title="IRISL Group">shipping</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Iran" title="Tourism in Iran">Tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 1.0em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/State-owned_enterprise" title="State-owned enterprise">State-owned<br />companies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Industries_Organization" title="Defense Industries Organization">Defense Industries Organization (DIO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IDRO_Group" title="IDRO Group">Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Aviation_Industries_Organization" title="Iran Aviation Industries Organization">Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Electronics_Industries" title="Iran Electronics Industries">Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Iranian_Oil_Company" title="National Iranian Oil Company">National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Development_Fund_of_Iran" title="National Development Fund of Iran">National Development Fund</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asaluyeh" title="Asaluyeh">Asaluyeh industrial corridor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chabahar_Free_Trade-Industrial_Zone" title="Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone">Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kish_Island" title="Kish Island">Kish Island Free Trade Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iranian_research_centers" title="List of Iranian research centers">Research centers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Society215" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Iran" title="Category:Society of Iran">Society</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Iran" title="Demographics of Iran">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Iran" title="Languages of Iran">Languages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian (Farsi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish languages">Kurdish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_Neo-Aramaic" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrian Neo-Aramaic">Neo-Aramaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_languages" title="Iranian languages">Iranian languages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Peoples</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Iran" title="Demographics of Iran">Iranian citizens</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iranian_diaspora" title="Iranian diaspora">abroad</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic minorities in Iran">Ethnic minorities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Armenians" title="Iranian Armenians">Armenians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assyrians_in_Iran" title="Assyrians in Iran">Assyrians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Azerbaijanis" title="Iranian Azerbaijanis">Azerbaijanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circassians_in_Iran" title="Circassians in Iran">Circassians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Georgians" title="Iranian Georgians">Georgians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Iran" title="Kurds in Iran">Kurds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Iran" title="History of the Jews in Iran">Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Turkmens" title="Iranian Turkmens">Turkmen</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Iran" title="Religion in Iran">Religion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Iran" title="Islam in Iran">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_Iran" title="Baháʼí Faith in Iran">Baháʼí Faith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%ADs" title="Persecution of Baháʼís">persecution</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Iran" title="Christianity in Iran">Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism_in_Iran" title="Zoroastrianism in Iran">Zoroastrians</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Zoroastrians" title="Persecution of Zoroastrians">persecution</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Iran" title="Freedom of religion in Iran">Freedom of religion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Iran" title="Corruption in Iran">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Iran" title="Crime in Iran">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Iran" title="Education in Iran">Education</a> (<a href="/wiki/Higher_education_in_Iran" title="Higher education in Iran">higher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intellectual_movements_in_Iran" title="Intellectual movements in Iran">Intellectual movements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pre-modern_Iranian_scientists_and_scholars" title="List of pre-modern Iranian scientists and scholars">scientists and scholars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Iran" title="List of universities in Iran">universities</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_rankings_of_Iran" title="International rankings of Iran">International rankings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_nationality_law" title="Iranian nationality law">Nationality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Iran" title="Water supply and sanitation in Iran">Water supply and sanitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Iran" title="Women in Iran">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Iran" title="Culture of Iran">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_architecture" title="Iranian architecture">Architecture</a> (<a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_architecture" title="Achaemenid architecture">Achaemenid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architects_of_Iran" title="Architects of Iran">architects</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_art" title="Persian art">Art</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iranian_modern_and_contemporary_art" title="Iranian modern and contemporary art">modern / contemporary</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_astronomy" title="Persian astronomy">Astronomy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blogging_in_Iran" title="Blogging in Iran">Blogs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_calendars" title="Iranian calendars">Calendars</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nowruz" title="Nowruz">Persian New Year (<i>Nowruz</i>)</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fashion_in_Iran" title="Fashion in Iran">Fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Persian_antiquities_dispute" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Chicago Persian antiquities dispute">Chicago Persian antiquities dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Iran" title="Cinema of Iran">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_cuisine" title="Iranian cuisine">Cuisine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_wine" title="Persian wine">wine</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_folklore" title="Iranian folklore">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intellectual_movements_in_Iran" title="Intellectual movements in Iran">Intellectual movements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iranians" title="List of Iranians">Iranians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_studies" title="Iranian studies">Iranian studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Iran" title="Islam in Iran">Islam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Islamization_of_Iran" title="Islamization of Iran">Islamization</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_literature" title="Persian literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Iran" title="Mass media in Iran">Media</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Iranian_news_agencies" title="List of Iranian news agencies">news agencies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iranian_Students_News_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Students News Agency">student</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Iran" title="List of newspapers in Iran">newspapers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_mythology" title="Persian mythology">Mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_National_Jewels" title="Iranian National Jewels">National Jewels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_symbols_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="List of national symbols of Iran">National symbols</a> (<a href="/wiki/Imperial_Anthem_of_Iran" title="Imperial Anthem of Iran">Imperial Anthem</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opium_in_Iran" title="Opium in Iran">Opium consumption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_gardens" title="Persian gardens">Persian gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_name" title="Persian name">Persian name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_philosophy" title="Iranian 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bean" title="Bean">Beans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_pepper" title="Bell pepper">Bell pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabbage" title="Cabbage">Cabbage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chickpea" title="Chickpea">Chickpea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowpea" title="Cowpea">Cowpea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eggplant" title="Eggplant">Eggplant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lentil" title="Lentil">Lentil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomegranate" title="Pomegranate">Pomegranate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Split_pea" title="Split pea">Split pea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spinach" title="Spinach">Spinach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomato" title="Tomato">Tomato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarhana" title="Tarhana">Tarkhineh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Herbs and spices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advieh" title="Advieh">Advieh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berberis" title="Berberis">Barberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_pepper" title="Black pepper">Black pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgur" title="Bulgur">Balgur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chestnut" title="Chestnut">Chestnut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinnamon" title="Cinnamon">Cinnamon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumin" title="Cumin">Cumin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garlic" title="Garlic">Garlic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heracleum_persicum" title="Heracleum persicum">Golpar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazelnut" title="Hazelnut">Hazelnut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leek" title="Leek">Leek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peppermint" title="Peppermint">Mint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nut_(food)" title="Nut (food)">Nut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onion" title="Onion">Onion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregano" title="Oregano">Oregano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paprika" title="Paprika">Paprika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsley" title="Parsley">Parsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistachio" title="Pistachio">Pistachio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayenne_pepper" title="Cayenne pepper">Red pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saffron" title="Saffron">Saffron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walnut" title="Walnut">Walnut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Breads and nans</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbari_bread" title="Barbari bread">Barbari</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dushabi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dushabi (page does not exist)">Dushabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghandi_Bread" title="Ghandi Bread">Ghandi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gisu_bread&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gisu bread (page does not exist)">Gisu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khuske-shirin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khuske-shirin (page does not exist)">khuske-shirin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tandoor_bread" title="Tandoor bread">khuske-e-tanour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavash" title="Lavash">Lavash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naan" title="Naan">Naan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangak" title="Sangak">Sangak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheermal" title="Sheermal">Shirmal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taftan_(bread)" title="Taftan (bread)">Taftan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Salads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meze" title="Meze">Mazeh</a> (main article)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirazi_salad" title="Shirazi salad">Shirazi salad</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salad_Shoor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salad Shoor (page does not exist)">Salad Shoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogurt" title="Yogurt">Yogurt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cheeses</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lighvan_cheese" title="Lighvan cheese">Lighvan cheese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feta" title="Feta">Feta</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beyaz_Peynir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beyaz Peynir (page does not exist)">Beyaz Peynir</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soups and āshes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abgoosht" title="Abgoosht">Abgoosht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aush" title="Aush">Aush</a> (main article)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aush_reshteh" title="Aush reshteh">Aush reshteh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomegranate_soup" title="Pomegranate soup">Ash-e-Anar (Pomegranate)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ash-e_doogh" title="Ash-e doogh">Aush-e-doogh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aush-e-Shalqham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aush-e-Shalqham (page does not exist)">Aush-e-Shalqham</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aush-e-Sholeh-Ghalam-Kar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aush-e-Sholeh-Ghalam-Kar (page does not exist)">Aush-e-Sholeh-Ghalam-Kar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bozbash" title="Bozbash">Bozbash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorba" title="Chorba">Chorba</a> (main article)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haleem" title="Haleem">Haleem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piti_(food)" title="Piti (food)">Dizi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirabi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirabi">Sirabi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dishes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_kebabs#Iran" title="List of kebabs">Kabab</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chelow_kabab" title="Chelow kabab">Chelow kabab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jujeh_kabab" title="Jujeh kabab">Jujeh kabab</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kabab_chenjeh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kabab chenjeh (page does not exist)">Kabab chenjeh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kabab_bakhtiari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kabab bakhtiari (page does not exist)">Kabab bakhtiari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabab_barg" title="Kabab barg">Kabab barg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabab_koobideh" title="Kabab koobideh">Kabab koobideh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kabab_mahi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kabab mahi (page does not exist)">Kabab mahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabab_torsh" title="Kabab torsh">Kabab torsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashlik" title="Shashlik">Shashlik</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pilaf" title="Pilaf">Polo</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albaloo_polo" title="Albaloo polo">Albaloo polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baghali_polo" title="Baghali polo">Baghali polo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalam_polo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kalam polo (page does not exist)">Kalam polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kateh" title="Kateh">Kateh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loobia_polo" title="Loobia polo">Loobia polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morasa_polo" class="mw-redirect" title="Morasa polo">Morasa polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabzi_polo" title="Sabzi polo">Sabzi polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirin_polo" title="Shirin polo">Shirin polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isfahan_Beryani" class="mw-redirect" title="Isfahan Beryani">Isfahan Beryani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahdig" class="mw-redirect" title="Tahdig">Tahdig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahchin" title="Tahchin">Tahchin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zereshk_polo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zereshk polo (page does not exist)">Zereshk polo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Khoresh" title="Khoresh">Khoresh</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baghala_ghatogh" class="mw-redirect" title="Baghala ghatogh">Baghala ghatogh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoresh_bademjan" title="Khoresh bademjan">Khoresh bademjan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoresh_b%C4%81denj%C4%81n_lapeh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoresh bādenjān lapeh (page does not exist)">Khoresh bādenjān lapeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoresh_b%C4%81mieh" class="mw-redirect" title="Khoresh bāmieh">Khoresh bāmieh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoresh_b%C4%81mieh_lapeh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoresh bāmieh lapeh (page does not exist)">Khoresh bāmieh lapeh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoresh_Beh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoresh Beh (page does not exist)">Khoresh Beh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoresh_alou_esfenaj&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoresh alou esfenaj (page does not exist)">Khoresh alou esfenaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fesenj%C4%81n" title="Fesenjān">Fesenjān</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoresh_havij&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoresh havij (page does not exist)">Khoresh havij</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoresh_kadu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoresh kadu (page does not exist)">Khoresh kadu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoresh_q%C4%81rch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoresh qārch (page does not exist)">Khoresh qārch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghalieh_mahi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghalieh mahi (page does not exist)">Ghalieh mahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gheimeh" title="Gheimeh">Khoresh gheimeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghormeh_sabzi" title="Ghormeh sabzi">Khoresh ghormeh sabzi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoresh_kangar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoresh kangar (page does not exist)">Khoresh kangar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoresh_karafs" title="Khoresh karafs">Khoresh karafs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoresh_lubia-sabz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoresh lubia-sabz (page does not exist)">Khoresh lubia-sabz</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoresh_reevaas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoresh reevaas (page does not exist)">Khoresh reevaas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khash_(dish)" title="Khash (dish)">Kale pache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ke%C5%9Fkek" title="Keşkek">Kashkak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nargesi_(food)" title="Nargesi (food)">Nargesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kofta" title="Kofta">Kofta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabriz_meatballs" title="Tabriz meatballs">Tabriz meatballs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roe#Iran" title="Roe">Ashpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omelette" title="Omelette">Omelette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_sausage" class="mw-redirect" title="Port sausage">Port sausage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kesme" title="Kesme">Reshteh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samosa" title="Samosa">Samosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarhana" title="Tarhana">Tarhana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tas_kebab" title="Tas kebab">Tas kebab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahni" title="Yahni">Yakhni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sauces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delal_sauce" title="Delal sauce">Delal sauce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahyawa" title="Mahyawa">Mahyawa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hors d'oeuvre</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zeytoon_Parvardeh" title="Zeytoon Parvardeh">Zeytoon Parvardeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolma" title="Dolma">Dolma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strained_yogurt" title="Strained yogurt">Labne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashk_e_bademjan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashk e bademjan">Kashk e bademjan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuku_(food)" title="Kuku (food)">Kuku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tzatziki" title="Tzatziki">Mast-o-Khiar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Ghassemi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirza Ghassemi">Mirza Ghassemi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torshi" title="Torshi">Torshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sweets and desserts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baklava" title="Baklava">Baklava</a> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_pakhlava" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani pakhlava">Azerbaijani pakhlava</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bamiyeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Bamiyeh">Bamiyeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastani" title="Bastani">Bastani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nan-e_berenji" title="Nan-e berenji">Berenji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cookie" title="Cookie">Cookie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faloodeh" title="Faloodeh">Faloodeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaz_(candy)" title="Gaz (candy)">Gaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gosh-e_Fil" class="mw-redirect" title="Gosh-e Fil">Gosh-e Fil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halva" title="Halva">Halva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaymak#The_Middle_East" title="Kaymak">Sarshir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koloocheh" title="Koloocheh">Koloocheh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolompeh" title="Kolompeh">Kolompeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavashak" title="Lavashak">Lavashak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murabba" title="Murabba">Murabba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noghl" title="Noghl">Noghl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nan-e_Nokhodchi" title="Nan-e Nokhodchi">Nokhodchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masghati" title="Masghati">Masghati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashmak" title="Pashmak">Pashmak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poolaki" title="Poolaki">Poolaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qottab" title="Qottab">Qottab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qurabiya" title="Qurabiya">Qurabiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samanu" title="Samanu">Samanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shekarbura" title="Shekarbura">Shekarbura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sholezard" title="Sholezard">Sholezard</a> (Shole-zard)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sohan_(confectionery)" title="Sohan (confectionery)">Sohān</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sohan_asali" title="Sohan asali">Sohan asali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorbet" title="Sorbet">Sorbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabrizi_Lovuez" title="Tabrizi Lovuez">Tabrizi Lovuez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalebi#Geographic_distribution" title="Jalebi">Zoolbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yazdi_cake" title="Yazdi cake">Yazdi cake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Beverages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aragh_sagi" class="mw-redirect" title="Aragh sagi">Aragh sagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_wine" title="Persian wine">Mey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doogh" title="Doogh">Doogh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharbat_(beverage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharbat (beverage)">Sharbat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_coffee" title="Turkish coffee">Turkish coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kefir" title="Kefir">Kefir</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Instruments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cezve" title="Cezve">Jezve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangal_(barbecue)" title="Mangal (barbecue)">Mangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolling_pin" title="Rolling pin">Oklava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tava" title="Tava">Taveh/Sac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samovar" title="Samovar">Samovar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tandoor" title="Tandoor">Tanoor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related cuisines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Iranian <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caspian_cuisine" title="Caspian cuisine">Caspian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bandari_cuisine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bandari cuisine (page does not exist)">Southern Iranian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_cuisine" title="Afghan cuisine">Afghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balochi_cuisine" title="Balochi cuisine">Balochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dishes_from_the_Caucasus" title="List of dishes from the Caucasus">Caucasian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_cuisine" title="Armenian cuisine">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_cuisine" title="Azerbaijani cuisine">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_cuisine" title="Georgian cuisine">Georgian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_cuisine" title="Assyrian cuisine">Assyrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_cuisine" title="Iraqi cuisine">Iraqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_cuisine" title="Kurdish cuisine">Kurdish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levantine_cuisine" title="Levantine cuisine">Levantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_cuisine" title="Middle Eastern cuisine">Middle Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajik_cuisine" title="Tajik cuisine">Tajik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_cuisine" title="Turkish cuisine">Turkish</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_cuisine" title="Ottoman 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title="Shafi'i">Shafi'i</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maliki" class="mw-redirect" title="Maliki">Maliki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanbali" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanbali">Hanbali</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Iran" title="Christianity in Iran">Christianity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Armenian_churches_in_Iran" title="List of Armenian churches in Iran">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_Church_of_the_East" title="Assyrian Church of the East">Assyrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Church" title="Chaldean Catholic Church">Chaldean</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Jews">Judaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrians_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoroastrians in Iran">Zoroastrianism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unrecognized</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maragheh_observatory" title="Maragheh observatory">Maragheh observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_National_Observatory" title="Iranian National Observatory">Iranian National Observatory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Primary spaceports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Semnan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Semnan Province">Semnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahrud,_Iran" title="Shahrud, Iran">Emamshahr</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qom_Flight_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qom Flight Center (page does not exist)">Qom Flight Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imam_Khomeini_Spaceport" class="mw-redirect" title="Imam Khomeini Spaceport">Imam Khomeini Spaceport</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Germi" title="Jameh Mosque of Germi">Germi Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Namin" title="Jameh Mosque of Namin">Namin Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Azerbaijan_province" title="East Azerbaijan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">East Azerbaijan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Ahar" title="Jameh Mosque of Ahar">Ahar Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Mosque,_Tabriz" title="Blue Mosque, Tabriz">Blue (Tabriz)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajj_Safar_Ali_Mosque" title="Hajj Safar Ali Mosque">Hajj Safar Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Marand" title="Jameh Mosque of Marand">Marand Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Mehrabad" title="Jameh Mosque of Mehrabad">Mehrabad Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirpanj_Mosque" title="Mirpanj Mosque">Mirpanj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saheb-ol-Amr_Mosque" title="Saheb-ol-Amr Mosque">Saheb-ol-Amr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Sarab" title="Jameh Mosque of Sarab">Sarab Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Tark_Mosque" title="Stone Tark Mosque">Stone Tark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Tabriz" title="Jameh Mosque of Tabriz">Tabriz Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gilan_province" title="Gilan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Gilan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chahar_Padshahan" title="Chahar Padshahan">Chahar Padshahan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Espi_Mazget&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Espi Mazget (page does not exist)">Espi Mazget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajj_Samad_Khan_Mosque" title="Hajj Samad Khan Mosque">Hajj Samad Khan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fars_province" title="Fars province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Fars</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Arsanjan" title="Jameh Mosque of Arsanjan">Arsanjan Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Atigh" title="Jameh Mosque of Atigh">Atigh Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Darab" title="Jameh Mosque of Darab">Darab Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Jahrom" title="Jameh Mosque of Jahrom">Jahrom Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Kabir_Neyriz" title="Jameh Mosque of Kabir Neyriz">Kabir Neyriz Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Lar" title="Jameh Mosque of Lar">Lar Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasir-ol-Molk_Mosque" title="Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque">Nasir-ol-Molk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vakil_Mosque" title="Vakil Mosque">Vakil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hormozgan_province" title="Hormozgan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Hormozgan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Bandar_Abbas" title="Jameh Mosque of Bandar Abbas">Bandar Abbas Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Bastak" title="Jameh Mosque of Bastak">Bastak Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malek_bin_Abbas_Mosque" title="Malek bin Abbas Mosque">Malek bin Abbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Qeshm" title="Jameh Mosque of Qeshm">Qeshm Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Qiblah" title="Jameh Mosque of Qiblah">Qiblah Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Isfahan_province" title="Isfahan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Isfahan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agha_Bozorg_Mosque" title="Agha Bozorg Mosque">Agha Bozorg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agha_Nour_Mosque" title="Agha Nour Mosque">Agha Nour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Gholi_Agha_Mosque" title="Ali Gholi Agha Mosque">Ali Gholi Agha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Ashtarjan" title="Jameh Mosque of Ashtarjan">Ashtarjan Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barsian_mosque_and_minaret" title="Barsian mosque and minaret">Barsian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darvazeh_No_Mosque" title="Darvazeh No Mosque">Darvazeh No</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dashti_Mosque" title="Dashti Mosque">Dashti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gar_mosque_and_minaret" title="Gar mosque and minaret">Gar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Golpayegan" title="Jameh Mosque of Golpayegan">Golpayegan Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafshuye_Mosque" title="Hafshuye Mosque">Hafshuye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakim_Mosque,_Isfahan" title="Hakim Mosque, Isfahan">Hakim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilchi_Mosque" title="Ilchi Mosque">Ilchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Isfahan" title="Jameh Mosque of Isfahan">Isfahan Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarchi_Mosque" title="Jarchi Mosque">Jarchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaj_Mosque" title="Kaj Mosque">Kaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Khansar" title="Jameh Mosque of Khansar">Khansar Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Khozan" title="Jameh Mosque of Khozan">Khozan Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonban_Mosque" title="Lonban Mosque">Lonban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maghsoudbeyk_Mosque" title="Maghsoudbeyk Mosque">Maghsoudbeyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesri_Mosque" title="Mesri Mosque">Mesri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meydan_Mosque,_Kashan" title="Meydan Mosque, Kashan">Meydan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Meymeh" title="Jameh Mosque of Meymeh">Meymeh Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Jafar_Abadei_Mosque" title="Mohammad Jafar Abadei Mosque">Mohammad Jafar Abadei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Nain" title="Jameh Mosque of Nain">Nain Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Natanz" title="Jameh Mosque of Natanz">Natanz Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Nushabad" title="Jameh Mosque of Nushabad">Nushabad Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahim_Khan_Mosque" title="Rahim Khan Mosque">Rahim Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roknolmolk_Mosque" title="Roknolmolk Mosque">Roknolmolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safa_Mosque" title="Safa Mosque">Safa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seyyed_Mosque_(Isfahan)" title="Seyyed Mosque (Isfahan)">Seyyed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shah_Mosque_(Isfahan)" title="Shah Mosque (Isfahan)">Shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Lotfollah_Mosque" title="Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque">Sheikh Lotfollah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabriziha_Mosque" title="Tabriziha Mosque">Tabriziha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Zavareh" title="Jameh Mosque of Zavareh">Zavareh Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kerman_province" title="Kerman province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Kerman</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hajj_Agha_Ali_Mosque" title="Hajj Agha Ali Mosque">Hajj Agha Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Kerman" title="Jameh Mosque of Kerman">Kerman Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamenar_Mosque,_Kerman" title="Pamenar Mosque, Kerman">Kerman Pamenar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malek_Mosque" title="Malek Mosque">Malek</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kermanshah_province" title="Kermanshah province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Kermanshah</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Kermanshah" title="Jameh Mosque of Kermanshah">Kermanshah Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Shafei" title="Jameh Mosque of Shafei">Shafei Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emad_o_dolah_Mosque" title="Emad o dolah Mosque">Emad o dolah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_ibn_Umar_Mosque" title="Abdullah ibn Umar Mosque">Abdullah ibn Umar Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajj_Shahbazkhan_Mosque" title="Hajj Shahbazkhan Mosque">Hajj Shahbazkhan Mosque</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Khuzestan_province" title="Khuzestan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Khuzestan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Dezful" title="Jameh Mosque of Dezful">Dezful Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Shushtar" title="Jameh Mosque of Shushtar">Shushtar Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangooniha_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Rangooniha Mosque">Rangooniha Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Khorramshahr" title="Jameh Mosque of Khorramshahr">Khorramshahr Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_province" title="Kurdistan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Kurdistan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dar_ul-Ihsan_Mosque" title="Dar ul-Ihsan Mosque">Dar ul-Ihsan Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajar_Khatoon_Mosque" title="Hajar Khatoon Mosque">Hajar Khatoon Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domenareh_Mosque" title="Domenareh Mosque">Domenareh Mosque</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lorestan_province" title="Lorestan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Lorestan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Borujerd" title="Jameh Mosque of Borujerd">Borujerd Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soltani_Mosque_of_Borujerd" title="Soltani Mosque of Borujerd">Borujerd Soltani</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Markazi_province" title="Markazi province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Markazi</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agha_Zia_ol_Din_Mosque" title="Agha Zia ol Din Mosque">Agha Zia ol Din</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Arak" title="Jameh Mosque of Arak">Arak Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Saveh" title="Jameh Mosque of Saveh">Saveh Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mazandaran_province" title="Mazandaran province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Mazandaran</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Amol" title="Jameh Mosque of Amol">Amol Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Babol" title="Jameh Mosque of Babol">Babol Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farahabad_Mosque" title="Farahabad Mosque">Farahabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Sari" title="Jameh Mosque of Sari">Sari Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Qazvin_province" title="Qazvin province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Qazvin</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Nabi_Mosque,_Qazvin" title="Al-Nabi Mosque, Qazvin">Al-Nabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Qazvin" title="Jameh Mosque of Qazvin">Qazvin Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heidarieh_Mosque,_Qazvin" title="Heidarieh Mosque, Qazvin">Heidarieh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Qerveh" title="Jameh Mosque of Qerveh">Qerveh Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Qom_province" title="Qom province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Qom</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azam_Mosque_of_Qom" title="Azam Mosque of Qom">Azam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chehel_Akhtaran_Mosque" title="Chehel Akhtaran Mosque">Chehel Akhtaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imam_Hasan_al-Askari_Mosque" title="Imam Hasan al-Askari Mosque">Imam Hasan al-Askari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamkaran_Mosque" title="Jamkaran Mosque">Jamkaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Qom" title="Jameh Mosque of Qom">Qom Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Pachian" title="Jameh Mosque of Pachian">Pachian Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Razavi_Khorasan_province" title="Razavi Khorasan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Razavi Khorasan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goharshad_Mosque" title="Goharshad Mosque">Goharshad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Gonabad" title="Jameh Mosque of Gonabad">Gonabad Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonbad_Kabud_Mosque" title="Gonbad Kabud Mosque">Gonbad Kabud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haji_Jalal_Mosque" title="Haji Jalal Mosque">Haji Jalal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Kashmar" title="Jameh Mosque of Kashmar">Kashmar Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jameh_Mosque_of_Khalilabad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jameh Mosque of Khalilabad (page does not exist)">Khalilabad Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khosrow_Shir_Mosque" title="Khosrow Shir Mosque">Khosrow Shir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Marandiz" title="Jameh Mosque of Marandiz">Marandiz Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Nishapur" title="Jameh Mosque of Nishapur">Nishapur Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qadamgah_Mosque" title="Qadamgah Mosque">Qadamgah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Radkan" title="Jameh Mosque of Radkan">Radkan Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Sabzevar" title="Jameh Mosque of Sabzevar">Sabzevar Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamenar_Mosque,_Sabzevar" title="Pamenar Mosque, Sabzevar">Sabzevar Pamenar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shah_Mosque_(Mashhad)" title="Shah Mosque (Mashhad)">Shah (Mashhad)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Fayz_Mosque" title="Sheikh Fayz Mosque">Sheikh Fayz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Semnan_province" title="Semnan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Semnan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Aradan" title="Jameh Mosque of Aradan">Aradan Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Damghan" title="Jameh Mosque of Damghan">Damghan Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Farumad" title="Jameh Mosque of Farumad">Farumad Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imam_Mosque,_Semnan" title="Imam Mosque, Semnan">Imam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamenar_Mosque,_Mehdishahr" title="Pamenar Mosque, Mehdishahr">Mehdishahr Pamenar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Semnan" title="Jameh Mosque of Semnan">Semnan Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Shahrud" title="Jameh Mosque of Shahrud">Shahrud Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Bastami_Mosque" title="Sheikh Bastami Mosque">Sheikh Bastami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarikhaneh" title="Tarikhaneh">Tarikhaneh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Khorasan_province" title="South Khorasan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">South Khorasan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Fathabad" title="Jameh Mosque of Fathabad">Fathabad Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Ferdows" title="Jameh Mosque of Ferdows">Ferdows Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahvid_Mosque" title="Mahvid Mosque">Mahvid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Raqqeh" title="Jameh Mosque of Raqqeh">Raqqeh Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tehran_province" title="Tehran province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Tehran</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Damavand" title="Jameh Mosque of Damavand">Damavand Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fakhr-ol-dowleh_Mosque" title="Fakhr-ol-dowleh Mosque">Fakhr-ol-dowleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedayat_Mosque" title="Hedayat Mosque">Hedayat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorzadeh_Mosque" title="Lorzadeh Mosque">Lorzadeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Mousa_Mosque" title="Mirza Mousa Mosque">Mirza Mousa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qoba_Mosque" title="Qoba Mosque">Qoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sepahsalar_Mosque" title="Sepahsalar Mosque">Sepahsalar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shah_Mosque_(Tehran)" title="Shah Mosque (Tehran)">Shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Tehran" title="Jameh Mosque of Tehran">Tehran Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Varamin" title="Jameh Mosque of Varamin">Varamin Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Azerbaijan_province" title="West Azerbaijan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">West Azerbaijan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dash_Aghlian_Mosque" title="Dash Aghlian Mosque">Dash Aghlian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hojjatieh_Mosque" title="Hojjatieh Mosque">Hojjatieh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menareh_Mosque" title="Menareh Mosque">Menareh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardar_Mosque" title="Sardar Mosque">Sardar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Takab" title="Jameh Mosque of Takab">Takab Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Urmia" title="Jameh Mosque of Urmia">Urmia Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yazd_province" title="Yazd province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Yazd</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Abarkuh" title="Jameh Mosque of Abarkuh">Abarkuh Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amir_Chakhmaq_Mosque" title="Amir Chakhmaq Mosque">Amir Chakhmaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Ardakan" title="Jameh Mosque of Ardakan">Ardakan Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chahar_Suq_And_Hajj_Muhammad_Husayn_Mosque" title="Chahar Suq And Hajj Muhammad Husayn Mosque">Chahar Suq and Hajj Muhammad Husayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Eslamiyeh" title="Jameh Mosque of Eslamiyeh">Eslamiyeh Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Fahraj" title="Jameh Mosque of Fahraj">Fahraj Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Yazd" title="Jameh Mosque of Yazd">Yazd Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zir_Deh_Mosque" title="Zir Deh Mosque">Zir Deh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Zanjan_province" title="Zanjan province"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Zanjan</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khanom_Mosque" title="Khanom Mosque">Khanom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Sojas" title="Jameh Mosque of Sojas">Sojas Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Zanjan" title="Jameh Mosque of Zanjan">Zanjan Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran" title="Provinces of Iran"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Other provinces</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Gorgan" title="Jameh Mosque of Gorgan">Gorgan Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Makki" title="Jameh Mosque of Makki">Makki Jameh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameh_Mosque_of_Sarabi" title="Jameh Mosque of Sarabi">Sarabi Jameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Haram_(site)" title="Haram (site)"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Haram</span></a> and tomb</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibi_Shahr_Banu_Shrine" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine">Bibi Shahr Banu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatima_Masumeh_Shrine" title="Fatima Masumeh Shrine">Fatima Masumeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajar_Khatoon_Mosque" title="Hajar Khatoon Mosque">Hajar Khatoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imam_Reza_shrine" title="Imam Reza shrine">Imam Reza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushk_Complex" title="Kushk Complex">Kushk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monar_Jonban" title="Monar Jonban">Monar Jonban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Ruhollah_Khomeini" title="Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini">Ruhollah Khomeini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Ahmad-e_Jami_mausoleum_complex" title="Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami mausoleum complex">Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Daniel" title="Tomb of Daniel">Tomb of Daniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Hassan_Modarres" title="Tomb of Hassan Modarres">Tomb of Hassan Modarres</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#99CC99;color:white;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mosques_in_Iran" title="Category:Mosques in Iran"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Category</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_Iran" title="List of mosques in Iran"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">List</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Iran" title="Islam in Iran"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Islam in Iran</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mosques_by_country" title="Category:Mosques by country"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Mosques by country</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/w/index.php?title=Bojagh_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bojagh National Park (page does not exist)">Bojagh</a> (IW)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dayer-Nakhiloo_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dayer-Nakhiloo National Park (page does not exist)">Dayer-Nakhiloo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghamishloo_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghamishloo National Park (page does not exist)">Ghamishloo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghatroyeh_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghatroyeh National Park (page does not exist)">Ghatroyeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golestan_National_Park" title="Golestan National Park">Golestan</a> (BR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavir_National_Park" title="Kavir National Park">Kavir</a> (BR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khabr_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Khabr National Park">Khabr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khojir_National_Park" title="Khojir National Park">Khojir</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiasar_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kiasar National Park (page does not exist)">Kiasar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kolahghazi_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kolahghazi National Park (page does not exist)">Kolahghazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lar_National_Park" title="Lar National Park">Lar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayband_Wildlife_Sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Nayband Wildlife Sanctuary">Nayband</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paband_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paband National Park (page does not exist)">Paband</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salouk_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salouk National Park (page does not exist)">Salouk</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarigol_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sarigol National Park (page does not exist)">Sarigol</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siyahkooh_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siyahkooh National Park (page does not exist)">Siyahkooh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorkheh_Hesar_National_Park" title="Sorkheh Hesar National Park">Sorkh-e Hesar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tandooreh_National_Park" title="Tandooreh National Park">Tandooreh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tang-e_Sayad_National_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tang-e Sayad National Park (page does not exist)">Tang-e Sayad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khar_Turan_National_Park" title="Khar Turan National Park">Khar Turan</a> (BR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Urmia" title="Lake Urmia">Lake Urmia</a> (BR, IW)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#abdb75;;width:1%;background:#bbeb85;">National Natural Monuments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alam-Kuh" title="Alam-Kuh">Alam-Kuh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Damavand" title="Mount Damavand">Damavand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabalan" title="Sabalan">Sabalan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarv-e_Abarkuh" title="Sarv-e Abarkuh">Sarv-e Abarkuh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taftan_(volcano)" title="Taftan (volcano)">Taftan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#abdb75;;width:1%;background:#bbeb85;">Wildlife Refuges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amirkalayeh_Wildlife_Refuge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amirkalayeh Wildlife Refuge (page does not exist)">Amirkalayeh</a> (IW)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakhtegan_Wildlife_Refuge" class="mw-redirect" title="Bakhtegan Wildlife Refuge">Bakhtegan</a> (IW)</li> 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title="Kabir Kouh Protected Area">Kabir Kouh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karkas_Protected_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karkas Protected Area (page does not exist)">Karkas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karkheh_Protected_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Karkheh Protected Area">Karkheh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavir_Protected_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Kavir Protected Area">Kavir</a> (BR)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koulak_Protected_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Koulak Protected Area (page does not exist)">Koulak</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manesht_%26_Ghelarang_Protected_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manesht & Ghelarang Protected Area (page does not exist)">Manesht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mianjangal_Protected_Area" title="Mianjangal Protected Area">Mianjangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozaffari_Protected_Area" title="Mozaffari Protected Area">Mozaffari</a></li> <li><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/P_countries-vector.svg/27px-P_countries-vector.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/P_countries-vector.svg/40px-P_countries-vector.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/P_countries-vector.svg/53px-P_countries-vector.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="360" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Country" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Country">Country</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asia_(orthographic_projection).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Asia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/24px-Asia_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Portal:Middle_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Middle East">Middle East</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/28px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/56px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Kurdistan" title="Portal:Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a></li></ul></div> <hr /> <p><b>Religions in Iran</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1130092004" /><div class="portal-bar noprint metadata noviewer portal-bar-unbordered portal-bar-related" role="navigation" aria-label="Portals"><ul class="portal-bar-content portal-bar-content-related"><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Allah-green.svg/23px-Allah-green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Allah-green.svg/34px-Allah-green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Allah-green.svg/46px-Allah-green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="215" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Islam" title="Portal:Islam">Islam</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ghadir_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Ghadir_logo.png/40px-Ghadir_logo.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Ghadir_logo.png/60px-Ghadir_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Shia_Islam" title="Portal:Shia Islam">Shia Islam</a></li></ul></div> <hr /> <p><b>Arab states</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1130092004" /><div class="portal-bar noprint metadata noviewer portal-bar-unbordered portal-bar-related" role="navigation" aria-label="Portals"><ul class="portal-bar-content portal-bar-content-related"><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/28px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/42px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, 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alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/28px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/42px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/56px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Egypt" title="Portal:Egypt">Egypt</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/28px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/56px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Iraq" title="Portal:Iraq">Iraq</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/28px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/42px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/56px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Jordan" title="Portal:Jordan">Jordan</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/28px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/56px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Kuwait" title="Portal:Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/28px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/42px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/56px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2880" data-file-height="1920" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Lebanon" title="Portal:Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/28px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/42px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/56px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Libya" title="Portal:Libya">Libya</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/28px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/42px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/56px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Mauritania" title="Portal:Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/28px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/42px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/56px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Morocco" title="Portal:Morocco">Morocco</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/28px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/42px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/56px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Oman" title="Portal:Oman">Oman</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/28px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/42px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/56px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Palestine" title="Portal:Palestine">Palestine</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/28px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/42px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/56px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Saudi_Arabia" title="Portal:Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/28px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/42px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/56px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Somalia" title="Portal:Somalia">Somalia</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/28px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/56px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Somaliland" title="Portal:Somaliland">Somaliland</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/28px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/42px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/56px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_Arab_Emirates" title="Portal:United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/28px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/42px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg/56px-Flag_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Western_Sahara" title="Portal:Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/28px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/42px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/56px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Yemen" title="Portal:Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul></div> <hr /> <p><b>Other countries</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1130092004" /><div class="portal-bar noprint metadata noviewer portal-bar-unbordered portal-bar-related" role="navigation" aria-label="Portals"><ul class="portal-bar-content portal-bar-content-related"><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/28px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/42px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/56px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Afghanistan" title="Portal:Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/28px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/42px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/56px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Azerbaijan" title="Portal:Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/28px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/42px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/56px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Cyprus" title="Portal:Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/28px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/42px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/56px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Georgia_(country)" title="Portal:Georgia (country)">Georgia (country)</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/28px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/42px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/56px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:India" title="Portal:India">India</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/28px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/42px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/56px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Israel" title="Portal:Israel">Israel</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/28px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/42px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/56px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Pakistan" title="Portal:Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/28px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/42px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/56px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="280" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Tajikistan" title="Portal:Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/28px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/42px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/56px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Turkey" title="Portal:Turkey">Turkey</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/28px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/42px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/56px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Turkmenistan" title="Portal:Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/28px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/42px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/56px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Uzbekistan" title="Portal:Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li></ul></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:#005100;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #aaaaaa;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#32ce32;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:#005100;font-size:80%"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal%3AIran%2FWikiProjects&action=edit"><span style="color:#005100">edit</span></a> </div><h2 id="WikiProjects" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:#005100;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">WikiProjects</h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #aaaaaa;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#f9f9ff;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <dl><dt>Parent projects</dt></dl> <p><span style="float:right;margin-left:0.9em"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Society.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="WikiProjects"><img alt="WikiProjects" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Society.svg/93px-Society.svg.png" decoding="async" width="93" height="37" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Society.svg/140px-Society.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Society.svg/186px-Society.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="96" data-file-height="38" /></a></span></span> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Asia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Asia">Asia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Western_Asia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Asia">Western Asia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countries" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Countries">Countries</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Main project</dt> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Iran" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Iran">WikiProject Iran</a></b></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Sub-projects</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Film/Persian_cinema_task_force" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Persian cinema task force">Persian cinema</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Persian_literature" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Persian literature">Persian literature</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Zoroastrianism" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Related projects</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Geography" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography">Geography</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproject" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Wikiproject">History</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Armenia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Armenia">Armenia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Azerbaijan" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Caucasia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Caucasia">Caucasia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Central_Asia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Central Asia">Central Asia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Iraq" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Iraq">Iraq</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Russia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Russia">Russia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Georgia_(country)" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Islam" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Islam">Islam</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Kurdistan" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Afghanistan" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Turkmenistan" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Tajikistan" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Greece" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Greece">Greece</a> • <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Turkey" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Turkey">Turkey</a></dd></dl> <div class="center"> <table class="toccolours"> <tbody><tr style="background:azure;"> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Iran.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/85px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/128px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/170px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">You are invited to participate in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Iran" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Iran">WikiProject Iran</a>, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. <p>~~~~</p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:#005100;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #aaaaaa;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#32ce32;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:#005100;font-size:80%"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal%3AIran%2FThings_you_can_do&action=edit"><span style="color:#005100">edit</span></a> </div><h2 id="Things_you_can_do" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:#005100;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">Things you can do</h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #aaaaaa;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#f9f9ff;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Things you can do"><img alt="Things you can do" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg/50px-Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg/75px-Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg/100px-Nuvola_apps_korganizer.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a><figcaption>Things you can do</figcaption></figure> <div style="font-size:94%;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles" title="Wikipedia:Requested articles">Requested articles</a>:</b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Dahae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Dahae (page does not exist)">House of Dahae</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Parni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Parni (page does not exist)">House of Parni</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Sohae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Sohae (page does not exist)">House of Sohae</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Amards_civilization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amards civilization (page does not exist)">Amards civilization</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_/_Persian_Cuisine_/_Cooking_/_Food&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iranian / Persian Cuisine / Cooking / Food (page does not exist)">Iranian / Persian Cuisine / Cooking / Food</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anjoman_e_Payvand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anjoman e Payvand (page does not exist)">Anjoman e Payvand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Iran/Open_Tasks/Missing" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Iran/Open Tasks/Missing">More...</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Expand with Persian language sources</a>: <a href="/wiki/Draft:Aurats_(word)" class="mw-redirect" title="Draft:Aurats (word)">Draft:Aurats (word)</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Requested pictures">Images and photos needed</a>:</b> Request images that are needed from <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_photographs_in_Iran" title="Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Iran">Wikipedia requested photographs in Iran</a> to included in each articles.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Map_workshop" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop">Maps needed</a>:</b> Request maps that are needed from <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requested_maps_in_Iran" title="Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Iran">Wikipedia requested maps in Iran</a> to be include in each article.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Stubs">Stubs</a>:</b> Work on stubs in articles in <a href="/wiki/Category:Iran_stubs" title="Category:Iran stubs">Iran stubs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Iran_geography_stubs" title="Category:Iran geography stubs">Iran geography stubs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Iran_transport_stubs" title="Category:Iran transport stubs">Iran transport stubs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Iran_university_stubs" title="Category:Iran university stubs">Iran university stubs</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Iran/Article_alerts" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Iran/Article alerts">Article alerts subpage</a></b> - Monitor article alerts, for more information see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_alerts" title="Wikipedia:Article alerts">Wikipedia:Article alerts</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup">Cleanup</a>:</b> A <a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/cwb/alpha/Iran.html">cleanup listing for this project</a> is available. See also <a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/cwb/bycat/Iran.html">the list by category</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:CleanupWorklistBot" title="User:CleanupWorklistBot">the tool's wiki page</a> and <a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/cwb/index.html">the index of WikiProjects</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes">Infobox</a>:</b> Add infobox that are needed from <a href="/wiki/Category:Iran_articles_without_infoboxes" title="Category:Iran articles without infoboxes">Category:Iran articles without infoboxes</a> in articles.</li> <li>Tag the talk pages of Iran-related articles with the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Iran" title="Template:WikiProject Iran">WikiProject Iran</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> banner.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment">Rate</a></b> the <a href="/wiki/Category:Unassessed_Iran_articles" title="Category:Unassessed Iran articles">Unassessed Iran articles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Unknown-importance_Iran_articles" title="Category:Unknown-importance Iran articles">Unknown-importance Iran articles</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting">Deletion sorting</a></b>: Please see the <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Iran" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Iran">collection of discussions</a></b> on the deletion of articles related to Iran - compiled by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting">WikiProject Deletion sorting</a></li> <li>Help out with articles placed in <a href="/wiki/Category:Iran_articles_needing_attention" title="Category:Iran articles needing attention">Category:Iran articles needing attention</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Notability/Listing_by_project/Page_8#WikiProject_Iran" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Notability/Listing by project/Page 8">Articles with notability concerns</a>, listed at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Notability" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Notability">WikiProject Notability</a></li> <li>Add <span class="nowrap">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Portal" title="Template:Portal">portal</a>|Iran}}</span> to articles in scope</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Iranian_Wikipedians%27_notice_board" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Iranian Wikipedians' notice board">Iranian Wikipedians' notice board</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Iranian_Wikipedians%27_notice_board/to_do" title="Wikipedia:Iranian Wikipedians' notice board/to do">Iranian "to do" list</a>.</li></ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:#005100;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #aaaaaa;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#32ce32;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:#005100;font-size:80%"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal%3AIran%2FWikimedia&action=edit"><span style="color:#005100">edit</span></a> </div><h2 id="Associated_Wikimedia" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:#005100;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">Associated Wikimedia</h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #aaaaaa;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#f9f9ff;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239335380">.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li{display:inline-block}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li span{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li>div{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;padding:6px 4px}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li>div:first-child{text-align:center}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-dark,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-light{display:none}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-dark{display:inline}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-dark{display:inline}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-light{display:none}}@media(min-width:360px){.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li{width:33%;min-width:20em;white-space:nowrap;flex:1 0 25%}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li>div:first-child{min-width:50px}}</style> <p>The following <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> sister projects provide more on this subject: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul id="sister-projects-list"> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Category:Iran"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/31px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/47px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/62px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Category:Iran" class="extiw" title="commons:Special:Search/Category:Iran">Commons</a></span><br />Free media repository</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/35px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/53px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg/70px-Wikibooks-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran" class="extiw" title="wikibooks:Special:Search/Iran">Wikibooks</a></span><br />Free textbooks and manuals</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/47px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/71px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/94px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="590" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div><span><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Special:Search/Iran">Wikidata</a></span><br />Free knowledge base</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/51px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="51" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/77px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svg/102px-Wikinews-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="415" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran" class="extiw" title="wikinews:Special:Search/Iran">Wikinews</a></span><br />Free-content news</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/35px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/53px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/70px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="355" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Special:Search/Iran">Wikiquote</a></span><br />Collection of quotations</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/35px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="37" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/53px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/70px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Special:Search/Iran">Wikisource</a></span><br />Free-content library</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikispecies-logo.svg/35px-Wikispecies-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikispecies-logo.svg/53px-Wikispecies-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikispecies-logo.svg/70px-Wikispecies-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="941" data-file-height="1103" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Special:Search/Iran">Wikispecies</a></span><br />Directory of species</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/41px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png" decoding="async" width="41" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/62px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/82px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran" class="extiw" title="wikiversity:Special:Search/Iran">Wikiversity</a></span><br />Free learning tools</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/35px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/53px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/70px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="193" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran" class="extiw" title="wikivoyage:Special:Search/Iran">Wikivoyage</a></span><br />Free travel guide</div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/35px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/53px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg/70px-Wiktionary-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="391" data-file-height="391" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div><span><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/Iran" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Special:Search/Iran">Wiktionary</a></span><br />Dictionary and thesaurus</div> </li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div 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.reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:#005100;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid #aaaaaa;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:#32ce32;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:#005100;font-size:80%"></div><h2 id="More_portals" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:#005100;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">More portals</h2></div><div style="color:black;opacity:1;border:1px solid #aaaaaa;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#f9f9ff;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239335380" /> <div class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Discover Wikipedia using <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Portal" title="Wikipedia:Portal">portals</a></b></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul id="sister-projects-list"> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg/35px-Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg/53px-Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg/70px-Lorentzian_Wormhole.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Portals">List of all portals</a></span></div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png/35px-Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png/53px-Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png/70px-Nuvola_apps_package_graphics.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div><span><a href="/wiki/Portal:The_arts" title="Portal:The arts">The arts portal</a></span></div> </li> <li> <div><figure class="mw-halign-center" 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