The Arvand Free Zone is a 155 square kilometer industrial and security zone that surrounds Khorramshahr, Abadan, and Minoo Island along the Arvand/Shatt al-Arab. Khorramshahr is a port city in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran Abadan is a city in the Khuzestan province in...
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January 24, 2009 admin
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Like the Persian Rug that exhibits numerous colors and forms in a dazzling display of warmth and creativity, Persian culture is the glue that bonds the peoples of western and central Asia. The Caucasus and Central Asia occupy an important place in the historical geography...
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December 31, 2008 admin
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History of the Persian Empire Until the sixth century BC, they were a people shrouded in mystery. Living in the area east of the Mesopotamian region, the Persians were a disparate group of Indo-European tribes, some nomadic, some settled, that were developing their own culture...
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December 28, 2008 admin
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Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire during the Achaemenid dynasty. Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid (Throne of Jamshid)...
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December 24, 2008 admin
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Ferdowsi and his Epic Shahnameh, (the epic of Kings), was composed in the 10th century by Ferdowsi, a Persian poet who is the crown jewel of the Persian literature and is cherished by all Iranians and Persian speaking societies. The Shahnameh is one of the...
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December 24, 2008 admin
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