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Hazrate-Masomeh’s mosque in Qom, Iran Capturing the intricately tiled ceilings of centuries old mosques, gives us both a history lesson and aesthetic treat. The ceilings are not only covered in rich patterns, but architecturally structured to appear like complex tessellations or honeycombs. The mosques are built to include spiraling series of domes and indents, causing the viewer to get lost in their ...

Iran has made considerable advances in science and technology through education and training, despite international sanctions in almost all aspects of research during the past 30 years. Iran’s university population swelled from 100,000 in 1979 to 2 million in 2006. 70% of its science and engineering students are women.Iran’s scientific progress is reported to be the fastest in the world. Iran ...

The term break dancing refers to a style of hip-hop dancing that first appeared in the 1970s. Sometimes known as b-boying, b-girling, or breaking, this style was made popular by African American and Latin American teens who used the activity to provide a more constructive alternative to the dangerous influences of street gangs.

Isfahan Province with 3,383,000 travelers each summer  Isfahan province, also transliterated as Esfahan, Espahan, Isfahan, or Isphahan, is one of the thirty-one provinces of Iran. It is located in the center of the country in Iran’s Region . Its secretariat is located in the city of Isfahan

Famous Iranian Photographers 10. Zahra Kazemi Zahra (Ziba) Kazemi-Ahmadabadi was an Iranian-Canadian photographer, who died in Iran following her arrest in Iran. She was in Iran to take photographs of the demonstrations that were going to take place in Tehran post elections in 2003. The demonstrations were effectively crushed after the sixth day by a massive deployment of security forces. Kazemi drove to ...