One of the human inventions that play an important role in his life today is the car, which gradually became one of the essential tools in different parts of the world. This four-wheeled device revolutionized the movement of human beings from one place to another and gained many fans. Today in Iran, as in other countries of the world, ...
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Flags, standards, and banners have always been important national and imperial symbols for Iranians, both in war and peace. Xenophon reports that Cyrus the Great’s standard was a golden eagle with spread wings, mounted on a long shaft. The best-known symbol of Iran in recent centuries has been the Lion and Sun motif, which is a graphic expression of ...
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The world is full of weird and bizarre things. We encounter these things frequently in our life. So, why not make competitions out of them? These competitions combine human beings’ primal desire to compete with all the odd and peculiar things that are in existence. From diving to wife carrying, we have listed some of the most peculiar competitions ...
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The majority of the Iranian population practices Shi’ism, which is one of the largest branches of Islam and the official religion of Iran. However, other religions such as Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity are also practiced in this country. Most of the people who associate themselves with non-Islamic religious minorities are Christians and the history of Christianity in Iran dates ...
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Fath-Ali Shah Qajar May 1769 – 24 October 1834) was the second Shah (king) of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irrevocable ceding of Iran’s northern territories in the Caucasus, comprising what is nowadays Georgia, Dagestan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, to the Russian Empire following the Russo-Persian ...
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