|
International Day of Nowruz |
|
|
|
Monday, 22 February 2010 |
 The General Assembly this afternoon recognized the International Day of Nowruz, a spring festival of Persian origin, and moved back the dates of the next high-level dialogue on Financing for Development, as it continued its sixty-fourth session. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Vank Cathedral |
|
|
|
Saturday, 20 February 2010 |
 Holy Savior Cathedral also known as Vank Cathedral and The Church of the Saintly Sisters, is the most visited cathedral in Isfahan, Iran. Vank means "cathedral" in the Armenian language. Among the churches built in the Jolfa District of Isfahan, the magnificent and architecturally significant "Vank" Cathedral is the most famous. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Shah-e-Cheragh Mausoleum |
|
|
|
Monday, 01 February 2010 |
 The most important pilgrimage centre of the city of Shiraz is the Mausoleum of Mir Sayyed Ahmad, the son of the seventh Emam known as Shah-e-Cheragh (the Shrine of the lord of the light), which is situated near the Masjed-e-No. Mir Sayyed Ahmad came to Ahiraz at the beginning of the third Islamic century, and died there. After the shrines of Imam Reza in Mashhad and Fatima in Qum, the third most venerated pilgrimage destination in Iran is the shrine of Shah Cherag in the city of Shiraz. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Sadeh Celebration |
|
|
|
Thursday, 28 January 2010 |
 Sadeh is an ancient Iranian tradition celebrated 50 days before nowrouz. Sadeh in Persian means "hundred" and refers to one hundred days and nights left to the beginning of the new year celebrated at the first day of spring on March 21 each year. Sadeh is a mid winter festival that was celebrated with grandeur and magnificence in ancient Iran. It was a festivity to honor fire and to defeat the forces of darkness, frost, and cold. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Persian Coins |
|
|
|
Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
 Persia has a checkered history but has maintained much of its own character, and this is clearly evident in the wide variety of coins it produced throughout the centuries. In Persian history, monarchs and rulers minted coins whether in gold or silver to represent their authority over their own people and their neighboring states. At certain periods, the coins can rightly be considered as miniature works of art. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
The Art of Parthians |
|
|
|
Sunday, 20 December 2009 |
 Domination of Iran and Mesopotamia was wrested from the Seleucids by the Parthians, a people said to have been originally a Scythian tribe but who obtained the name by which they are known in world history from the eastern Iranian province of Parthava. The province already existed in Achaemenid times and only some time after the middle of the third century B.C. was it occupied by this new Central Asiatic people. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Celebrating Yalda |
|
|
|
Wednesday, 16 December 2009 |
 Iranians around the world celebrate Yalda, which is one of the most ancient Persian festivals. Yalda, which means birth, is a Syriac word imported into the Persian language. It is also referred to as Shab-e Chelleh, a celebration of winter solstice on December 21--the last night of fall and the longest night of the year. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Abu Reyhan Birouni: A Persian Scientist |
|
|
|
Saturday, 12 December 2009 |
 Abu Reyhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad Birouni was a Persian scholar and polymath of the 11th century. He was a scientist and physicist, an anthropologist, comparative sociologist, astronomer and chemist, a critic of alchemy and astrology, an encyclopedist and historian. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Persian Music |
|
|
|
Sunday, 06 December 2009 |
 Music has been an indispensable part of the Iranian society since ancient times and archeological finds trace it back to the Elamite era. Statuettes recovered in Susa show that many musical instruments such as the Barbat, lute and flute were designed and played by Persians around 800 BCE. Historical records also show that music was an essential part of the Achaemenid court and Zoroastrian religious ceremonies. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Iran’s Splendid Lakes |
|
|
|
Wednesday, 02 December 2009 |
 Due to its extraordinary tectonic features, Iran has quite a large number of lakes. While some are always filled, others are merely dry basins for most of the year that are filled depending on seasonal conditions. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>
|
| Results 1 - 10 of 179 |