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Iran Visitor is a tourist and resident guide to Tehran and Iran. Iran Visitor presents travel information and images of Iran for people interested in visiting or finding out more about the country.

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South Khorasan Province
2008-09-12 10:12:00
South Khorasan Province is located in the extreme east of Iran bordering Afghanistan. The main towns of the province are: the provincial capital Birjand, Ferdows and Gonabad.The previous province of Khorasan was the largest province of Iran until it was divided in 2004 into North Khorasan, South Khorasan and Ravazi Khorasan.Birjand has a population of approximately 160,000 inhabitants and Birjand Airport has flights to Tehran and Mashhad.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran
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Iran Collection British Museum
2008-08-21 17:52:00
The British Museum in London has some of the finest pieces of ancient Persian art outside of the National Museum in Tehran.Many of the pieces were excavated by Robert Gordon from Persepolis in the early 19th century.The citadel of Persepolis was constructed by Darius I around 500 BCE and the iconography of the sculpures and relief works included influences from Egypt, Greece and Mesopotamia. Persepolis was destroyed by the Macedonian invader Alexander in 330 BCE.British MuseumIran ian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsBritish Museum Persia

Iran-Japan Relations
2008-07-17 05:51:00
When President Khatami visited Tokyo in 2000, he was the first Iran ian leader to visit Japan since King Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1958. At the time, he and the Japanese premier, Mr Mori, made plans for friendly relations and greater economic cooperation.According to official Iranian statistics, the volume of bilateral trade between Japan and Iran reached US$14.3 billion in 2007 and this is expected to increase to US$20 billionin 2008 as a result of rising oil prices.At the people-to-people level, things look positive. There are 5,227 Iranians officially registered as living in Japan and around 300 Iranian students. According to Ambassador Araqchi, academic exchanges between the two countries 'play a vital role for further deepening of our relations.' Culturally, there has also been some interesting collaboration in areas such as cinema - for instance, the 2003 movie 'Kaze no Jutan' (The Wind Carpet).Japan is also active in Iran holding events such as Noh theater performances and rece...
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Ardabil Province
2008-06-18 03:55:00
Ardabil (also spelled Ardebil) Province is located in the north west corner of Iran, bordering Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea. The city of Ardabil is the capital of the province.Being cooler than the rest of the country, Ardabil attracts many tourists especially in the hot summer months.There are flights from Tehran and Tabriz to Ardabil Airport, 11km from downtown Ardabil. There are buses from Ardabil to Tehran, Tabriz (4 hours), Qazvin (7 hours) and Rasht (4 hours).Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsArdabil Tehran

Sistan and Baluchestan Province
2008-05-21 18:06:00
Sistan and Baluchestan is the largest of Iran's thirty provinces by area. Sistan is the area to the north and Baluchestan lies to the south bordering Pakistan.The province as a whole has a population of over 4 million people and is one of the driest and poorest areas of the country. Zahedan, with over half a million inhabitants, is the provincial capital and it is possible to pick up visas here for both neighboring Pakistan and India.Zabol (pop. 132,000) is an exotic and dangerous border town with Afghanistan to the north of Zahedan.There are flights to both Zahedan (daily) and Zabol (weekly) from Tehran. There are shared taxis (savaris) from Zahedan to Zabol.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Baluchestan Zabol Zahedan

Baluchestan and Iran
2008-04-08 20:06:00
IranVisitor recently took a trip to Baluchestan is a pretty traditional place compared to Tehran . Wherever we were received as guests women and men were strictly separated. I attended a wedding without even seeing the bride.When I saw women and girls in the streets they were often wearing black chadors loosely draped over outfits like these. But the black covering never fully hid the bright colours beneath. It was just one of so many ways that Baluchestan reminded me of India and showed me more clearly than ever that Iran is a diverse country and is essentially nothing without this diversity.Baluchis are not separatists by any means. The Baluchi people are a relatively new ethnic group and accept their position sandwiched between the two great civilisations of Iran and India. Baluchis from Pakistan seem to have no problem crossing the border into Iran where they find plenty of work and higher wages. Unfortunately, some of the lawlessness of Pakistan also makes it over to Iran and th...
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National Museum of Iran Tehran
2008-03-26 04:10:00
The National Museum of Iran in central Tehran is not to be missed on any visit to the capital.The original building of the museum, which houses the pre-Islamic exhibits dates from the 1930s and was designed by French architect, Andre Godard.Building 1 of the museum houses artifacts ranging from Iran's prehistoric past to the Elamite, Achaemenid and Parthian periods.Image © Camille-Helene Lemouchoux & IranVisitor.comIranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran
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Baseej Parades for 22 Bahman (11 February)
2008-02-19 09:05:00
Rally to mark the 29th anniversary of the 1979 revolution. Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran
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Taking Pictures in Tehran
2008-02-19 08:52:00
The rallies to mark the anniversary of the 1979 revolution are an uncomfortable mix of festive gaiety and political posturing. Walking down "Revolution Street" towards "Freedom Square" there were people begging to have their photos taken. Every time I stopped to point my camera, passing groups would shout for me to look. Kids in camouflage gear and pro-Palestinian check scarves puffed out their chests and waved their flags more vigorously. At one point a group of about twenty-five men all lined up neatly and patiently for me. Best of all, one middle-aged lady sitting by the side of the road looked up at me as I passed â€“ her eyes just begging me to take her picture. She smiled a sweet smile, beaming innocently and incongruously over a poster showing the frankly lascivious grin of Ayatollah Khamenei and a black and white "death to America" placard.Iran's biggest show of nationalist pride is actually one of the easiest times for a photographer (foreign or otherwise) to take people'...
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God mourns for the Imams?
2008-01-21 08:57:00
?Faith in the imams cures cancer and makes the lame walk? I?ve seen it with my own eyes, you?ve all seen it too?The little man with the microphone. Unshaven, wearing a faded mismatched suit. Reminded me of snake oil sellers in Western movies. Do Iran ians really hold beliefs so out of step with the given scientific mindset of the times? This was a speaker to the masses. He appeared to know his audience, and the 1000 toman notes were flowing.From what I can gather, the folk legends surrounding the Imams arise from more sources than one. There is the history. Events of the time are well documented and acknowledged also by Sunnis but this only provides the barest framework. Woven into the history are parables of the strength of Abol Fazl, the moral uprightness of Hossein, the justice of Ali ? superhuman qualities all, but imams are not messengers of God and nor are they miracle workers. This is one essential aspect of Shiism which suggests roots in something other than Islam.Maybe the k...
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Parsi Cola
2008-01-07 12:23:00
The name ?Pars? is an expression of Iranian national pride which goes a long way back in history. The province of ?Pars? (now ?Fars?, capital Shiraz) was the centre of Iranian civilization during the time of Cyrus the Great. The name ?Persepolis? comes from the Greek rendering, ?Persis?. The name of Iran?s language, ?Farsi?, also derives from the same ? the change to ?F? came after the Arab invasion and reflects the lack of a ?P? sound in Arabic.Now, ?Pars Online? is Iran?s number one internet provider ? one arm of the business empire of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani no less. The ?Peugot Pars? is an automobile based on the old Peugot 405 which is assembled in Iran. Parsa is a popular boys? name, Parisa for girls, and Parsi Cola is a home grown soft drinks brand which still does the rounds in reusable bottles all over the country.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran

Cave of the Martyrs
2007-12-22 01:19:00
For the last few months I've been wondering what the green halogen lights leading up the mountainside were for. Alien landing site? Late night mining operations? There was nothing obvious from down below but one day I noticed a new street sign pointing up the hill. The white on brown colour scheme denoting something of cultural interest.A thin layer of crisp snow lay on the ground the morning I decided to make my way up. I followed the icy dirt path in unsuitable shoes. Paw tracks showed me that the local strays had been up and down before dawn. A long, white goods container had been deposited on a level area half way up. Green-painted frame borders with "Kahf al-Shohada" (Cave of the Martyrs ), brushed on in vivid blood-red spoke of the grief-fuelled nationalism so fundamental to current power structures. Open air martyr-worship in a country where the politico-religious establishment has a strict monopoly on public expression.Further up was a slightly wider but equally anticlimatic...

Tehran Skyline
2007-12-20 22:56:00
You get some pretty stunning views out over the city from "Baam-e Tehran " (Roof of Tehran) especially at dawn and sunset. From here you also get a good perspective on how breathable the city air is on any given day - mountains visible in the south is a sign that the smog is relatively thin. Same view, this time with thick, early morning cloud (not smog) smothering the city like a quilt. Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran
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Imam Khomeini Airport (IKA)
2007-12-20 22:39:00
Plans to build IKA existed before 1979 but were put on hold after the Islamic revolution. The airport was eventually opened in 2004 and now almost all international flights have been transferred here from the old Mehrabad Airport in central Tehran.IKA is situated about 30km south of the city on the road to Qom. With no public transport system yet in place, the only way to get there is by private taxi (120,000 Rials, 1hr, Tel.: 021 88738855) Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran

Basij Week
2007-12-17 09:19:00
This poster is publicising Basij Week which I think has just ended. You may have heard something about the Basij in the news where you are. Human Rights Watch calls them a "parallel organisation" which pretty well sums up their relationship with the government - they're not under direct control but they provide a loyal pillar of support for it in times of need.In the past this has involved getting heavy with student protests and enforcing codes of conduct and dress in public places. I remember last year seeing a run-in between a group of Basijis and some young men out for a walk in the mountains. The boys were wearing tight clothes and "fashionable" beards that the Basijis found objectionable and they tried to "arrest" them. I didn't stay to find out what happened.(NB. The Basij are not responsible for the current minor crackdown on "un-Islamic" dress which is going on around Tehran . Those guys are from Ershad (The Council for Islamic Guidance) which is a full government body. Ers...
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BBQ Corn - Vali Asr
2007-12-10 05:13:00
On a quiet weekday evening there isn't really much going on in the streets of Tehran . Not even on the main strip - Vali -e Asr Street.But this guy was gamely fanning the flames of his makeshift barbecue and wooing passers-by with the prospect of chargrilled sweetcorn. I'd never had it over coals before, and I still prefer it boiled but it's a fun treat nonetheless especially on a cold autumn evening when you can gather around the hot coals and make small talk with other stray folk.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran
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Neon signs - Vali Asr
2007-12-04 07:40:00
Don't you just love neon on cold, crisp evenings? The shop below is photocopy and print shop and above it is the phone number of a travel agency consisting only of 7s and 8s.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran Neon Sign
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Persimmons in Tehran
2007-12-01 08:19:00
Seasonal fruit is a great pleasure. There's so much tasteless imported produce in western (and Japanese) supermarkets that probably not that many people know what the right season for most fruit is. But I think Iran is pretty much self-sufficient when it comes to fruit and veg and I certainly look forward to autumn for several of my favourites - one of which is the persimmon which I've heard called "Sharon fruit" before, "kaki" in Japan and "khormaloo" in Iran. Khorma is the Farsi word for "dates" and aloo means "plum."I wonder if there's a connection there with the Hindi(?) word for potato - something like the French calling them "pommes de terre." Anyway "khormaloo" is a word loaded with sweet winter connotations for me, the colour itself is enough to warm your hands and the sight of abundant orange fruit weighing down leaveless branches and punctuating the air with their fat jolliness is a sure fire way to put a smile on my face. I think Santa Claus should wear persimmon orang...
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