Mashhad, Capital of Khorasan province

Mashhad located in the northeastern Iran, 909 kilometers east of  Tehran, in the valley of  Kashaf  River. The city stands at an average elevation of  980 meters above sea level. Mashhad is one of  the largest cities in Iran, it is an important religious center situated in a productive agricultural region. The shrine of  the early 9th century religious leader Imam Reza, attracts many tourists and pilgrims each year. Next to holy shrine, Goharshad Mosque and Tomb of  Nadir Shah are other historical and interesting sights worth visiting in the city. The city prospered...

Esfahan, half of the world

Esfahan lies at the heart of  Iran, 414 km south of  Tehran, in the lush Zayandeh Rood plain, at the foothills of  Zagros mountain range. The city enjoys temperate climate and four separable seasons. No obstacles exist as far as 90 km north of  Esfahan and cool northern winds blow in this direction. She stands at an average elevation of  1500 meters above sea level. The southern and western approaches of  Esfahan are mountains and is bordered northward and eastward by fertile plains. Thus, her climate is a varying one  and occasionally rainy, with a precipitation...

Persepolis, City of the Persians

About 56 km north of  Shiraz, at the foot of  Rahmat hill, there lies this pearl of  the world empires, greatest honor of  the human being civilizations, heart of  Persians which may attract any visitor attention and fill him with spiritual blood while beating in his chest; just a glance you would never like to close your eyes even for a while. We know how to take you there but we don’t know how you would leave there. It is not a city, it is not a palace, it is not Persians, it is you, it is your ancestors, it is your believes, your history and proud of  you...

Yazd, centre of Zoroastrian culture

Yazd lies at center of  Iran, to the north and east lie the deserts Dashte-Kavìr and Dasht-e Lut. Yazd is an important manufacturing center with cotton, silk, and wool textile mills; a steel plant, a factory making water purification and filtration equipment; carpet-weaving workshops; and food-processing enterprises. Yazd sits on the main highway and rail line fromTehran to Bandar Abbas. It is also served by an airport. There are many historical sites including the Jameh mosque, where Muslims gather to worship on fridays. The mosque was built between the 12th and...

Tehran, Capital of Iran

Tehran lies on an incline, some 1200 meters above sea level, at the southern foothills of  the mighty Elburz range,  256 kilometers south of  beautiful shores of the Caspian sea. Its expansion began in the 16th century under the Safavid monarch Tahmasb I. Karim Khane-Zand was crowned in Tehran in 1758. The city’s relatively temperate climate was the principle attraction for Qajar monarchs. The Safavid Shah Suleiman was the first to build a royal palace in Tehran. This was the Chahar Bagh (Four Garden) palace. The city was known as Chenarestan by Iranians on...