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Iran, also known as Persia, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, a country in Western Asia, comprising a land area of 1,648,195 km2, it is the second-largest nation in the Middle East and the 18th-largest in the world.
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IRAN 1 Inverted Tulip, Fritillaria imperialis
Tagh-e Bostan, large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire (226 to 650 AD)
Tagh-e Bostan, investiture of Ardashir II (379-383) Mithra wearing a crown of sun rays Persepolis ©GulChotrani
Persepolis ©GulChotrani
Persepolis ©GulChotrani
Persepolis ©GulChotrani
Persepolis ©GulChotrani
Persepolis ©GulChotrani
Amalfi Coast, Campania, The lion and bull in combat at ancient Persepolis ©GulChotrani
The Tomb of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae ©GulChotrani
Toghrol Tower in Rey (1200) ©Ali Majdfar Rey (Tehran) Tughrul Tower (1200) with the mausoleum of Toghrol, the Iranian king of the Saljoughid dynasty
©Smmirhosseini Bastam Mongol tomb tower of 1313 ©Prof. Richard T. Mortel
Gonbad the Tomb of Kavoos (Qabus) 1006 © AtusaMomeni
Damghan Saljuq Minaret 1028 ©Prof. Richard T. Mortel
Damghan Saljuk minaret, ca. 1031, Jami Masjid ©Prof. Richard T. Mortel Damghan Saljuq Minaret, 1028 © Prof. Richard T. Mortel
MaraghaGunbad-iSurkh, 1148 ©Prof. Richard T. Mortel Saljuq Minaret (1031-5) in Shah Rukh's Jami Masjid, Samnan ©Prof. Richard T. Mortel
Tehran Tomb of Sheikh Ibn Babooyeh Saduq
Shiraz Tomb of Hafez
Shiraz The tomb of Saadi, the poet and mystic of the 13th century (about 1207-1291)
Shiraz The tomb of Saadi, the poet and mystic of the 13th century (about 1207-1291)
Nishapur Kamal-ol-Molk (1848 -1940) mausoleum, 1963 Design by Houshang Seihoun in 1959
Nishapur Kamal-ol-Molk mausoleum
MohammadGhaffari (1848 - 1940), better known as Kamal-ol-Molk, was an Iranian painter
Nishapur Kamal-ol-Molk (1848 -1940) mausoleum Design by Houshang Seihoun
Nishapur Kamal-ol-Molk (1848 -1940) mausoleum Design by Houshang Seihoun
Nishapur Kamal-ol-Molk (1848 -1940) mausoleum
Tus Aramghah-e Ferdowsi, the mausoleum of the Persian poet ©Mauro
The statue of Ferdowsi in Tehran Ferdowsi reading Shahname to Shah Mahmud by GhaznaviVardgesSureniants (1860 – 1921)
Statue of Ferdowsi in Rome (Italy) was created in 1958 by AbolhassanSeddiqi, who had previously made statues of the poet at Tehran’s Ferdowsi Square and the Ferdowsi tomb in the Iranian city of Tous Ferdowsi and the three Ghaznavid court poets
Tus Mausoleum of Ferdowsi (940–1020)
Tus The statue of Ferdowsi in the gardens of the Aramghah-e Ferdowsi ©Mauro
Tus Aramghah-e Ferdowsi, the mausoleum of the Persian poet ©Mauro
Hamedan - The tomb of Baba Taher interior ceiling ©colorfulguitar
Neishapur Omar Khayyam's Mausoleum