Iran
Statue of Nader Shah, the first Afsharid ruler of Iran, at his Tomb
Mount Damavand, the Middle East's highest peak, is located in Amol, Mazandaran.[191]
Sharif University of Technology is one of Iran's most prestigious higher education institutions.
Iron Age gold cup from Marlik, kept at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art
Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism, depicted on Raphael's The School of Athens
Behrouz Vossoughi, a well-known Iranian actor who has appeared in more than 90 films
Skiers at the Dizin Ski Resort
A bas-relief at Persepolis, depicting the united Medes and Persians
A map showing the 19th-century northwestern borders of Iran, comprising modern-day eastern Georgia, Dagestan, Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, before being ceded to the neighboring Russian Empire by the Russo-Iranian wars
Persian leopard, listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List
