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

Places To Visit in Iran

Here are the top 2 tourist places in Iran

1. Mashhad

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Places to visit in Iran

Iran's holiest city, Mashhad - literally meaning 'the burial place of the martyr' - is found in the Kashaf River valley. It is known this way because, as the story goes, in the 9th century, Imam Reza was said to have been poisoned by the caliph, and then buried in Mashhad. It is currently one of the...

Best Time: April to June and August to October

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Found at the foot of the glorious Alborz Mountains, Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran. The historic capital of the mighty Qajar dynasty, it is the cultural and adventure capital of the country. It features great monuments and buildings displaying beautiful Persian architecture, with the...

Best Time: March to May