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29 unusual facts about Iran


Ahmad Ghazali

The younger brother of the celebrated theologian, jurist, and Sufi, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazālī, Aḥmad Ghazālī was born in a village near Tūs, in Khorasan.

Astara, Azerbaijan

:For the town of Astara across the border in Iran see Astara, Iran.

Bahá'í Faith in Moldova

During that time the history stretches back to 1847 when the Russian ambassador to Persia, Prince Dimitri Ivanovich Dolgorukov, requested that the Báb, the herald to the Bahá'í Faith who was imprisoned at Maku, be moved elsewhere; he also condemned the massacres of Iranian religionists, and asked for the release of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

Bahá'í Faith in Uganda

At the ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone in 1958 Hands of the Cause Ruhiyyih Khanum and Músá Banání presented material gifts for the building - some soil from the inner-most Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh and the fortress of Maku where the Báb was imprisoned.

Bahá'í Faith in Ukraine

During that time, the history stretches back to 1847 when the Russian ambassador to Tehran, Prince Dimitri Ivanovich Dolgorukov, requested that the Báb, the herald to the Bahá'í Faith who was imprisoned at Maku, be moved elsewhere; he also condemned the massacres of Iranian religionists, and asked for the release of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

Bahá'í Faith in Uzbekistan

During that time, when the region was variously called Asiatic Russia or Russian Turkestan as part of the Russian Empire, the history stretches back to 1847 when the Russian ambassador to Tehran, Prince Dimitri Ivanovich Dolgorukov, requested that the Báb, the herald to the Bahá'í Faith who was imprisoned at Maku, be moved elsewhere; he also condemned the massacres of Iranian religionists, and asked for the release of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

Barabanki city

Iran's famous religious and political leader, Ayatollah Khomeini's paternal grandfather, Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, was born in Kintur, a village in the Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh.

Battle of Chaldiran

The site of the battle is near Chala Ashaqi village, around 6 km west of the town of Siyah Cheshmeh, south of Maku, north of Qareh Ziyaeddin.

Burzin Shah

In the treaty Kanadbak agreed to pay tribute to the Arabs while still remaining in control of his territories in Tus.

Christians in the Persian Gulf

Christian sites have been discovered dating from that time until after the advent of Islam in the region at Failaka, Kharg, Jubail/Jubayl and the nearby settlements of Thaj, al-Hinnah and Jabal Berri, and Sir Bani Yas.

Conference of Badasht

When they neared the village of Níyálá, the local mullá, outraged at seeing an unveiled woman sitting next a group of men and chanting poems aloud, led a mob against them.

Davvas

Its inhabitants are mostly those migrating from other cities and towns near Bushehr including, Borazjan, Khormooj, Ahram, etc.

Dewait

Martyr Sa'adaats are believed to have been migrated from the area of Babun Nahar Persian city of Iran.

Ernst J. Grube

From 1972 to 1978 he served as a member of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Iran.

Gulbarga Fort

With the establishment of the Bahmani Kingdom in the Deccan from 1347, the architectural styles of the Persian architecture of Iran made impressive and lasting impacts, which are seen in the Gulbarga fort.

Gurun

Gurun, Iran, a village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran

Hasan al-Utrush

Although the Samanid force was far superior in numbers and equipment, Hasan managed to inflict a crushing defeat upon it in December 913 at Burdidah on the river Burrud west of Chalus.

Iran-khodro Oliyaei Kashmar F.C.

Iran-khodro Oliyaei Kashmar Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Kashmar, Iran.

Islamic Azad University of Anar

The campus is located in the city of Anar in Kermān Province, founded in 2000 and currently has an enrollment of 5000 students

Kazaz

Kazaz is a collection of villages and small towns that are in a short distance from Arak, Iran.

LGBT rights in Iran

On January 23, 2008, Hamzeh Chavi, 18, and Loghman Hamzehpour, 19, were arrested in Sardasht, in Iranian Azerbaijan for homosexuality.

MEND

Mend, Iran, a village in Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

Muhammad-Shah ibn Bahram-Shah

Their devastation of the province had made the city of Bardasir virtually uninhabitable, so Muhammad-Shah made Bam his capital.

Nahum Benari

This time he was sent with two other men by Solel Boneh, a construction company, to join its work teams in the oil refineries in Abadan, Iran.

Navsari

The Parsis found the city's atmosphere to that of Sari region of Iran.

Pouya

Pouya is a first name of Iranian origin (from a Persian word meaning "dynamic" or "researcher").

Rig-e Jenn

The Austrian geographer Alfons Gabriel crossed the southern 'tail' of it on his way from Ashin to Aroosan in the 1930s.

Trading Diaspora

As Gosch explains “premodern world system was to some extent an “archipelago of towns” in which urban centers in Europe (Bruges, Ghent, Genoa and Venice), the Middle East (Cairo, Aden, and Hormuz), and Asia (Samarkand, Calicut, Kanchipuram, Malacca, Quanzhou and Hangzhou) were connected to one another by trade and shared in a common culture of commerce.

Ulugh Beg

Consequently Ulugh Beg marched against Ala-ud-Daulah and met him in battle at Morghab.


`Alí-Akbar Furútan

`Alí-Akbar Furútan (29 April 1905 – 26 November 2003) was a prominent Iranian Bahá'í educator and author who was given the rank of Hand of the Cause in 1951.

2012 Bangkok bombings

Masoud Sedaghat Zadeh (31, male): fled to Malaysia on the day of the bombings; arrested by the Royal Malaysian Police in Kuala Lumpur International Airport on 15 February, while attempting to travel to Iran.

Abbas Yari

He is one of the three founders of FILM Monthly, the oldest post-revolutionary film magazine in Iran (founded in 1982 with Massoud Mehrabi and Houshang Golmakani).

Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, writing in August 2007, said only the AFAGIR "may operate Iran's 10 EMB-312 Tucanos", and that it "seems to operate many of Iran's 45 PC-7 training aircraft" as well as Pakistani-built training aircraft at a school near Mushshak, "but this school may be run by the regular air force".

Andreas Görlitz

Shortly after signing for Bayern, Görlitz made his debut for the Germany national team, appearing in the last five minutes of the 1–1 friendly with Brazil, on 8 September 2004; the following month, he assisted veteran Thomas Brdaric as the striker closed the score at 2–0, in another exhibition game, now with Iran.

Aphanius vladykovi

The Zagros pupfish, Aphanius vladykovi, is an endemic species found in a restricted area of the central Zagros Mountains of Iran and is an attractive species for keeping in aquaria.

Arab League–Iran relations

According to Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi, Iran, Egypt, and Libya are helping the militia.

Asadi Tusi

As a result of the violence, Asadi, who lived the first twenty years of his life in Khorasan, left Khorasan for the Iranian province of Azarbaijan and stayed there till he died.

Attack on H3

In Saddam's attempts for a successful offensive against Iran on the northern front between 12 and 22 March 1981, Iraq fired two 9K52 Luna-M surface-to-surface Rockets against cities of Dezful and Ahwaz.

Bagher Larijani

Medical Policy Council of Islamic Azad University is established in 2013 with the main objecitive of development a comprehensive strategic plan for the University based on the two main national reform plans, namely Comprehensive Health Care Reform Map and the Comprehensive Scientific Map of Islamic Republic of Iran.

Beheshti

Mohammad Beheshti, one of the main architects of Iranian Islamic Revolution and the constitution of the Islamic Republic in Iran who was assassinated in 1981

Bombus soroeensis

In the west its distribution reaches the British mainland (including Skye and some minor Scottish islands, but excluding Ireland and the major Scottish islands), while in the east it extends to Lake Baykal in central Siberia, Mongolia, and, in the south-east, Anatolia and the northern Iranian mountains.

Charan, Iran

Charan is situated among a cluster of villages located in Alborz mountain range north of Tehran in Iran.

Cheetah reintroduction in India

Stephen J O'Brien, world's leading conservation geneticist and Chief of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA, has clarified that there is no significant genetic difference between the African and the Iran's Asiatic cheetah, as per genetic research carried out by him African and Indian cheetahs were only separated just some 5,000 years ago which is not enough for a sub-species level differentiation.

Dariush Homayoon

Fifteen months later, he left Iran through the border with Turkey and went to Paris.

Dehnow, Khorramabad

Dehnow, Dehpir, a village in Dehpir Rural District, Central District, Khorramabad County, Lorestan Province, Iran

Dezful Airport

Dezful Airport is located on Andimeshk road in the city of Dezful, Iran.

Dust Muhammad

The emperor Humayun sitting on some stone likeness of the throne, and in the distance under the trees playing three boys, one of whom the future Emperor Akbar I. Restless nature Doust Muhammad gave him root and in the court of the Mughal emperors - in the early 1560s, is already under Emperor Akbar I, Dust Muhammad left India and returned to Iran, where he lived out the last days in Qazvin.

Egyptian Islamic Jihad

It is "likely that the notion of suicide bombing" was inspired by Hezbollah as al-Zawahiri had been to Iran to raise money, and had sent his underling Ali Mohamed, "among others, to Lebanon to train with Hezbollah".

Fruit in Iran

Since 1963 Iran is one of the major leading producer and exporters of dried fruit such as all kinds of pistachios, Sultana raisins, golden raisins, sun-dried raisins, Malayer raisins, Kashmar raisins, all kinds of Iranian dates and with its modern facilities is ready to provide its customers with all these products.

Iran–United Arab Emirates relations

The island has been under Iranian control until 1908 when Britain gained control of the island.

Iran–United States relations after 1979

Jul 6, 2009: Joe Biden gives a green light to Israel for a military attack on Iran.

Jalal Jalalizadeh

Jalalizadeh was advisor to Iran's interior minister and also a representative of Sanandaj in Iran's 6th parliament.

Jana Hybášková

She has been a strong critic of Iran and its President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and has advocated closer relations between Israel and Europe.

Joseph Fernandez

Joseph F. Fernandez, CIA operative and figure in the Iran-Contra Affair

Khanabad, Lorestan

Khanabad, Aligudarz, a village in Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran

Levan of Kartli

Thereafter he was appointed as naib of Kerman, Iran, and, as a commander of Georgian auxiliary forces, he secured the eastern provinces of the Persian empire from the rebellious Baluchi tribesmen from 1698 to 1701.

M. William Howard, Jr.

Howard conducted Christmas services for the U.S. Embassy personnel held hostage in Tehran, Iran.

Madin

Madin, Sirjan (مادين - Mādīn), a village in Kerman Province, Iran

Margoon Waterfall

Margoon (Margun) Waterfall is located in the Fars province of Iran near the city of Sepidan.

Mastan Ensemble

The Mastān Ensemble (Persian: گروه مستان - Gorouh-e Mastān) is an Iranian musical group performing traditional Persian music.

Miaad Shahriar Tehran F.C.

Miaad Shahriar Tehran Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Shahriar, Iran.

Mojtaba Moharrami

He also was banned for a year for attacking referee Jamal Al Sharif during Iran-Japan match in 1992 Asian cup.

National Iranian Tanker Company

In 2009, in a move aimed at further enhancing Iran's shipbuilding industry, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he will ban the purchase of foreign ships by Iranian organizations.

Nochiya Region

The sub-district of Nochiya is a mountainess area with possibly the most spectacular natural beauty in all of southern Turkey, it lies very close to the Iraq-Iran borders and at the time contained some 40 Assyrian and Kurdish villages.

Noh Alam Shah

He scored in the 1–3 defeat to Iran at the National Stadium in Singapore and in the final group game against Jordan, which Singapore lost 1–2, at the King Abdullah Stadium in Amman.

Noor TV

Nour TV, an Iranian Sunni Islamic religious satellite television network based in the United Arab Emirates

Northern Tier

During the Cold War, in England and the U.S., it refers to the Four Middle Eastern members of the Central Treaty Organization: Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan.

Parsian Azadi Hotel

It was the third Hyatt to open in Iran, following the Hyatt Caspian in Chalus and the Hyatt Omar Khayam in Mashhad.

Parviz Gharib-Afshar

Many celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Anthony Quinn, William Holden, David Frost, and many more visiting Iran, were guests in his show.

Project Dark Gene

Special equipment was provided by Rockwell International and funding was largely provided by the Shah of Iran.

Sargon Stele

"Summary of the military successes: the subjugation of the Babylonian cities; the rule over all people between the Upper Sea and the Lower Sea; the victories against Elam, in Iran and in Hatti; the humiliation of Urzana of Musasir and Rusa of Urartu; the defeat of Hamath"—paragraph 3.

Seistan Force

Raids on the lines of communication of the force were made by certain tribes of Persian Baluchistan, notably the Damanis of Sarhad.

Son of Maryam

The movie is about a young Persian boy who befriends an Assyrian priest and learns tolerance toward Christians in post-revolution Iran.

Talebi

Talebi, Khoshab, a village in Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

Tariku

Tarikuiyeh, village in Kerman Province, Iran, also known as Tārīkū

The Stoning of Soraya M.

The son of a former Iranian ambassador, French-Iranian journalist and war correspondent Freidoune Sahebjam has also reported on the crimes of the Iranian government against the Bahá'í community in Iran.

Ýolöten

Some 10 billion cubic meters of gas will be exported to Iran per year from the Ýolöten gas field in the future due to a 2009 agreement between the governments of Iran and Turkmenistan involving people such as Gholam Hossein Nozari, the Iranian Minister of Oil and the Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister, Täçberdi Tagyýew.

Zaravand

300–800, in the area of Khoy (present-day Iran), it is also the name of a modern day city in Iran.

Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Along with these publications, Mir-Hosseini directed with Kim Longinotto two documentaries on current issues in Iran: Divorce Iranian Style (1998) and Runaway (2001).