Takht-e Jamshid
Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-330 BCE). Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid.
Shiraz
Shiraz is the sixth most populous city in Iran and is the capital of Fars Province.Shiraz is located in the southwest of Iran on the Rudkhaneye Khoshk seasonal river.Shiraz has a moderate climate and has been a regional trade center for more than one thousand years.
Shiraz is known as the city of poets and flowers. It is also considered by many Iranians to be the city of gardens, due to the many gardens and fruit trees that can be seen in the city.
Isfahan
Esfahan is one of the oldest cities of Iran with the 1,001,000 population located 414 km south of Tehran and 481 km north of Shiraz. This 2500 years old city served as Persia s capital from 1598 to 1722.
The city has been known as HALF OF THE WORLD and observes heaps of tourists each year for sight seeing the great ancient buildings and masterpieces.
Imam Reza Holy Shrine
Hazrat Reza (A.S.), the eight shining star in the sky of Imamat was born in Medina on 11, Zilqadh 148 A.H. 29 Dec, 765 A.D.
His beloved father Imam Musa-ibn-Jafar (A.S.) named him Ali. He was divenely entitled al-Reza (meaning that Allah and His messenger were deeply pleased with him) and his agnomen was Abul Hasan.
This is the photo gallery for his holy shrine
Hafezieh, Shrine of Hafez, Great Poem
known by his pen name Hāfez (born 1315 Shiraz-died 1390 Shiraz) was the most celebrated Persian lyric poet and is often described as a poet of poets. His Divan is to be found at the home of most Iranians who recite his poems by heart and use as proverb and saying to this day.
Tehran, The Capital
Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Alborz mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia. Tehran is the second largest city in the Middle East with a population of 7,404,515
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