Qasr-e Qand County (Persian: شهرستان قصرقند) is a county in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Qasr-e Qand. The county was established by splitting the territory from Nik Shahr County in 2013.
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Qasr Prison (زندان قصر) was a prison in Tehran. It was one of the oldest Iranian political prisons. In 2008 it closed forever and is to be turned into a museum.
History
It was built by the order of Fat′h Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty in 1790 in the form of a palace. It was the first pris... More
Qasr-e-Shirin County (Persian: شهرستان قصر شیرین) is a county in Kermanshah Province in Iran, part of what is unofficially referred to as Iranian kurdistan.
The capital of the county is Qasr-e Shirin. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 25,000, in 4,999 ... More
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andar-e Anzali English: Anzali Port Persian: بندرانزلی, also Romanized as Bandar-e Anzalī; before the Iranian Revolution, known as Bandar-e Pahlavi (Persian: بندر پهلوی), also Romanized as Bandar-e Pahlavī, Bandar Pahlavi, and Bandar Pahlevi, or simply as Pahlavī) is ... More
Kul-e Farah II (Offering Scene)
Kul-e Farah II represents a single person probably a ruler or priest, standing and looking right side.
Behind him are four little people, cattle are slaughtered before him.
The whole scene is probably showing a victim. There will be no explanat... More
Alan-e Sofla village is located in flower hill section of Kabodar Ahang northwest of Hamedan.It is close to Alisadr cave. Salty stream of Hamedan that goes into the White River and eventually empties into the sea khazar passes through the village.
Natural caves in the villages and flatly... More
, Taq-e Bostan and its relief patterns accentuate power, religious tendencies, glory, honor, the vastness of the court, game and fighting spirit, festivity, joy, and rejoicing.
Sassanid kings chose a beautiful setting for their rock reliefs along an historic Silk Road caravan route ... More
Naqsh-e Rajab is an archaeological site just at the east of Istakhr and about 12 km of the north of Persepolis in Fars Province.
Naqsh-e Rajab is the site of four limestone rock face inscriptions and bas-reliefs that belongs to Sassanid period.
One of the carvings is the investiture... More
onbad-e Kavous, in the hills of Turkmen Sahra.
The cemetery has over 600 standing stones which archaeologist David Stronach sees these as probably "highly stylized representations of people."1] The popular media describe the stones as examples of phallic architecture and a major tourist ... More
, the religious and the trade and business powers in a very close neighborhood).
Originally, there were 12 gates and entrances to the Maidan (square). The central part of Maidan was used as polo ground in evenings. In mornings peddlers sold and exchanged their goods.
Every week on certa... More
kable attractions for tourists in Natanz and because of its location above one of Karkas peaks; it’s not easy for everyone to get there.
Thus walking on this mountain and getting to this dome is a difficult job but it is visible from a distance.
This dome and its beautiful vault that ha... More
endan-e Eskandar is an ancient domed structure apparently known by this name as a result of a reference in a Hafez’s poems. The complex contains a deep, circular, brick-lined pit almost 10 meters in diameter resembling an ancient dungeon found at the heart of the old.
There is also a wel... More
onbad-e Qabus Tower is a monument in Gonbad-e Qabus, Iran, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012.
The 53 m high tomb built in ad 1006 for Qābus Ibn Voshmgir, Ziyarid ruler and literati, near the ruins of the ancient city of Jorjan in north-east Iran, bears testimony to the cul... More
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f the religious,artistic and historic monuments of Kashan. Basic structure of this tomb belongs to Seljuk period and in tenth-eleventh and twelveth century, particularly during safavid king tahmasb repaired and some addition made on it.
This building has three courtyard(apron) which cal... More
Jazmoryan lake( jazmoryan plain )
Jazmoryan lake is a young tectonic subsidence which has a 350 meters height from sea level. This plain’s vast in precipitation season is about 3300 square kilometer due to specific climate conditions.
In most of year much of it will be converted to a salt pan ... More
Gilan-e Gharb (Persian: گیلانغرب; also Romanized as Gīlān-e Gharb; also known as Gīlān) is the capital city of Gilan-e Gharb County, Kermanshah Province, Iran.
At the 2006 census, its population was 19,431, in 4,620 families. The economy of Gilan-e Gharb is largely ... More
