Art & Culture
Museums
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Iran National Museum
The National Museum is the most important museum in Iran to hold archaeological collections; research shows that it...
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Qasr Museum Garden
In Qajar period a building was built in Tehran that was called Qasr-e Qajar (Qajar Palace). It is...
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The Glassware and Ceramic Museum of Iran
The Glassware and Ceramic Museum or simply Abgineh Museum is one of the museums in Tehran. This museum...
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Fuman Ethnography Museum
Fuman Ethnography Museum was established in 1386 SH in a land with 100000 square meters in the ground...
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Qazvin Museum or City Museum (Qazvin)
Qazvin Museum which is also known as City Museum was established in 2005 in the area of Safavid Dowlatkhaneh (state office) in a short distance to Chehel Sotun Palace in Qazvin. The museum is in fact an archaeology museum encompassing over 7000 old and unique relics
Handicrafts
The Fame & Myth
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Baba Tahir (Hamedan)
Baba Tahir was a mystical poet from the fifth century AH, who is originally from the city of...
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Mohammad Reza Lotfi (Golestan)
Mohammad Reza Lotfi is a musician, composer, a gifted player of Setar, Tar and Kamancheh, researcher and teacher...
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Kamal-ol-Molk (Isfahan)
Mirza Mohammad Ghaffari, known as Kamal-ol-Molk, the famous Iranian painter, was born in Kashan about 1270 AH. He...
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Mir Damad
Mir Mohammad Baqer Esterabadi, or Asterabadi, known also as Mir Damad, was one of the philosophers, scholars, jurists,...
Dance & Local Games
Persian Foods
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Zereshk Polow ba Morgh (Barberry Rice with Saffron & Chicken)
Zereshk (Barberries) is an ancient berry which grows in Europe and the Middle East. Iran is one of...
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Street food in Tehran
Tehran is home to various kinds of food and drinks; it’s the place to try traditional Persian food...
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Kufteh Tabrizi
Eating habits in East Azerbaijan show the culture, attitude and the people’s income level in the northwest region...
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Ghonbid Abgoosht - an Iranian stew
One of the local cuisines in Qom province is Qonbid or Qonbit Abgoosht coming from Qomnabit which means Nabat (rock candy) produced in the city of Qom.
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Khoresht Khalal (Persian Silvered Almond Stew)
Persian Silvered Almond Stew is a Kermanshahi stew which is made of meat, black barberries and dried lemon for which local people in the province use Kermanshahi oil, as well.