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Pictures of Iran: Tehran, Persepolis, Shiraz, Isfahan, Kashan, Kandovan, Kurdistan
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Shiraz-Jameh ye Atigh Mosque-Iran Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: Ancient mosque built in 894 AD.It has a rare turreted rectangular building in the centre of the courtyard,"Kodakhune"("House of God"),from the mid-14th century used to preserve Qurans and modelled on the Kaaba at Mecca.
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Mullah-Shiraz-Irán Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: A mullah in Madraseh-ye Khan(teological college).The mullah is a Shiite clergy,an scholar of Islamic Law.Those descending from Muhammad family ("Seyyed")wear a black turban;the rest wear white turban.
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Tabriz-Jameh Mosque-Iran Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: Tabriz was the capital of Azarbaijan in the 3d century AD.During Safavid dinasty in the 16th century it became the capital of Iran.The Jameh Mosque is inside the laberinthine bazaar with 35 km passages.
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Tehran-National Museum-Iran Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: The National Museum has an excellent collection of finds from Sush and Persepolis including ceramics, pottery, stone figures and carvings.
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Tehran-Azadi Monument-Iran Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: This inverted Y-shaped monument was built in 1971 to commemorate the 2500th aniversary of the Persian Empire.
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Takht e Soleyman-Iran Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Azargoshnab,the spiritual centre of Zoroastrianism in the 3rd century B.C.The site has no link to King Salomon.The name was an invention by its guardians to deter Arab invadors from its destruction.
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Holy Shrine of Imam Khomeini-Iran Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: The Shrine of the leader of Islamic Revolution is between Tehran and Qom.The built is quite ugly, like a big warehouse.
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Necropolis Naqsh e Rostam-Iran Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: This necropolis shelters the tombs of the main Achaemenian Sovereigns(Cyrus is buried in solitude at Pasargadae):Xerxes,Darius the Great(the largest tomb),Artaxerxes I and Darius II.
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