June 2019
Iran Visa Requirements for Austrian Citizens
Comprehensive Guide to Get Iran Visa as an Austrian Citizen Getting visa as the first step of traveling to a new destination can be both stressful and complicated. Nevertheless, when you find the way and follow the correct steps, you can get your visa hassle-free. Talking about [...]
Iran Visa Requirements for French Citizens
Comprehensive Guide to Get Iran Visa as a French Citizen Getting visa as the first step of traveling to a new destination can be both stressful and complicated. Nevertheless, when you find the way and follow the correct steps, you can get your visa hassle-free. Talking about [...]
Iran Visa Requirements for German Citizens
Comprehensive Guide to Get Iran Visa as a Germany Citizen Getting visa as the first step of traveling to a new destination can be both stressful and complicated. Nevertheless, when you find the way and follow the correct steps, you can get your visa hassle-free. Talking about [...]
Iran Visa for British Citizens
Comprehensive Guide to Travel to Iran as a British (UK) Citizen Getting visa as the first step of traveling to a new destination can be both stressful and complicated. Nevertheless, when you find the way and follow the correct steps, you can get your visa hassle-free. Talking [...]
Iran Visa for Canadian Citizens
Comprehensive Guide to Travel to Iran as a Canadian (CA) Citizen Getting visa as the first step of traveling to a new destination can be both stressful and complicated. Nevertheless, when you find the way and follow the correct steps, you can get your visa hassle-free. Talking [...]
Iran Visa for American Citizens
Comprehensive Guide to Travel to Iran as an American (US) Citizen Getting visa as the first step of traveling to a new destination can be both stressful and complicated. Nevertheless, when you find the way and follow the correct steps, you can get your visa hassle-free. Talking [...]
March 2019
All to know about Mount Alam-Kuh
ALL TO KNOW ABOUT MOUNT ALAM-KUH Mount Alam Kuh (also Alam Kooh), the second high mountain in Iran is located on the Takht-e Suleyman massif in Kelardasht District, Mazandaran Province. Kelardasht and Taleghan are the nearest cities to this mountain as Kelardasht is on its north face and Taleghan on its [...]
December 2018
Iranian Embassy List
Iranian Embassy List Find a complete list of Iranian Embassies and consulates all around the world including contact number and address. Country City Area Code Tel Fax Address Afghanistan Heart 00873 2820,21 2830 761610421 Velayat Ave., Heart, Afghanistan Afghanistan Kabul 0093-20 2101390 2101390 Shahrkhan Cross, Shahr-e-No, Kabol, [...]
All to know about Mount Damavand
ALL TO KNOW ABOUT MOUNT DAMAVAND Mount Damavand (5671m, 18606 ft) is famous as the roof of Iran. Being located in the central Alborz chain, Damavand is the highest peak in Iran, the highest volcano in Asia, the second prominent peak in Asia after mount Everest, and the highest cone-shaped mount [...]
Iran a different place
Iran a different place (REFLECTIONS OF A VISIT TO IRAN) Traffic in Iran It was scary. Nothing prepares you for Tehran traffic. My fear was palpable as our taxi driver came within centimeters of yet another car. I instinctively pulled my arm away from the open car [...]
Takht-e Soleyman UNESCO World Heritage
TAKHT-E SOLEYMAN In a corner of the vast Iran, one of the world’s mysteries in the form of a turquoise lake and silent ancient remnants called Takht-e Soleyman (Throne of Solomon) is located in Takab, West Azarbaijan province. The 12-hectare site is one of the most important [...]
Persian Gardens
PERSIAN GARDENS Persian Gardens are gardens with a particular architecture, and elements such as geometric structures, water and trees, and the medieval building, mostly built on the Iranian plateau and its periphery. The three unique structures and designs distinguish Iranian garden from other gardens: located on the waterway, surrounded by long [...]
Bazaar of Tabriz, UNESCO World Heritage
TABRIZ BAZAAR In a corner of the vast Iran, one of the world’s mysteries in the form of a turquoise lake and silent ancient remnants called Takht-e Soleyman (Throne of Solomon) is located in Takab, West Azarbaijan province. The 12-hectare site is one of the most important [...]
Soltaniyeh Dome
To visit Soltaniyeh, a World Heritage Site, look into the World Heritage Tour. The mausoleum of Oljaytu was constructed in 1302–12 in the city of Soltaniyeh, the capital of the Ilkhanid dynasty, which was founded by the Mongols. Situated in the province of Zanjan, Soltaniyeh is one of the outstanding examples of the achievements [...]
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
To visit Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, look into the World Heritage Tour. Shushtar, Historical Hydraulic System, inscribed as a masterpiece of creative genius, can be traced back to Darius the Great in the 5th century B.C. It involved the creation of two main diversion canals on the river Kârun one of which, Gargar canal, [...]
Sheikh Safi al din Khaneghah
To visit Sheikh Safi addin Khanegah, look into the World Heritage Tour. Built between the beginning of the 16th century and the end of the 18th century, this place of spiritual retreat in the Sufi tradition uses Iranian traditional architectural forms to maximize use of available space to accommodate a variety of functions (including [...]
Shahr-e Sukhteh
To visit Shahr-e Sukhteh, look into the World Heritage Tour. Shahr-e Sukhteh, a World Heritage Site, meaning ‘Burnt City’, is located at the junction of Bronze Age trade routes crossing the Iranian plateau. The remains of the mudbrick city represent the emergence of the first complex societies in eastern Iran. Founded around 3200 BC, [...]
Persepolis
To visit the World Heritage Site of Persepolis, look into the World Heritage Tour. Founded by Darius I in 518 B.C., Persepolis was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. It was built on an immense half-artificial, half-natural terrace, where the king of kings created an impressive palace complex inspired by Mesopotamian models. The importance [...]
Pasargadae
PASARGADAE Pasargadae is the burial place of Cyrus the Great, the designer of the first human rights who was born in Persia in 599 BC. His father, Cambyses I, was one of the kings of Persia and his mother, Mandana, was the daughter of Astyages, the last Median king. [...]
Isfahan Jame Mosque
To visit Masjed-e Jame of Isfahan, look into the World Heritage Tour. Located in the historic centre of Isfahan, the Masjed-e Jame (Friday mosque) can be seen as a stunning illustration of the evolution of mosque architecture over twelve centuries, starting in ad 841. It is the oldest preserved edifice of its type in [...]
Gonbad-e Qabus
To visit Gonbad-e Qabus, a world heritage site, look into the World Heritage Tour. The 53 m high tomb built in ad 1006 for Qabus Ibn Voshmgir, Ziyarid ruler and literati, near the ruins of the ancient city of Jorjan in north-east Iran, bears testimony to the cultural exchange between Central Asian nomads and [...]
Golestan Palace
To visit Golestan Palace, look into the World Heritage Tour. The lavish Golestan Palace, a world heritage site, is a masterpiece of the Qajar era, embodying the successful integration of earlier Persian crafts and architecture with Western influences. The walled Palace, one of the oldest groups of buildings in Teheran, became the seat of [...]
Bisotun in Kermanshah
To visit Bisotun, look into the World Heritage Tour. Bisotun, a world heritage site, is located along the ancient trade route linking the Iranian high plateau with Mesopotamia and features remains from the prehistoric times to the Median, Achaemenid, Sassanian, and Ilkhanid periods. The principal monument of this archaeological site is the bas-relief and [...]
Bam Citadel or Arg-e Bam
To visit Bam Citadel (Arg-e Bam), look into the World Heritage Tour. Bam is situated in a desert environment on the southern edge of the Iranian high plateau. The origins of Bam can be traced back to the Achaemenid period (6th to 4th centuries BC). Its heyday was from the 7th to 11th centuries, [...]