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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Achaemenid Museum (Persepolis Museum)
The current location of the Museum of Achaemenid or Persepolis is somehow one of the oldest buildings that...
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Tabriz Armenians Museum
Being also famous as the Museum of Caliphate Churches of Azerbaijan Armenians, the Museum of Armenians in Tabriz...
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The Stone Museum in Taq-e Bostan (Kermanshah)
The Stone Museum is placed next to the historical area of Taq-e Bostan. It includes over forty stone objects most of which related to Sassanid empire and also to Qajar. There are Sassanid capitals in the museum belonged to a palace which had never been constructed.
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Museum of Bath and History of Farooj
Museum of Bath and History of Farooj was inscribed in 1388 SH on the list of Iran National...
Handicrafts
The Fame & Myth
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Isa Gholipoor (North Khorasan)
Haj Isa Gholipoor, known as Isa Bakhshy, was born in 1321 SH, in Sallakh, a village in the...
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Majid Samii (Gilan)
Majid Samii, a physician and neurosurgeon, was born on Khordad 29, 1316 SH (19 June 1937) in Tehran. ...
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Mahmud Farshchian of Isfahan
Mahmud Farshchian was born in 1308 AH in the city of Isfahan. His father, Haj Gholamreza Farshchian, was...
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Kamaladdin Behzad (East Azerbaijan)
Kamaladdin Behzad, an Iranian painter, was born around 870 A.H. in the city of Herat. Historical texts describe him as follows: \"The rare gem of his time and a marvel of the era, the master Behzad, hailing from the Court of Herat.
Dance & Local Games
Persian Foods
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Sholeh Zard (Saffron Rice Pudding)
Sholeh Zard is a sweet Iranian dessert made of saffron, sugar, almond flakes and rice. This high-calorie dessert...
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Sabzi Polo Semnani
Nourishing and spicy local foods of Semnan province are affected by climate conditions, the culture and the lifestyle...
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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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Kashk-e Bademjan
Kashk-e Bademjan or Kashk-e Bademjoon (Persian: کشک بادمجان) is a delicious Iranian dish. This tasty food is not only easy to cook but also has many fans.
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Bonab Kebab
Bonab Kebab is a kind of Kabab koobideh attributed to Bonab city in East Azerbaijan province. It is made of fresh and fatty sheep mutton in the same form as Koobideh but much bigger.