Qasr-e Shirin (Kurdish: Qesirî Şîrîn, Persian: قصرشيرين; also Romanized as Qaşr-e Shīrīn and Qasr-ī-Shīrīn; also known as Ghasr-ī-shīrīn and Ghasr-shīrīn) is a city in and the capital of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran.
Pardis (Persian: پرديس, also Romanized as Pardīs; also known as Shahr-e Jadīd-e Pardīs (Persian: ِشهرِ جدید پردیس), meaning "New City of Pardis") is a city in the Bumehen District of Pardis County, Tehran Province, Iran.
Chalus (Persian: چالوس, also Romanized as Chālūs, Chaloos, Chalousse and Chalous) is a city in and the capital of Chalus County, Mazandaran Province, Iran.
Located in Tehran, beside Laleh Park, and founded in 1976, the Carpet Museum of Iran exhibits a variety of Persian carpets from all over Iran, dating from the 18th century to the present.
Bojnord (Persian: بجنورد) (also spelled Bojnūrd, Bujnūrd, Bojnoord, or Bujnurd.) is the capital city of North Khorasan province, Iran.
Aria Air Flight 1525 was a scheduled Iranian domestic flight which crashed on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Mashhad, Iran, on 24 July 2009.
Sahand (Azerbaijani: Səhənd; Persian : سهند), is a massive, heavily eroded stratovolcano in Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran.
Neka (Persian: نكا, also Romanized as Nekā’ and Nekā; also known as Nīkā; formerly, Nāranj Bāgh) is a city in and the capital of Neka County, Mazandaran Province, Iran.
Ministry of Energy of Iran (Persian: وزارت نیرو Vezârat-e Niru), is the main organ of the Government in charge of the regulation and implementation of policies applicable to energy, electricity, water and wastewater services.
Malayer (Persian: ملاير, also Romanized as Malāyer; formerly Dowlatabad (Persian: دَولَت آباد), also Romanized as Dowlatābād and Daūlatābād) is a city in and capital of Malayer County, Hamadan Province, Iran.
Larak Island (also Lark Island) is an island off the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf, which has been one of Iran's major oil export points since 1987.The narrowest part of the Strait of Hormuz at distance of 24 miles (39 km) lies between the islan…
Ganj Nameh (Persian: گنجنامه literally: Treasure epistle) is an ancient inscription, 5 km southwest of Hamedan, on the side of Alvand Mountain in Iran. The inscription, which has been carved in granite, is composed of two sections. One (on the left…
Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni (Persian: بندرامام خمینی, also Romanized as Bandare Emm Xomeyni; formerly, Bandar Šâhpur) is a city in and the capital of Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni District of Mahshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Babolsar (Persian: بابلسر, also Romanized as Bābolsar and Bābul Sar; also known as Mashhadsar (Persian: مَشهَدسَر), also Romanized as Mashhad-i-Sar and Meshed-i-Sar) is a city in and the capital of Babolsar County, Mazandaran Province, Iran.
Abadan International Airport (IATA: ABD, ICAO: OIAA) is situated 12 kilometers away from the city of Abadan, Iran.
Toop Khāneh (Persian: توپخانه; which literally means "Cannon House"), also spelt as Tūpkhāneh, is a major town square (Maidan-e Toopkhaneh) and a neighborhood in the south of the central district of the city of Tehran, Iran. It was built in 1867 by…
Shahrak-e Gharb (also called Shahrak-e Qods, Persian: شهرک غرب literally means "West Town") is a planned town built as a massive project of modern apartment buildings and villas in the north-western part of Tehran, Iran.
Rafsanjan (Persian: رفسنجان, also Romanized as Rafsanjān and Rafsinjān; also known as Bahrāmābād) is a city in and the capital of Rafsanjan County, Kerman Province, Iran.
Quchan (Persian: قوچان Qučān pronounced [quˈtʃɑːn, ɢoˈtʃɒːn]; also Romanized as Qūchān and Quçan; also known as Gochan) is a city in and capital of Quchan County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. It is located due south of the border city of Ash…
Izeh (Persian: ايذه, also Romanized as Īz̄eh; also known as Malāmir, Izaj, and Malemir) is a city in and the capital of Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
The following is a list of endorheic basins — watersheds which do not drain to the sea.
The Kharraqan towers are mausoleums, built in 1067 and 1093, located on the plains in northern Iran, near Qazvin.
Kashmar (Persian: کاشمر, also Romanized as Kāshmar; formerly ترشیز Torshīz or سلطانآباد Soltanabad) is a city in and the capital of Kashmar County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. Kashmar is located near the river Sish Taraz in the western part…
Kahnuj (Persian: كهنوج, also Romanized as Kahnūj) is a city in and the capital of Kahnuj County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 38,571, in 8,278 families.
Falak-ol-Aflak Castle (in Persian: دژ شاپورخواست Dež-e Shāpūr-Khwāst, in ancient times known as Dežbār as well as Shāpūr-Khwāst) is a castle situated on the top of a large hill with the same name within the city of Khorramabad, the regional capital…
Ekbatan Town (Persian: شهرک اکباتان - Shahrak e Ekbātān), also called Ekbatan Complex, is a planned town built as a project of modern apartment buildings in western part of Tehran, Iran.
Behshahr (Persian: بهشهر; formerly Ashraf and Ashraf ol Belād) is a city in and the capital of Behshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Located on the cost of the Caspian Sea, at the foot of the Alborz, it is approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) …
Behbahan (Persian: بهبهان, also Romanized as Behbahān and Behbehān) is a city in and the capital of Behbahan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Bandar Torkaman (Persian: بندرتركمن; also Romanized as Bandar-e Torkaman, Bandar-e Torkeman, and Bandar-e Torkman; formerly, Bandar Shah (Persian: بَندَرِ شاه), also Romanized as Bandar-e Shāh and Bandar Shāh) is a city in and capital of Torkaman …
The Bakhtiari Dam is an arch dam currently under construction on the Bakhtiari River within the Zagros Mountains in Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At a planned height of 315 metres (1,033 ft), it will be the world's tallest dam once comp…
Urmia Airport (Persian: فرودگاه اورميه – Farūdgāh-e Ūrmīyeh) (IATA: OMH, ICAO: OITR) is a village and airport in Nazluy-ye Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its popul…
Teppe Hasanlu or Tappeh Hassanlu (Persian: تپه حسنلو) is an archeological site of an ancient city located in northwest Iran (in the province of West Azerbaijan), a short distance south of Lake Urmia.
The International Tehran Tower (Persian: برج بینالمللی تهران) is a 56-story building in Tehran, Iran.
Tafresh (Persian: تفرش) is a city (academic city) in Markazi Province, Iran.
Shemshak (Persian: شمشک) is a city in Rudbar-e Qasran District, Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran.
Salsabil (Arabic: سلسبيل Salsabīl) is an Islamic Arabic term referring to a spring in paradise (Jannah).It can also mean river or fountain in paradise.The sole Qur'anic reference is in sura Al-Insan.