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Iran

Latitude: 35.67194 N Longitude: 51.42444 E Capital: Tehran

 
 

Travel in Iran

A total of 6 members have visited 26 locations in Iran.

Together they have written 2 travel stories and uploaded 185 pictures from Iran.

Last visit in Iran was made 2007-04-10 by bankia who was in Shiraz.

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Short introduction to Iran

Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling shah was forced into exile. Conservative clerical forces subsequently crushed westernizing liberal elements. Militant Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979 and held it until 20 January 1981. During 1980-88, Iran fought a bloody, indecisive war with Iraq over disputed territory. The key current issue is how rapidly the country should open up to the modernizing influences of the outside world.

Source: World Factbook

Most pictured locations in Iran

  1. Shiraz
  2. Tehran
  3. Persepolis
  4. Isfahan
  5. Yazd

  6. Kashan
  7. Mashhad
  8. Garmeh
  9. Tabriz
10. Bam

11. Gilan
12. Hamedan
13. Abyaneh
14. Masuleh
15. Khorramabad

16. Semnan
17. Qeshm
18. Neyshabur
19. Teheran
20. Gonbad Qavoos


Most written from locations in Iran

  1. Tabriz

 


Travel stories from Iran

Emma in another beautiful mosque. Taken 2003-11-10 in Somewhere in the desert, Iran by traveler williebobs.

Hospitality and headscarfs

Number 9 (10th November - 21st November 2003): Hospitality and headscarfs Map in hand? We've now reached and passed the epi-centre of the Silk Road network. Esfahan was a pleasant respite from th...

  

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Iran external links

Selected links to recommended web sites with information about Iran

 1.  

Iran on Lonely Planet
Iran travel information, images, facts and more.

 2.  

Iran on Wikipedia
Lots of user contributed links and information on Iran.



 
 
 

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