Iran

Before the Shah was deposed I went to stay with my school friend sarah who lived in Tehran. I had several other Iranian friends from school. I loved the country and was overwhelmed by the hospitality and beauty of both the people and the landscape. The food is delicious, I especially loved going to buy bread at the bakery when they pulled it fresh off the walls of the oven.We would take it home and devour the lot with a delicious yoghurt based dip.Going out to the mountains outside Tehran was a journey both in beauty and time. I would love to visit Iran again.

I met this girl while on a boat trip down the bospherous in istanbul and she suggested I visited Iran. She gave me her name and address (she’s married) and said she would help me out when I visited. Hey, like I was minding my own business and looking out to sea at the time but then that’s life! Should I go I wonder?

people are so nice! Love Teheran! muah..a totally different world

We have gone iran for climbing demavent mountain ,After finishing climbing ,we went tahran ,isfahan , and bam .Tahran is not worth visiting ,İsfahan and Bam was excellent

In former ages, the names Aryana and Persis were used to describe the region which is today known as the Iranian plateau. The earliest Iranian reference to the word (airya/arya/aryana etc), however, predates the Iranian prophet Zoroaster (est. anywhere between 1200 to 1800 BCE, according to Greek sources, as early as 6000 BCE and is attested in non-Gathic Avestan; it appears as airya, meaning noble/spiritual/elevated; as airya dainhava (Yt.8.36, 52) meaning the land of the Aryans; and as airyana vaejah, the original land of the Aryans.

During the Achaemenid dynasty (550-330 BCE), the Persian people called their provincial homeland Parsa, the
Stonecarving from Persepolis showing Darius I the Great of Persia (521-486 BC).
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Stonecarving from Persepolis showing Darius I the Great of Persia (521-486 BC).

Old Persian name for Cyrus the Great’s kingdom which belonged to the Persian tribe of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranians and which can still be found in the term Pars or Fars as part of the heartland of Iran and for example in the map by Eratosthenes and other historical or modern maps.
       

To better understand my boyfriend’s culture and for adventure! I also want to see Persepoles, the Caspian sea, Shiraz, shop at a bazaar, eat tons of Persian food, and see the neighborhood in Tehran where my boyfriend grew up.

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Some of the kindest people I’ve met are from Iran. They have a genuine spirit which I cherish. A country that has produced such beautiful people deserves a visit.

My quest to learn Farsi has begun. I can almost tell what some words mean now, and basic hellos, goodbyes. Lack of vowels is confusing me some, but I’m learning. What a beautiful culture. I can’t wait to be there for Norouz someday.

i’m half iranian, my dad is from kerman. my grandma lives there and i haven’t seen her since she visited the us when i was 5 months old…so i don’t exactly remember her. i also have other relatives that live there that i’ve never met before that i would really like to meet some day.