Exploring Iran’s Ethnic Groups

Iran is a cosmopolitan country with a unique ethnic and linguistic variety which is one of its most appealing aspects. This ethnic and linguistic variety originates from Iran’s rich history and a changing border pattern throughout the years. Different ethnic groups are one of Iran’s most daring beauties since it combines several civilizations into a […]

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21 greatest Iranian Actors & Actresses

Iran has many great movies and great actors performing in them. Keep on reading to get to know some of the best Iranian actors and actresses.

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Firouz Naderi, The Iranian Leader of NASA

Firouz Naderi is an Iranian-American scientist working in NASA for over 35 years. He worked in different positions of NASA; however, Dr. Naderi mainly focused on different parts of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).  In fact, he contributed to a lot of projects of spatial robotics of America at the laboratory. Naderi was also the director […]

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Omar Khayyam, When the Laughing Spring is Blowing

“… and then I sought a green plant or something there to bring home as a souvenir. There were some plants growing among the bricks but they were so poor and inappropriate. So I looked around the tomb surrounding inside the garden; fortunately, I discovered a row of red flowers. There were no flower in […]

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Baloch Ethnicity in Iran, Baloch of Iran

(Iran Ethnicities in Details – Part 6 – Baloch Ethnicity) Baloch people are the majority population of Sistân and Balochistân Province in Iran, the remotest area in the southeast of the country with a harsh climate. They live as different tribes. And speak an Iranian language called Balochi which has two major spoken dialects, Rakhshâni […]

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Mohammad Reza Shajarian – The Most Praised Iranian Singer

With no doubt, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian is the most praised Iranian classical singer around the world. He is a composer and the Ostad (maestro) of Persian traditional music. He has been called “Iran’s greatest living maestro of Persian classical music”. Keep on reading if you want to know more about this great artist. Mohammad Reza Shajarian’s […]

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Majid Samii – Iranian Neurosurgeon, Known Internationally

Iranian people are proud of a lot of Iranian figures who contributed to the development of science at the international level. Professor Samii is only one Iranian scientist but maybe the most renowned one among the Iranian successful figures. We are going to get familiar with an internationally prominent Iranian neurosurgeon, Professor Majid Samii. Early […]

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Iranian Lurs Ethnic

(Iran Ethnicities in Details – Part 5 – Lur Ethnic) After learning more about Gils, Mazans, Kurds, and Turks, now it’s time to learn more about Lur ethnic (or Lors). Where Lurs Live They live in west and southwest of Iran in Lorestan, Kohkiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Khuzestan, Fars, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Hamadan, Ilam, and […]

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Azeri Ethnicity in Iran

(Iran Ethnicities in Details – Part 3 – Turk Ethnicity) Iranian Turk ethnicity consists of different groups such as Azeris, Turkmens, and some other Turks who are living as divergent tribes in different parts of Iran. These tribes are the minorities of the Turkic-speaking people. They include Qashqai people, Khorasani Turks, Afshar people, and Qarai […]

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Nima Yooshij – The Father of Modern Persian Poetry

Nima Yooshij is a familiar figure among European and especially French-speaking intellectuals. Nima is known as the father of Persian poetry.

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Jalaluddin Rumi – An Introduction of Rumi and His Poems

Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Hosein Hoseini Khatibi Bakri Balkhi (Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi) Known as Mowlana, Molavi, and Jalaluddin Rumi, is one of the most well-known Iranian poets.  In later centuries he has been described as Molavi, Mowlana, Moavi Rumi, and Molaye Rumi. His mother tongue was Persian. Molavi’s father was Muhammad bin Hosein Khatibi (known […]

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Iranian Turkmens

(Iran Ethnicities in Details – Part 4 – Turk Ethnicity) Previously in the Iranian ethnicity series, we learned about Gils, Mazanis, Kurds an Azeri Turks. We learned Turk ethnicity in Iran includes Azeri ethnicity, Turkmen ethnic, Qashqais, etc. In Part four we are going to dive a bit deeper into Iranian Turkmen ethnic life. We […]

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