Norooz 1387 - Eid-e Shoma Mubarak! In harmony with the rebirth of nature, the Iranian New Year Celebration, or NOROOZ, always begins on the first day of spring. Norooz ceremonies are symbolic representations of two ancient concepts - the End and the Rebirth; or Good and Evil. The origins of Norooz are unknown, but they go back several thousand ...

It is 22 Bahman 1386 coincide with <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = ''urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags'' /><st1:date Month=''2'' Day=''11'' Year=''2008''>February 11, 2008</st1:date> with marks the 29th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. This day brings remembrance of the fact that the will of a nation ...

It is 22 Bahman 1386 coincide with <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="2" Day="11" Year="2008">February 11, 2008</st1:date> with marks the 29th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. This day brings remembrance of ...

This notice announces the starting of Parliamentary Elections in location 88 in Tehran, Iran. The March 14, 2008 (24 Esfand 1386) parliamentary elections will mark the 28th national election since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979. There are about 4,500 candidates are competing for the 290 seats of parliament.

Today is 22 Bahman 1386 coincide with February 11, 2008 with marks the 29th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. This day brings remembrance of the fact that the will of a nation can change the course of history, of a time when one nation stood up for its rights and would not be intimidated into accepting tyranny of Shah any longer. ...

This is a small section of huge place of Gogad Caravansary located in Mahallat in the province of Esfehun Nesfe Jahan. I took this image from one of the towers looking over the town. A 'caravan' in Persian means a group of travelers or merchants banded together and organized for mutual assistance and defense while traveling through unsettled or ...

This is the cover of main Iranian National Newspapers which published today.After few years hard working, Iranian Aeronautics and Space Administration (IASA) managed to launch the first rocket into space to mark the opening of its first space center under the name of Kavoshgar on <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = ...

This relegious players play for TAAZEEYE (Taziye), the religious street theatre about Tasooaa in the month of Muharram which people mourn for Imam Hussain (PBUH) and his followers.He with the help of his co-actors play in different scenes of events of Kerbala.In the month of Muharram 61 AH (approx. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = ...

Some time ago, I saw this simple meaningful graffiti on a wall of a famous road in Tehran, Vali Aser Street. I guess this image will be my LAST IMAGE for the YEAR 2007, where there are still lots of wars and invasions going on in different parts of the world. As a result of these invasions, many people similar to us have been murdered, injured or ...

Yawm-al Quds or Al-Quds Day is a day of solidarity with the oppressed Palestinians and all oppressed people in general. All over the world rallies and marches are held on this day, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.  The history of Quds Day dates back to the victory of the Islamic Revolution in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = ...

This is an official contract between Iran-EcoTour and I for one day trekking trip to Kondelus Village. As it says in Persian Language (Farsi) Iran-Ecotour provides breakfast, lunch, insurance, tour leader for each passenger. I marked the word insurance with a red circle for marking it in this official contract.   On 10 August 2007, I ...

It is the current currency in Islamic Republic of Iran. It worth 1000 Rials, or 100 Tomans if you get rid of the last zero. With 1000 Rials, you could do: - to go for a short distance by taxi- to buy 5 bus tickets - to pay it to a unfortunate begger - or, to keep it in your money collection for good.

Mohammed Hossein Fahmideh, was a 13 year old boy who is praised by Iranians as a true patriot. During the Iran-Iraq war he made his decision to leave his home and go to the south of Iran to stop the invasion of the Iraqi army. He fought side by side with the older Iranian soldiers and held the Iraqi troops back despite his young age. Iraqi troops ...

<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O />   WAKE UP Ecotour ! Wake up all of FAT ignorant directors of Ecotour ! Be responsible to your fault.  Be responsible toward my mother who lost her health because of your ignorance.  Why are hidding yourselves from my poor mother and other injured people in your one day trekking trip to ...

Perhaps you would be surprised I put this title to my photo journalist image, but if you read more the purpose of the activity of each top individual in the Ecotour, (www.cheetah.irandoe.org/news/index.html)  you would understand that why these top directors care more about wildlife rather that the value of my mother who was ALMOST dying ...

wait till emptiness fill your soul

Mesr is a small rural area near to the Kavir-e Iran (desert). People are mostly farmers. The houses still made by traditional adobe stuff. Here you could look at the old traditional chimney, and in the far distant you would see the other adobe houses and the salty desert toward the horizon.

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