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The Bostanak of The Lost Paradise of Shiraz 19 May 2018

The Bostanak of The Lost Paradise of Shiraz

5km from Kamfiruz, a district in Marvdasht County, Fars Province, south of Ira, stretches a fertile land with patches of fields and mountains. Tangey-e Bostanak valley extends from east to west, occupied by enormous rocks on either side. One of the characteristics of this natural phenomenon is the bedrock of the Valley of the Valley, […]

Saraye Moshir: Traditional Bazaar in Shiraz 21 Mar 2018

Saraye Moshir: Traditional Bazaar in Shiraz

Saraye Moshir or Golshan Sara is traditional and one of the oldest bazaars in Shiraz, a Southern city of Iran and is built in the Qajar period. It is located at the end of Vakil Bazaar in the south east corner. Many mistake it for Vakil Bazaar, because they are located next to each other. […]

29 Jan 2018

Shiraz to use foreign fund to open ME’s largest lab

According to the head of Association of Entrepreneurs of Fars province, the largest laboratory of Middle East will open at Shiraz University with the help of foreign finance. Ahmad Ghoreyshi-nejad said Sunday that so far 125 million euros of foreign finance have been absorbed in the province, which will be used to found the largest […]

Qashqai wedding celebrated in Shiraz 15 Dec 2017

Qashqai wedding celebrated in Shiraz

Two couples from Qashqai tribe tied the knot on the sidelines of the 9th Pars Tourism Festival in the southern city of Shiraz, Fars Province.  Dressed in beautiful costumes, Qashqai men danced to their traditional music and celebrated the wedding. The Qashqai are a Turkish-speaking tribe of pastoral nomads in southern Iran. They migrate between […]

Jame’ Atiq Mosque: One of the Very Old Mosques in Iran 29 Nov 2017

Jame’ Atiq Mosque: One of the Very Old Mosques in Iran

The ancient Jame’ Atiq Mosque of Shiraz is one of the oldest mosques in Iran and a relic of the days of the Saffarid Amr bin Leys’s reign. It is a structure referred to many times in the writings of travelers such as the Bin Battuta and Madame Dieulafoy. The Saffarids were a people of […]

Masjed-e Nou: The Second Old Mosque of Iran’s Shiraz 14 Nov 2017

Masjed-e Nou: The Second Old Mosque of Iran’s Shiraz

TEHRAN  – The name of Masjed-e Nou (new mosque) was the Atabak Mosque in older times. However, since it was damaged several times in the years 1789 CE and 1852 CE by severe earthquakes, and was rebuilt, it became known as new mosque. It is located in Shiraz, in Iran’s southern province of Fars. In […]

Darvazeh Qur’an: A Historic Gate North of Shiraz 05 Oct 2017

Darvazeh Qur’an: A Historic Gate North of Shiraz

TEHRAN  – Darvazeh Qur’an is located in northeast of Iran’s southern city of Shiraz in the canyon of Allah-o Akbar between Chehel Maqam Mountain and Baba-Koohi Mountain and is located at the exit of Shiraz towards the city of Marvdasht. Darvazeh Qur’an is less than 10 meters far from Khajavi Kermani tomb, less than five […]