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Historical Shi'a-Sunni relations - Autonomy. Over the centuries, the Shia have gained suzerainty in Iran. With the rise of the Safavi empire, the Shi'as were finally able to establish a political state in which they were ascendant. [1]. Other shiite-dominated states emerged, such as Iraq when the Shiite majority achieved political enfranchisement in 2005. Like any religion or ideology, the advent of Internet brought the oppurtunity for sharing ideas and beliefs on ...

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Iran is a constitutional Islamic Republic, whose political system is laid out in the 1979 constitution called Qanun-e Asasi. Iran's makeup has several intricately connected governing bodies, some of which are democratically elected and some of which operate by co-opting people based on their religious inclinations. The concept of velayat-e faqih (guardianship of the jurist) plays an influential role in the governmental structure. It is vital to understanding some of the inspiration, basis, and institutions such as the position of the ...

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Iran, Iran - History, Iran - Government and Politics, Iran - The Supreme Leader Rahbar, Iran - The President Ra'is-e Jomhoor, Iran - The Parliament Majles, Iran - The Assembly of Experts, Iran - The Council of Guardians, Iran - The Expediency Council, Iran - The Judiciary, Iran - Provinces, Iran - Geography, Iran - Climate, Iran - Economy, Iran - Demographics, Iran - Ethnic groups, Iran - Religion, Iran - Major cities, Iran - Culture, Iran - Miscellaneous topics, Iran - Notes and references

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Like all ancient civilizations, culture constitutes the focal point and heart of Iranian civilization. The art, music, architecture, poetry, philosophy, traditions, and ideology of Iran have made it a continuously important nation in the global community. In fact, many Iranians believe their culture to be the one and only reason why their civilization has continuously survived thousands of years of plethoric calamities. Another major topic in the culture of Iran is Persian literature. The Persian language being used for over 2500 year ...

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Iran operates the following services (at January 2005): Domestic scheduled destinations: Ahwaz, Ardabil, Bandar Abbas, Bandar Lengeh, Bushehr, Chahbahar, Qeshm, Isfahan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Kish, Mashhad, Rasht, Sari, Shahre-Kord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Urmia, Yazd and Zahedan. International scheduled services: Almaty, Amsterdam, Bahrain, Baku, Beijing, Beirut, Cologne, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Istanbul, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Sharjah, Stockholm, Tashkent, Tokyo and Vienna.See also:

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Built during the Safavid period, an excellent example of Islamic Architecture in Persia (Iran). The fall of the Persian empire to invading Islamic forces ironically led to the creation of remarkable religious buildings in Iran. Arts such as calligraphy, stucco work, mirror work, and mosaic work, became closely tied with architecture in Iran in the new era. Archaeological excavations have provided sufficient documents in support ...

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Iran - Ethnic groups. The majority of Iran's population speak one of the Iranian languages, though only Persian is an official language. While the number, percentage, and definition of the different Iranian peoples is disputed, the major ethnic groups and minorities in Iran include the Persians (51%), Azeris (24%), Gilaki and Mazandarani (8%), Kurds (7%), Arabs (3%), Baluchi (2%), Lurs (2%), Turkmen people (2%), Qashqai, Armenians, Georgians, Persian Jews, Assyrians and others. These percentages however are only ...

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Iran's economy is a mixture of central planning, state ownership of oil and other large enterprises, village agriculture, and small-scale private trading and service ventures. The current administration has continued to follow the market reform plans of the previous one and has indicated that it will pursue diversification of Iran's oil-reliant economy. Iran is attempting to diversify by investing revenues in other areas, including, car manufacturing, aerospace industries, consumer electronics, and petrochemicals. Iran is also hoping to attr ...

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Iran consists of 30 provinces: Tehran Qom Markazi Qazvin Gilan Ardabil Zanjan East Azarbaijan West Azarbaijan Kurdistan Hamadan Kermanshah Ilam Lorestan Khuzestan Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari Kohkiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad Bushehr Fars Hormozgan Sistan and Baluchistan Kerman Yazd Esfahan Semnan ...

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Iran borders Azerbaijan (length of border: 432 km / 268 mi ) and Armenia (35 km / 22mi) to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan (992 km / 616 mi) to the northeast, Pakistan (909 km / 565 mi) and Afghanistan (936 km / 582 mi) to the east, Turkey (499 km / 310 mi) and Iraq (1,458 km / 906 mi) to the west, and finally the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to the south. Iran's total land mass is 1,648,000 km² / ≈636,300 mi² (Land: 1,636,000 km² / ≈631,663 mi², Water: 12,000 km² / ≈4,633 mi²).

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List of U.S. cities with Hispanic majority populations - Cities with between 25000 and 100000 people. Las Cruces (51.7%) List of U.S. cities with Hispanic majority populations - Cities with fewer than 25000 people. Belen (68.6%) Chaparral (64.5%) Chimayo (91.0%) Espanola (84.4%) Grants (52.4%) Las Vegas (83.0%) Lordsburg (74.4%) Meadow Lake (57.9%) Pecos (80.1%) Pena Blanca (79.4%) Raton (57.0%) Santa Rosa (81.2%) ...

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List of U.S. cities with Hispanic majority populations - Cities with over 100000 people. Brownsville (91.3%) Corpus Christi (54.3%) El Paso (76.6%) Laredo (94.1%) McAllen (80.3%) San Antonio (58.7%) List of U.S. cities with Hispanic majority populations - Cities with between 25000 and 100000 people. Del Rio (81.0%) Edinburg (88.7%) Harlingen (72.8%) Kingsville (67.0%) Mission (81.0%) ...

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Relatively little is known about the Prophet Zoroaster and even the period he lived in is disputed. Usually he is placed roughly near 1000 BCE, though others give earlier estimates, while still others place him in the 6th century BCE, which would make him contemporary to the rise of the first Achaemenides. According to tradition, Zoroaster was the son of Pourushaspa' and Dugdhova, and was special since birth. Pliny the Elder relates that the prophet was born smiling. His head shook uncontrollably to the point where he wo ...

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Zoroastrianism teaches many of the concepts found in the major Abrahamic faiths such as Heaven, Hell, Day of judgement, the concept of Satan, the prophecy and the coming of the Messiah and the extensive teaching of Angels and Evil spirits. According to the Gathas humans are free and responsible beings. Predestination is rejected in Zoroastrian teaching. Humans bear responsibility for all situations they are in, and in the way they act to one another. Nothing in the Heavens and Earth has the power to force a being to do evil. Reward, p ...

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Ahura Mazda is the beginning and the end, the creator of everything which can and cannot be seen, the Eternal, the Pure and the only Truth. Zoroastrian morality is summed up in the simple phrase, "Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds" ("Pendar-e Nik, Goftar-e Nik, Kerdar-e Nik" in the present day Persian) ["Homaato", "Hokhto", "Hovarasht", in the ancient language]. Daena (din in modern Persian) is the eternal Law, whose order was revealed to humanity through the Mathra-Spenta "Holy Words". Daena has been used to mean re ...

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The Holy Book of Zoroastrianism is called the Zend Avesta. The Zend is the commentary on the teaching and the Avesta is the original teaching in these sacred texts. Only a portion of the Avesta, known as the Gathas (The Hymns) are attributed to the Prophet Zoroaster himself. The Avesta was composed orally, and learned from memory for centuries until it was finally written down in Sassanian Times. Before the invasion of Alexander and the Islamic conquest of Iran there were a total of 21 Books followed by Zoroastrians called Nasks. Only ...

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Some major Zoroastrian concepts: Equality of sex. Men and women are equal in all manners within society. Cleanliness of the environment. Nature is central to the practice of Zoroastrianism and many important Zoroastrian annual festivals are in celebration of nature: new year on the first day of spring, the water festival in summer, the autumn festival at the end of the season, and the mid-winter fire festival. Hard work and charity. Laziness and sloth are frowned on. Zoroastrians are encouraged to part with a l ...

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Although carpet production has mostly become mechanized today, the traditional hand woven rugs are still widely found, and usually have higher prices than the machine woven counterparts. Many fine pieces of the Persian carpet are to be found in The Carpet Museum of Iran in Tehran. ...

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It is also important to differentiate between Anatolian (Turkish) carpets and Persian Carpets. Persian carpets are single tied wheras Turkish / Anatolian carpets are double tied. This means that for every 'vertical strand' of thread in a carpet, an Anatolian carpet has two knots as opposed to the one knot in a Persian carpet. Ultimately, this process of 'double knotting' in traditional Anatolian carpets results in a more choppy and block like image in the finished product as each 'vertical strand' takes more space on the loom. On the other h ...

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Famous Parsis include the founder of Indian Civil Aviation and legendary industrialist J. R. D. Tata, Phirozeshah Mehta, Dadabhai Naoroji, Bhikaiji Cama, symphonic conductor Zubin Mehta, nuclear scientist Homi J. Bhabha, the similarly-named philosopher Homi K. Bhabha, the first and only field marshall of India Sam Manekshaw, screenwiter Sooni Taraporevala (of the films Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala, both directed by Mira Nair, as well as author of a photography book on the Parsi community entitled Parsis: The Zoroastr ...

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Small but thriving Zoroastrian communities are found in India, Pakistan, Iran, as well as major urban areas in United States, Canada, England, Australia, and a worldwide diaspora. Zoroastrian communities in the diaspora comprise two main groups of people: those of Indian Zoroastrian background, who are known as Parsis (or Parsees), and those of Iranian background. Zoroastrian temples, as well as community centers (which are more common in the diaspora than temples, because of fire consecration issues) are also found wherever Zoroastri ...

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The Indo-Scythians were named "Shaka" in India, an extension on the name Saca used by the Persians to designate Scythians. Shakas receive numerous mentions in texts like the Puranas, the Manusmriti, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Mahabhasiya of Patanjali, the Brhat Samhita of Vraha Mihira, the Kavyamimamsa, the Brihat-Katha-Manjari, the Katha-Saritsagara and several other old texts. The Shakas are described as part of an amalgam of other war-like tribes from the northwest. See also:

Saka, Saka - Connection theories, Saka - Asian peoples, Saka - European peoples, Saka - Sakas in Ancient Indian Literature, Saka - Degraded Kshatriyas from the northwest, Saka - Military actions, Saka - Military alliance with Chandragupta circa 320 BCE

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The Safavid dynasty had its origins in a long established Sufi order, called the Safaviyeh, which had flourished in Azerbaijan since the early 14th century. Its founder was Sheikh Safi Al-Din (1252–1334), after whom it was named. Sheikh Safi-Al-Din Abul Fath Is'haq Ardabili came from Ardebil, a city in today's Iranian Azerbaijan where his shrine still exists. He was a disciple of the famed Sufi Grand Master Sheikh Zahed Gilani (1216–1301) of Lahijan. Spiritual heir to Sheikh Zahed, Safi Al-Din transformed the inherited Zahe ...

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