Iran is subdivided into thirty-one provinces, which are the first-level administrative divisions of the country. Each province is governed from a local centre, usually the largest local city, which is
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian S
Provinces of Iran
…Iran is subdivided into thirty-one provinces (Persian: استان, romanized: Ostân), which are the first-level administrative divisions of the country. Each…
Chogha Zanbil is one of the few extant ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia and considered the best-preserved example in the world.
The Saffarid dynasty in 900 AD
Reza Shah with then-Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at Persepolis, c. 1939
The coronation of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Iranian coronation, held in 1967