The faculty event to introduce countries where foreign students come from.

1. About my country
IRAN
Saber Amin Yavari

2. General InformatIon

3. General Information
Europe
Africa
Asia
Middle
East

4. General Information
Persian
Gulf
Caspian
Sea

5. General Information
Ancient Name:
Perse, Pars, Persia (Until 1935) Persians (Parsians)
Conventional Name:
Iran (After 1935) Iranians
Type of Government:
Republic (Islamic Republic)
Conventional Long Full Name:
Islamic Republic of Iran
Reference: CIA Facebook

6. General Information
Iran’s Flag
Reference: CIA Facebook

7. General Information
Iranian Bank Notes

8. General Information
Race Background:
Aria (Arya)
Area: 1.648 million sq km (Slightly Larger than Alaska)
Population: 70,688,433 (July 2006 est.)
Religion: Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish,
Christian, and Baha'i 2%
Reference: CIA Facebook
Wikipedia.org

9. General Information
Capital: Tehran
Calendar: Persian Calendar
This year: 1391
Persian New Year: 21st
March
Official Language: Farsi (Persian)
Reference: CIA Facebook
wikipedia.com

10. BrIef
HIstory

11. History
Achaemenian Empires (3200 BCE – 330 BCE)
Reference: Wikipedia.org
Mediterranean
Sea
Black
Sea

12. History
Achaemenian Empires (3200 BCE – 330 BCE)
Darius, the Great
Old Testament, Ezra Chapter 6
Darius finds the decree of Cyrus in the archives of
Achmetha (Hamadan), and directs Tatnai not to
disturb the Jews in their work. He also exempts them
from tribute, and supplies everything necessary for
the offerings. The Temple is finished in the month of
Adar, in the sixth year of Darius, and is dedicated with
great solemnity.
Cyrus, the Great
Old Testament, Ezra Chapter 1
Cyrus king of Persia released God's people from their
captivity, with license to return and build the temple in
Jerusalem: and restored the holy vessels which
Nabuchodonosor had taken from them.
Reference: Wikipedia.org

13. History
The First Human Rights Document Ever Made by
Cyrus the great Persia, Achaemenian Era
Reference: Wikipedia.org

14. History
Rhazes, 865 A.D., Chemist and Physician
Discovered Sulfuric Acid and Alcohol
Reference: wikipedia.org
Khwarizmi , 800 A.D., Persian
mathematician, astronomer, astrologer
and geographer, Inventor of Algorithm

15. History
Avicennia, 980 A.D., Physician and Philosopher
Author of The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine
which was for seven centuries the standard medical text in European universities
Reference: wikipedia.org

16. natural scenery and
tourIsm attractIons

17. Damavand, 5671m, Mazandaran

18. Caspian (KHAZAR) Sea, Mazandaran

20. Si-o-se pol (Bridge of 33 Arches ), 1602, Esfahan

21. Chehel-Sotoun (40 Columns), 1600’s, Esfahan

22. WindowTile Work, Ceiling of a mosque
Naqsh-e Jahan Square, 1400’s, Esfahan
One of the UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites

23. Vank Church- Esfahan 1600’s

24. Persepolis (500 BC), Shiraz

25. All Nations Gate, Statue of Xerxes the Great, Persepolis, Achaemenian Capital
Reference: bia2.com
dreamview.net

26. Persepolis, 500 BC

27. Pasargad, 500 BC- SHIRAZ

28. Tehran, The capital

29. Wind Generators, Manjil, Guilan

30. Hafez (Poet, -) Tomb, ShirazSanandaj, Kurdistan

31. Falak-ol-Aflaak Castle, Lorestan

32. Boroujerd, Lorestan

33. Bushehr, Persian Gulf

34. Desert, Central Iran

35. Window
Windcatcher (Bâdgir), Yazd
A traditional Persian architectural device used for many centuries to create natural ventilation in buildings

36. Arg BAM, 200 AD

37. Azarbaijan

38. Social life
of
iranianS

39. Reference: worldisround.com
Iranian Youth Participating
in Presidential Polls
Women’s driving

40. Social Life after 1979 Revolution
Reference: worldisround.com
Iranian Women Ice Skaters
and Inline Skaters
Ski Resorts,
Tehran

41. Social Life after 1979 Revolution
Iranian Women Polo Players Iranian Women Golf Players

42. Reference: worldisround.com
Tehran Symphonic Orchestra

43. Some traditionS
of iranian

44. Yalda Night

45. Reference: worldisround.com
Last Wednesday of the Year
Chahrshanbe Soori
Fireworks, Dance and Jump over Fire

46. 7Sin

47. 7Sin

48. art and iranianS

49. Iranian Traditional Painting- MINIATURE

50. Iranian Traditional Painting- MINIATURE

51. Iranian Traditional Painting- MINIATURE

52. Art and Iranians
Reference: manhattanrugs.com
Hand-knotted
Persian Silk/wool
Rug

53. Art and Iranians
Reference: manhattanrugs.com
Blue Tile Works

54. Art and Iranians
Reference: salamiran.org
Handicraft Copper
Works

56. FOOD anD iranians

63. Thank You