IRN IRANS BACKGROUND KNOWN AS PERSIA UNTIL 1935
IRÁN
IRAN’S BACKGROUND KNOWN AS PERSIA UNTIL 1935, IRAN BECAME AN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IN 1979 AFTER THE RULING MONARCHY WAS OVERTHROWN AND SHAH MOHAMMAD REZA PAHLAVI WAS FORCED INTO EXILE.
• 1979 – ISLAMIC REVOLUTION (LED BY LEFTISTS AND ISLAMIST RADICALISTS ) • SINCE THEN: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN (THEOCRACY) • LEADER: AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI TOGETHER WITH RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS
IF IRAN LOCATED IN EUROPE
POSITION, AREA, POPULATION, NEIGHBORS AND. . . • POPULATION: 81, 995, 769 • AREA: 1, 628, 550 KM 2 - 21 X BIGGER THAN CZECHIA • NEIGHBOURS: NORTHWEST – ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN; NORTH – CASPIAN SEA; NORTHEAST – TURKMENISTAN; EAST – AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN; SOUTH – THE PERSIAN GULF AND THE OMAN GULF; WEST – TURKEY AND IRAQ • CAPITAL : TEHERAN (13 MIL. ) • LANGUAGES: OFFICIAL - PERSIAN (FARSI), OTHER: AZERI TURKIC AND TURKIC DIALECTS, KURDISH, GILAKI, MAZANDARI, LURI, BALOCHI, ARABIC
Climate HOT, DRY CLIMATE CHARACTERIZED BY LONG, HOT, DRY SUMMERS AND SHORT, COOL WINTERS. THE CLIMATE IS INFLUENCED BY IRAN'S LOCATION BETWEEN THE SUBTROPICAL ARIDITY OF THE ARABIAN DESERT AREAS AND THE SUBTROPICAL HUMIDITY OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AREA. COLDEST MONTH – JANUARY (TEMPERATURE 5°C TO 10°C), HOTTEST MONTH – AUGUST (20°C TO 30°C, SOMETIMES OVER 40°C).
PERSIAN ALPHABET
HOW TO WRITE PERSIAN https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=zi 0 Lj. Ld. Rn 1 o
IRANIAN EDUCATION AND SCIENTIST • ALMOST 50% OF YOUNG IRANIAN PEOPLE HAVE DOCTORATE • NO DISCRIMINATION OF WOMEN IN TERMS OF EDUCATION
IRAN HAS DIFFERENT NATIONS KURDISH, TURKMENS, BALOCHI, BAKHTIARI, QASHQAI, LUR, AZARI PERSIAN AND ARABIC ARE 2 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES WITH THE SAME LETTERS(ALPHABET)
PERSIAN FOOD
NEW YEAR
• IRAN HAS A DIFFERENT CALENDER (10. 07. 2018 IS 20. 04. 1397 ) • NEW YEAR, NOWRUZ – 21 ST MARCH • NOWRUZ CELEBRATED BY “SOFREH HAFT SIN“ IT MEANS SEVEN THINGS WHICH START WITH “S”.
SIZDAH BEDAR • TIE THE GRASS TO FIND A WIFE/HUSBAND
RELIGION 100% OFFICIALLY MUSLIM (ALL NEWBORN CHILDREN REGISTERED AS MUSLIMS) THE REALITY IS DIFFERENT, MY ESTIMATE IS: • 50% BELIEVE IN GOD BUT ARE NOT RELIGIOUS • 30% DEEPLY RELIGIOUS • 10% OTHER RELIGIONS • 10% DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD ANY RELIGION
MANDATORY HIJAB FOR UNRELIGIOUS PEOPLE
MAGHNAE’ IS THE OFFICIAL TYPE OF HIJAB
HIJAB FOR RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
FASHION- WOMEN - TEHRAN
FASHION- MEN - TEHRAN
ALCOHOL IN IRAN, YOU CAN HAVE ANY KIND OF ALCHOHOL JUST IN FEW HOURS
IRANIAN PARTIES AND PRIVATE CLUBS
IRANIAN WEDDING
CURRENCY • 1000 RIYAL : 100 TOMAN • 10 000 RIYAL : 1000 TOMAN • 100 000 RIYAL : 10 000 TOMAN • 1000 RIYAL : 100 000 TOMAN • 10 000 RIYAL: 1 000 TOMAN AND ….
HOW A TOURIST DRESS IN IRANIANS ARE WELCOMING TO GUESTS AND TOURISTS AND IF YOU TRAVEL THERE VERY OFTEN A FAMILY INVITES YOU TO THEIR OWN HOME. YOU CAN BE THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND EAT WHATEVER YOU WANT. THEY WILL COOK FOR YOU SPECIAL PERSIAN MEALS AND THEY DON’T TAKE ANY MONEY.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT IRAN • HTTPS: //WWW. FACTRETRIEVER. COM/IRAN-FACTS • HTTPS: //LISTVERSE. COM/2016/01/14/10 -SURPRISING-FACTS-ABOUT-IRANIANCULTURE/
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