Iran is located in the southwest of Asia, known as the "Eurasian land bridge" and the "East-West air corridor", with 31 provinces in the country, and the capital Tehran. The population is 8792340 thousand.
1. The Persian Empire actually existed for a long time and was possessed.
An ancient civilization with a history of four or five thousand years. It was not until 1925 that Reza Khan overthrew the Qajar dynasty, and in 1935 changed the Persian name to Iran. Iran meant "the land of the Aryans". However, in the Persian era, Persia and Iran were often used interchangeably.
2. The official language of Iran is Persian, Persian has a history of more than 2,500 years, and has gone through three stages: Ancient Persian, Middle Persian (Pahlavi), and Neo-Persian (Fars).
3. Iran does not belong to the Arab countries, but to the Aryan countries. In ancient times, there was a tribal group in Central Asia called itself "Aria", which later migrated south to settle in the upper Indus River valley, southwest into Persia, and into Asia Minor.
4. Iran also has family planning, in 1988, the total population of Iran was close to 55 million, and at this time the population was overpopulated and the economic pressure was great, so in 1988, the "family planning work" was launched, advocating only two children, and each family had a maximum of 3 children. It was not abolished until 2012.
5. The homeland of saffron is in Iran, 80% of the world's saffron comes from Iran, likes the plateau environment, and most of them grow on the Iranian plateau above 1500 meters.
6. Women in Iran should wear headscarves, even if they are foreign tourists, they must follow the local customs. There are two main types, one is "rusari", a silk scarf that is worn directly over the head, and young women wear it more. There is also a kind called "Hejab", which is a special headscarf that is cut without knots, and is mostly used by middle-aged and elderly women.
7. Iran is quite rich in natural resources and has the fourth largest oil reserves in the world. The Persian Gulf is now the richest region in terms of oil reserves, with more than half of the world's oil here. Natural gas resources account for one-fifth of the world, ranking second in the world, and copper and zinc ore production are also in the forefront of the world. It is a big country with resources.
8. Even though Iran has a lot of oil, it has not become as rich as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Iran during the Pahlavi period was rich and belonged to the ninth largest economy in the world, and Iran was much richer than Saudi Arabia and other countries at that time, and it was an ally with the United States at that time, and it was also quite open internally. Later, after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the society went from open to non-open, the economy declined all the way, coupled with the impact of the war completely turned into a poor country, and later the United States led the Western countries to blockade Iran, oil sales became less and less, and the economy declined seriously. The situation is a bit like that of its neighbor Afghanistan.
9. Iran also has 12 zodiac signs, which are roughly the same as those in China, but the "tiger" has become a "leopard", and there is no "dragon", but a "whale".
10. Spinach originated from Persia, also known as "Persian cuisine", and spinach seeds were introduced to China from Nepal as a tribute during the Tang Taizong period.
11. The price of oil in Iran is quite cheap, and the bus is very cheap, but it is not necessarily necessary to take a taxi, because there are two prices, one is a local and the other is a foreigner, and most of the time there is no meter, so the price must be negotiated at the beginning.
12. Iran is a country that often changes its capital, and the current capital is "Tehran", which is actually the 32nd capital of Iran, and there is still the idea of moving the capital, and it is estimated that it will not be Tehran in the near future.
13. Iran is polygamous, and a man can marry four wives, but it is stipulated that the husband should treat his wife fairly. And every time you marry a wife, you have to ask for the consent of the eldest wife before you can marry. In fact, monogamy was practiced during the post-World War II period, when Iran was the most open country in the Middle East, but after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran reverted to polygamy.
14. Iran's caviar is the best in the world, with the highest grade and the highest value, and the raw material is sturgeon eggs produced in the Caspian Sea. Russian caviar is also good, but it's all sturgeon caught from the Caspian Sea.
15. The origin of pistachios is in Iran, and the world is mainly distributed in the Mediterranean coastal countries, while China's pistachios were introduced and cultivated from Central Asia in the Tang Dynasty, mainly in Xinjiang.
16. There is a place in Iran that has been declared a World Heritage Site because of high temperatures, that is, the Lute Desert, with a maximum temperature of 71 degrees Celsius, the sand here is the remnant of the volcanic eruption of the nearby mountains, and the stones and sand are left after being washed by the rain, so it is easy to absorb heat, and the locals call it "roasted wheat", and there are almost no animals and plants in the whole desert, and people will die of dehydration if they survive here.
17. Almost every Iranian has a car, but many of them are second-hand, and the local oil price is very cheap.
18. Iran's age structure is younger, with the proportion of the population under the age of 15 being 241%, the proportion of the population aged 15 to 64 is 709%, and only 5% over 65 years old, the elderly population is very small, there is no aging problem at all, and the street is basically young people.
19. Iranians are descendants of the ancient Aryans, the nose is very large and straight, the side looks like an eagle, in fact, it is a hooked nose, the local people do not like this nose very much, so they also go for plastic surgery, become a short nose, where people also regard the nose as a fashion.
20. Iranian cinema is popular all over the world and has won 300 international awards in the past 25 years.
21. Persian carpet is a national treasure of Iran, weaving and producing history of at least 2,500 years, the dye of this carpet is extracted from natural plants and ores, so it is durable, quite expensive, in the 17th century was auctioned for 10 million US dollars**, now you can buy authentic Persian carpet is also relatively expensive.
22. There is a "pink mosque" in Iran, that is, the Mok Mosque, which is decorated with a large number of pink tiles.
23. The lucky number in Iran is "7", and during the Spring Festival, 7 kinds of food starting with the letter S should be placed on the table, women's cosmetics have 7 colors, and 7 knots will be tied to the bride's belt when getting married.
24. Iran also has a Great Wall, called the "Golcan Great Wall", the second largest in the world, with a length of 200 kilometers, mainly to prevent the White Huns. Sassanid Persia at that time had two enemies, one was the Eastern Romans and the other was the White Huns.
25. There is a custom in Iranian funerals, that is, to touch the coffin, you can grab a piece of cloth from the saint, which is said to be able to dispel diseases and disasters. Eight people were killed and more than 400 injured in Khomeini's 2 million funerals, which later led to the destruction of wooden coffins and the collapse of bodies on the ground, which were replaced by steel coffins for the second funeral.
26. The capital Tehran often happens**, so there is a plan to move the capital.
27. Iranians are very fond of poetry and literature, and they also have calligraphy.
28. Iran is a big oil country, with the fourth largest oil reserves in the world and the second largest export in the world, but the local industry is backward, so most of the exports are unprocessed, and the quality of those processed is very bad.
29. Iran's tourism industry is still quite developed, after all, it is an ancient civilization with a long history, and there are many places of interest, especially 24 world heritage sites, and the charming scenery attracts many tourists.
30. Iran once owned half of the Caspian Sea, and before 1991, there were only two countries on the coast, Iran and the Soviet Union, each of which negotiated to jointly manage its own half, and later after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was divided into Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Russia, and the coast became five countries, and the division of the Caspian Sea was re-discussed, and after 22 years of discussion, Iran only obtained less than 12% of the sea area.
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