About Iran

Facts Country profile Map of Iran Iran flags Iranian calender definition History of Iran (political) Farsi alphabet Islamic Republic Constitution     (Farsi, English) Iranian artifacts in Louvre museum Perspolis and ancient Iran The Persian Expedition Art & Entertainment Fale Hafez Hasan Sarbakhshian Photos IRMTV Persian football TehranAvenue Persian Records Matchmaking service (Iran Personals) Bedehi Shoutcast (24 hours iranian music)     Search for "iran" more... Education Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization  Universities in Iran English-Farsi Dictionary High Council of Informatics Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation for Iranian studies NIC of Iran Constitution News and current events Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)      (Farsi, English, Arabic, Russian) IranMania news (English)     (Current affairs, Business, Sport) BBC Persian (Farsi) Iran news from Google (English) Aljazeera Network (English)     Search for "iran" more... Things you should know 2003 Nobel Peace Prize The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Shirin Ebadi -- Iran's first female judge for fighting for children and women and for taking on cases others were too afraid to touch. more... Shirin Ebadi Lecture (english) Shirin Ebadi Lecture (farsi) Kôrosh e Bozorg (Cyrus the Great) declared the first Charter of Human Rights known to mankind, which is written on a clay cylinder at Babylon. Mohammad Zakariya Râzi found Alcohol for the first time in 8th century A.D. more... Gas Laser The first type of laser was Gas Laser (which is being widely used in medical systems & industry) and it was invented by Ali Javân an Iranian physicist in MIT (1960 A.D.). more... According to the 1990 census 59% of Iranian-American hold Bachelor degrees or above, and more than 27% hold graduate degrees, making them the highest educated minority group in the U.S. Iranian-Americans are the founders of some 280 major national firms, and the CEOs of more than 400 national companies, many of them among the Fortune 1,000 companies. The total contribution of Iranian-American community to the U.S. economy is estimated at more than $400 billion. Famous Iranian Celebrities

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