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8. 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
11. General Information Race Background: Aria (Arya) Area: 1.648 million sq km (Slightly Larger than Alaska) Arable Area: about 10 % Population: 68,688,433 (July 2006 est.) Religion: Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2% Literacy (age 15 and over can read and write): more than 80% Reference: CIA Facebook Wikipedia.org
12. General Information Capital: Tehran Calendar: Persian Calendar This year: 1386 A Solar Calendar which is more Accurate than Gregorian Clanedar Persian New Year: 21 st March Official Language: Farsi (Persian) Reference: CIA Facebook wikipedia.com
17. 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
18. History All Nations Gate, Statue of Xerxes the Great, Persepolis, Achaemenian Capital Reference: bia2.com dreamview.net
23. History The First Human Rights Document Ever Made by Kourosh, King of Persia Achaemenian Era Reference: Wikipedia.org
24. History The first credible claim for the development of a real postal system comes from Persia , A Post Station (Chaparkhane), Achaemenian Era Reference: wikipedia.org
25. History The Sassanian Empire (602-629 AD) Reference: wikipedia.org Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Indian Ocean
26. History Shapur, King of Persia, The Sassanian Empire (602-629 AD) Reference: wikipedia.org
28. History Reference: wikipedia.org Sassanid Dynasty invented Bank system. During the third century AD, banks in Persia and other territories in the Persian empire under Sassanid Empire issued letters of credit known as Sakks and is the root of the word cheque.
29. 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
30. 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
38. History Reza Shah (King Reza), 1924-1941 Reference: wikipedia.org Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979 Pahlavi Dynasty
39. History King Mohammad Reza and Emress Reference: wikipedia.org King is crowning the Emress Pahlavi Dynasty
40. History Reference: www.parstimes.com/history/shah_us/ Shah and President Lyndon, 1968 Shah and President Kennedy, 1962 President Eisenhower Visits Iran, 1959 Shah and President Truman, 1949
41. History Shah and President Carter, 1977 President Nixon Visits Iran, 1972 Reference: www.parstimes.com/history/shah_us/ Shah and President Ford, 1975 Shah and President Nixon, 1973
43. History On 22 September 1980 Iraq invaded Iran and this war lasted from September 1980 to August 1988 and about a million Iranians killed or wounded. On 9 December 1991, the UN Secretary-General declared Iraq as invader and the war ended. Reference: wikipedia.org
70. Famous Iranians Ezatolah Entezami The Best Actor in Iran Reference: wikipedia.org Dr. Jalali IT Professor Dr. M. Hosien Mandegar Heart Surgeon Abbas Kiarostami The Famous Director
71. Famous Iranians Dr. Firouz Naderi Associate director of NASA’s Reference: wikipedia.org Prof. Sadeghi Heart Surgeon Dr. Ehsan Yarshater Chief of Encyclopaedia Iranica Shoreh Aghdashloo The Famous Actor
72. Famous Iranians Christiane Amanpour Chief International Correspondent for the CNN Reference: wikipedia.org Anousheh Ansari First Female Private Space Tourism Dr. Ghasem Asrar Associate Administrator for Earth Science of NASA Bijan Davari IBM Fellow and Vice President
73. Famous Iranians Hossein Eslambolchi Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer of AT&T Reference: wikipedia.org Prof. Mohammad Jamshidi A Member of the Advisory board of the NASA JPL's MARS Pathfinder Project Prof. Ali Javan Inventor of Solid Laser in 1960 Maria Khorsand President of Ericsson Company
74. Famous Iranians Omid Kordestani Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Field Operations of Google Reference: wikipedia.org Prof. Lotfi Zadeh Father of Fuzzy Logic Theorem, UC Berkley Professor Farzad Nazem Executive Vice President of Yahoo! Pierre M. Omidyar Founder and Chairman of the eBay
75. Famous Iranians Azadeh Tabazadeh Senior Research Scientist, Earth Science Division, NASA Reference: wikipedia.org Faryar Shirzad Former White House Deputy Assistant for International Economic Affairs to President George W. Bush Shirin Ebadi The First Iranian and the First Muslim Woman To Receive the Nobel Peace Prize Bijan Pakzad (Bijan) Designer of Menswear and Fragrances Owner of the most expensive store in the world in Beverly Hills, CA
117. Persian Words in English Language More than 500 Persian Words is estimated in English Language. of them are as follows: Algorithm (Khwarazmi) Beggar (bi-kaar) Bronze (birinj) Better (Behtar) Best (Beh ast) Candy (Ghandy) Caravan (kārawān) Cash (karsha) Caviar (khaviyar) Cheque(Check) (Chek) Chess (shah) Cow (Gav) Door (Darb) Guitar (Sitar) Far (Far) Further (Fartar) Reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Persian_origin
118. Persian Words in English Language Jackal (shaghāl) Jasmine (yasmin) Khaki (khaki) Kebab (Kabab) Lemon (limoo) Lips (Lab) Magic (maguš) Orange (nāranj) Pajamas (pāë jāmah) Paradise (pairidaeza) Sandal (sandal) Sherry (Shiraz) Spinach (aspanakh) Sugar (shakar) Reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Persian_origin
