IRAN Visitors Clicks, Shiraz (2026)

25/05/2025

The Art of Light and Color

Nasir-al-Mulk Mosque is a place where the light is intertwined with colors. You will welcome to this lovely mosque by colors dancing. After the sunrise and in the morning, you can see the dance of lights and colors. The magical colors split into the floors and walls. The light passes through the stained glasses in its facade and reaches the floor and walls creating magnificent senses. You can see the entire building flooded in a rainbow. This is the art of Persian Islamic Architecture! The awesome Nasir-al-Mulk Mosque catches all your senses.

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22/05/2025

Qashqai people are a Turkic tribal confederation in Iran. Almost all of them speak Qashqai, an Oghuz language they call Turki, as well as Persian in formal use. The Qashqai mainly live in the provinces of Fars, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Bushehr and southern Isfahan, especially around the cities of Shiraz and Firuzabad in Fars.
The majority of Qashqai people were originally nomadic pastoralists and some remain so today. The traditional nomadic Qashqai traveled with their flocks twice yearly between the summer highland pastures north of Shiraz roughly 480 km or 300 miles south and the winter pastures on lower (and warmer) lands near the Persian Gulf, to the southwest of Shiraz. The majority, however, have now become partially or wholly sedentary. The trend towards settlement has been increasing markedly since the 1960s under government pressure, and encouragement, which has built housing for those willing to settle, starting in the early 20th century during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty. However, for those who continue their migratory lifestyle, the Iranian government maintains and controls travel corridors for the Qashqai and their livestock, and other populations practicing pastoral migrations.

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20/05/2025

Vank Cathedral or,
The Holy Savior Cathedral, also known the Church of the Saintly Sisters, is a cathedral located in the New Julfa district of Isfahan, Iran. It is commonly referred to as the Vank, which means “monastery” or “convent” in the Armenian language.

The cathedral was established in 1606, built by the hundreds of thousands of Armenians that were forcibly resettled by Shah Abbas I in his new capital as part of his scorched-earth policy in Armenia during the Ottoman War of 1603-1618.

The varying fortunes and independence of this suburb across the Zayande River and its eclectic mix of European missionaries, mercenaries and travelers can be traced almost chronologically in the cathedral’s combination of building styles and contrasts in its external and internal architectural treatment.

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19/05/2025

Lorestan province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Khorramabad.
Lorestan is in the western part of the country in the Zagros Mountains and covers an area of 28,392 km2.
The ancient history of Lorestan is closely intertwined with the rest of the Ancient Near East. In the 3rd and 4th millennium BC, migrant tribes settled down in the mountainous area of the Zagros Mountains. The Kassites, an ancient people who spoke neither an Indo-European nor a Semitic language, originated in Lorestān. They would control Babylonia after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire ca. 1531 BC and until ca. 1155 BC.
Parts of Luristan were invaded and settled by the Iranian Medes in the 2nd millennium BC. The Medes absorbed the indigenous inhabitants of the region, primarily the Kassites as well as the Gutians, by the time the area was conquered by the Persians in the 1st millennium BC. In February 2017, archeological discoveries related to the Achaemenid era were made in Lorestan for the first time.

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27/04/2025

With a heart full of sorrow, I offer my deepest condolences for the tragic explosion in Bandar Abbas. May those who have passed receive divine mercy, and may their loved ones find patience and strength during this difficult time. I extend my heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved families and the dear people of Iran in these challenging moments.

17/08/2024

Shah Mosque
is a part of the complex of Naqsh-e Jahan Square – the main attraction of Isfahan. It is regarded as one of the masterpieces of Persian architecture in the Islamic era. Along with Naqsh-e Jahan Square, the mosque is registered as UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a popular destination for tourists visiting Isfahan.
Shah Mosque was built between 1611 and 1629 as a part of Naqsh-e Jahan Square complex by decision of Shah Abbas. The task for the leading architect of the project, Shaykh Bahai, was to build a mosque that would symbolize the contribution of clergy in the Empire’s power structure.

Shah Mosque was intended to replace the old Jameh Mosque for Friday praying. Shaykh Bahai planned also to build two schools on the territory of the mosque, but Shah Abbas wanted the mosque to be ready before his death, so the construction process had to be shortened. Imam Mosque turned out to be the majestic building with the biggest dome in the city, but the construction was finished a few months after Shah’s death.

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28/07/2024

Shah Mosque of Isfahan is one of the everlasting masterpieces of architecture in Iran. In fact, its construction began in 1611, and its splendor is mainly due to the beauty of its seven-color mosaic tiles and inscriptions.
Shah Mosque, with an area of about 12 264 Sqm, was a huge structure, containing 18 million bricks,
475 000 tiles, and having cost the Shah 60 000 tomans to build. It employed the new haft rangi (seven-color) style of tile mosaic. In earlier Iranian mosques the tiles had been made of faience mosaic, a slow and expensive process where tiny pieces are cut from monochrome tiles and assembled to create intricate designs.

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15/07/2024

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque is a prominent historical and architectural masterpiece that can be found on the Naqsh-i Jahan Square in the city of Isfahan, within the Islamic Republic of Iran. Built during the Safavid Empire, it was built according to the design and imagination of the chief architect Shaykh Bahai, during the reign of Shah Abbas I of Persia, and it was constructed from 1603 and completed in 1619.

The mixture of a modest shape, yet enriching it with the intricate interior and exterior, the mosque was built in order for the royals to use it privately, as the Shah needed a mosque that would be appropriate for a royal to go in and pray.

During the reign of Shah Abbas, the mosque’s doors were always closed and guarded, so ordinary people could admire it only from the outside, and it took centuries for ordinary people to be able to go inside and take a look at the amazing artwork.

Still, hoping not to be seen by those ordinary people, the Shah ordered the architect to build an underground tunnel which is spanning the square, from Ali Qapu Palace all the way to the mosque. Not being the usual Islamic religious shrine, there is only one dome which is 32 meters (105 feet) high and 22 meters (72 feet) in diameter, however, there are no minarets, nor a courtyard.

What is characteristic for the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque is the beautifully proportioned and decorated exterior which is considered to be one of the best ones from its time, where the pale tiles change color, from cream through pink, depending on the light conditions.

The interior becomes more intriguing as at the center of the mosque, right under the dome, there is a peacock at certain times of the day, where the sunlight enhances the peacock’s tail.

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03/06/2024

Hasht Behesht Palace.

One of the remaining monuments of the Safavid Era in Isfahan is Hasht Behesht Palace. Its brilliant architecture along with its design and decoration have made it a legendary palace. It has four different façades each one visible through a particular angle. There is also a garden around this structure from which not much has remained. However, a park has recently been established near the building with modern affiliations.

One of the two gardens in Chahar Bagh Street (the Four Gardens) is Hasht Behesht Palace and its garden. This spectacular historical structure is located in the western part of Chahar Bagh Street and across from Sheykh Bahaei Street. Reaching here by public transportation is possible by bus. Municipal Bus Station is the closest station to this palace.

Other attractions near Hasht Behesht Palace are Naghsh-e Jahan Square, Chehel Sotoun Palace, Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Ali Qapu, Qeysarieh Gate (The Grand Bazaar), and Imam Mosque. Consequently, you can consider these sites to visit afterward.

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01/06/2024

Bedkhem Church

Holy Bethlehem Church of New Julfa or Bedkhem Church, is an Armenian Apostolic church in the Julfa quarter in Isfahan, Iran. One of the most important historical churches of the city, it belongs to the Abbas I era. The church is located in the Julfa square near Saint Mary Church. The Bedkhem church was built by an Armenian merchant named Khaje Petros. There are decorations and paintings on its walls depicting the life of Jesus. The 72 exquisite paintings, painted by Armenian artists, are presented in two rows. In the lower row the paintings are painted sequentially, but in the upper row each painting is in a separate frame.

The architecture and the gilded decorations of the church’s dome are notable. Inside the church there are inscriptions in Armenian which date back to 1627 and 1711. The inscriptions are installed in remembrance of those who performed charitable work for the church.

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27/05/2024

Shafei Jame Mosque: A Beautiful Mosque Inside Kermanshah Bazaar
The Sunni Muslims’ mosque in Iran’s western city of Kermanshah, once a pilgrim site in the city, leads up to Javanshir Square on one side and Tarike Bazaar on the next.

Built by a couple of Sunni benefactors, the mosque is in some ways inspired by Turkish styles in mosques. Launched in 1945, the religious attraction has an adorable status in the country as the majority Shiite Muslims respect Sunnis and other divine religions.

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23/05/2024

Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque is a prominent historical and architectural masterpiece that can be found on the Naqsh-i Jahan Square in the city of Isfahan, within the Islamic Republic of Iran. Built during the Safavid Empire, it was built according to the design and imagination of the chief architect Shaykh Bahai, during the reign of Shah Abbas I of Persia, and it was constructed from 1603 and completed in 1619.

The mixture of a modest shape, yet enriching it with the intricate interior and exterior, the mosque was built in order for the royals to use it privately, as the Shah needed a mosque that would be appropriate for a royal to go in and pray.

During the reign of Shah Abbas, the mosque’s doors were always closed and guarded, so ordinary people could admire it only from the outside, and it took centuries for ordinary people to be able to go inside and take a look at the amazing artwork.

Still, hoping not to be seen by those ordinary people, the Shah ordered the architect to build an underground tunnel which is spanning the square, from Ali Qapu Palace all the way to the mosque. Not being the usual Islamic religious shrine, there is only one dome which is 32 meters (105 feet) high and 22 meters (72 feet) in diameter, however, there are no minarets, nor a courtyard.

What is characteristic for the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque is the beautifully proportioned and decorated exterior which is considered to be one of the best ones from its time, where the pale tiles change color, from cream through pink, depending on the light conditions.

The interior becomes more intriguing as at the center of the mosque, right under the dome, there is a peacock at certain times of the day, where the sunlight enhances the peacock’s tail.

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