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Imam Reza’s Shrine as the most touristic and a place for pilgrimage in Iran attracts over 20 million tourists and pilgrims each year. It is located in Mashhad, Khorasane-Razavi Province in the North-East of Iran.
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Khranaq Village is in Ardakan the county, in Yazd province, 42 Km away from Ardakan, 85 Km away from Yazd, on the Ardakan-Tabas road, in E054, 46.658 & N32, 20.694 and 1790 meters above the sea level.
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Sheikh Safi al-din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble is in Ardabil, Aali-Qaapou Sq. near the traditional grand bazaar, in North-West of Iran. It is registered in UNESCO as a world heritage in 2010.
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Bam Citadel is the greatest mud-brick construction in the world. It is near Bam, in Kerman Province, South-East of Iran, in the hot and dry area in the South corner of the high plateau of Iran. It locates at E058, 22.061 & N29, 06.747 and about 1035 meters above the sea level. Bam and its cultural atmosphere are registered as a world heritage in UNESCO in 2004 A.D.
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Naqsh-e Rostam is located by the end of Haji-Abad Mountains, 5 Km away in the North-West of Persepolis, in Marvdasht, in Fars province, near Isfahan-Shiraz highway in E052, 52.551 & N29, 59.237 and about 1620 meters above the sea level. These archeological epigraphs and monuments are remained from Ilamids, Acaemenids and Sasanids era.
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Most of Iranians believed in Zoroastrian before Islam. Nowadays, Zoroastrian is one of the Iranian national religions and has its own followers. The prophet of Zoroastrians has been Asho-Zartosht, who was born in 1768 B.C. and their holy book is Avesta.
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The Silk Road is about 8000 Km long and the longest and the oldest route in the world. As the most important route in the world, it connects the East of Asia into Europe and Africa through Iran.
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Iran and Iraq have 1458 Km borderlines. This area was attacked by Iraqi troops during 8 years of imposed war which is named the Holly-defense by Iran and defended by Iranian brave soldiers that many of them became martyrs. Nowadays, the ruins of war are called the Holly-defense war zones are being visited by the tourists as a pilgrimage and touristic attraction.
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Jomhour Castle that nowadays is called Babak Castle is located 7 Km away in South-West of Kaleybar, 190 Km away in North-East of Tabriz, in Azarbayejan province and North-West of Iran in E046, 58.838 & N38, 50.29 and 2385 meters above the sea level.
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Dezful is 720 Km away from Tehran, 150 Km away from Ahwaz and 300 Km away from the Persian Gulf, in Khouzestan province, South-West of Iran in E48, 24 & N31, 23 and about 150 meters above the sea level.
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