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Iranian cuisine
Ingredients	Vegetables Beans Bell pepper Cabbage Chickpea Cowpea Eggplant Lentil Pomegranate Split pea Spinach Tomato Tarkhineh Herbs and spices Advieh Barberry Black pepper Balgur Chestnut Cinnamon Cumin Garlic Golpar Hazelnut Leek Mint Nut Onion Oregano Paprika Parsley Pistachio Red pepper Saffron Walnut
Breads and nans	Barbari Dushabi Ghandi Gisu khuske-shirin khuske-e-tanour Lavash Naan Sangak Shirmal Taftan
Salads	Mazeh (main article) Shirazi salad Salad Shoor Yogurt
Cheeses	Lighvan cheese Feta Beyaz Peynir
Soups and āshes	Abgoosht Aush (main article) Aush reshteh Ash-e-Anar (Pomegranate) Aush-e-doogh Aush-e-Shalqham Aush-e Sholeh Ghalamkar Bozbash Chorba (main article) Haleem Dizi Sirabi
Dishes	Kabab Chelow kabab Jujeh kabab Kabab chenjeh Kabab bakhtiari Kabab barg Kabab koobideh Kabab mahi Kabab torsh Shashlik Polo Albaloo polo Baghali polo Gheymeh Nesar Kalam polo Kateh Loobia polo Morasa polo Pataleh Polo Sabzi polo Shirin polo Isfahan Beryani Tahdig Tahchin Zereshk polo Khoresh Baghala ghatogh Khoresh bademjan Khoresh bādenjān lapeh Khoresh bāmieh Khoresh bāmieh lapeh Khoresh Beh Khoresh alou esfenaj Fesenjān Khoresh havij Khoresh kadu Khoresh qārch Ghalieh mahi Khoresh gheimeh Khoresh ghormeh sabzi Khoresh kangar Khoresh karafs Khoresh lubia-sabz Khoresh reevaas Other Kale pache Kashkak Nargesi Kofta Tabriz meatballs Ashpal Omelette Port sausage Reshteh Samosa Tarhana Tas kebab Yakhni
Sauces	Delal sauce Mahyawa
Hors d'oeuvre	Zeytoon Parvardeh Dolma Labne Kashk e bademjan Kuku Mast-o-Khiar Mirza Ghassemi Torshi
Sweets and desserts	Baklava (Azerbaijani pakhlava) Bamiyeh Bastani Berenji Cookie Faloodeh Gaz Gosh-e Fil Halva Sarshir Koloocheh Kolompeh Lavashak Murabba Noghl Nokhodchi Masghati Pashmak Poolaki Qottab Qurabiya Samanu Shekarbura Sholezard (Shole-zard) Sohān Sohan asali Sorbet Tabrizi Lovuez Zoolbia Yazdi cake
Beverages	Aragh sagi Mey Doogh Sharbat Turkish coffee Kefir
Instruments	Jezve Mangal Oklava Taveh/Sac Samovar Tanoor
Related cuisines	Iranian Caspian Southern Iranian Afghan Balochi Caucasian Armenian Azerbaijani Georgian Assyrian Iraqi Kurdish Levantine Middle Eastern Tajik Turkish / Ottoman Uzbek
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Economy of Iran
Taxation Subsidy reform plan Labor Privatization Banking and insurance Energy Foreign direct investment Environment Science and technology
Industries	Agriculture Automobile Aviation Banking and insurance Communications and IT Construction Defense Energy Healthcare Industry Media Mining Petroleum Pharmaceuticals Space Tourism Transport	Abadan Petrochemical Complex
Institutions	Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines Central Bank General Inspection Office Government Oil bourse Iran Mercantile Exchange Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Management and Planning Organization Ministry of Commerce Ministry of Finance Ministry of Petroleum National Development Fund Ravand Institute Religious foundations Setad Social Security Supreme Audit Court Tehran Stock Exchange
Lists	Banks Companies Economic laws International rankings Military equipment manufactured Nuclear facilities Power stations Dams and reservoirs
Energy	Energy Gas Oil Nuclear Petrochemicals Wind
Categories	Airlines Banks Charities Companies Economic Reform Labor and tax laws Privatization Science and technology

Languages of Iran
Official language	Persian (Iranian)
Regional languages	Azerbaijani Achomi Kurdish Kurmanji Sorani Xwarin Laki Gorani Luri Gilaki Mazanderani Arabic Balochi Talysh Tati Qashqai Turkmen Semnani Khorasani Turkic
Minority languages	Armenian Assyrian Circassian Domari Georgian Hebrew Jadgali Zargari Romani Khalaj
Working languages	English French Russian
Sign languages	Persian Sign Language Qahveh Khaneh Sign Language

Military of Iran
Supreme National Security Council General Staff of the Armed Forces
Armed Forces	Army Ground Forces Navy Air Force Air Defense Force Revolutionary Guards Ground Forces Navy Aerospace Force Quds Force Basij Defunct Imperial Guard Irregular Warfare Headquarters Jihad of Construction
Other	Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics Cyberwarfare Flags
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Iranian news agencies and websites
News Agencies	ABNA ANA Fars SNN IANA ICANA ILNA IPNA IRNA ISNA MANA Mehr TABNAK PANA Tasnim YJC Iran Press
News websites	Eghtesad Online Baztab Entekhab Fararu Mashregh Rajanews Tehran Times Yalasarat

Religion in Iran
Religions	Recognized Official Islam, Shia Minorities Islam Zaydi Shi'a Sunni: Hanafi Shafi'i Maliki Hanbali Christianity Armenian Assyrian Chaldean Judaism Zoroastrianism Unrecognized Minorities Atheism Baháʼí Faith Mandaeism Yarsanism
Other religions	Buddhism Hinduism Sikhism

Iranian space program
Organizations	Iranian Space Agency Aerospace Research Institute Iranian Space Research Center Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force
Space centres	Semnan Space Center Qom Space Center Shahroud Space Center
Satellites	Reconnaissance/Spy Sina-1 Mesbah-1 Mesbah-2 Noor-1 Noor-2 Noor-3 Khayyam Remote sensing Fajr Zafar Rasad 1 Navid Pars-2 Masud-2 AmirKabir Toloo Communication Omid Nahid-1† Soraya
Launch vehicles	Kavoshgar Safir Simorgh Qased Zuljanah Qaem 100 Kavoshgar 1 (rocket)
Spacecraft and capsules	Pishgam
Astronomical observatories	Maragheh observatory Iranian National Observatory
Primary spaceports	Semnan Emamshahr Qom Flight Center Imam Khomeini Spaceport
People	Scientists Mohammad Ali Forghani

Mosques in Iran
Ardabil Germi Jameh Namin Jameh
East Azerbaijan Tabriz Awn ibn Ali mausoleum Hajj Safar Ali Hamzah Imamzadeh Jameh Master and Student Saheb-ol-Amr Sayyid Muhammad Kojajani Imamzadeh Shohada Elsewhere Ahar Jameh Gugan Jameh Marand Jameh Mehrabad Jameh Mirpanj Sarab Jameh Stone Tark
Fars Shiraz Ali ibn Hamzah tomb Atigh Jameh Mohammad Rasul-Allah Nasir-ol-Molk Seyed Alaeddin Husayn tomb Shah Cheragh Vakil Elsewhere Arsanjan Jameh Darab Jameh Fazl ibn Musa ibn Ja'far Jahrom Jameh Kabir Neyriz Jameh Lar Jameh
Gilan Chahar Padshahan Hajj Samad Khan
Hormozgan Bandar Abbas Jameh Malek bin Abbas Qeshm Jameh Qiblah Jameh
Isfahan Isfahan Agha Mirza Muhammad Baqir Chahar Suqi Agha Nour Ali Gholi Agha Darb-e Imam Darvazeh No Dashti Grand Mosalla Hakim Ilchi Jameh Jarchi Lonban Maghsoudbeyk Mesri Mohammad Jafar Abadei Monar Jonban Rahim Khan Roknolmolk Safa Saru Taqi Seyyed Shah Sheikh Lotfollah Elsewhere Agha Bozorg Ardestan Jameh Ashtarjan Jameh Barsian Golpayegan Jameh Kaj Kashan Jameh Khansar Jameh Khozan Jameh Meydan Meymeh Jameh Nain Jameh Natanz Jameh Nushabad Jameh Tabriziha Zavareh Jameh
Kerman Hajj Agha Ali Kerman Jameh Kerman Pamenar Malek
Kermanshah Abdullah ibn Umar Emad o dolah Hajj Shahbazkhan Kermanshah Jameh Shafei Jameh
Khuzestan Dezful Jameh Khorramshahr Jameh Shushtar Jameh
Kurdistan Dar ul-Ihsan Domenareh Hajar Khatoon
Lorestan Imamzadeh Ja'far Borujerd Jameh Borujerd Soltani
Markazi Agha Zia ol Din Arak Jameh Saveh Jameh
Mazandaran Amol Jameh Babol Jameh Farahabad Sari Jameh
Qazvin Al-Nabi Qazvin Jameh
Qom Azam Chehel Akhtaran Imam Hasan al-Askari Jamkaran Qom Jameh Pachian Jameh
Razavi Khorasan Goharshad Gonabad Jameh Gonbad Kabud Haji Jalal Kashmar Jameh Khalilabad Jameh Marandiz Jameh Nishapur Jameh Qadamgah Radkan Jameh Sabzevar Jameh Sabzevar Pamenar Shah (Mashhad)
Semnan Aradan Jameh Damghan Jameh Farumad Jameh Imam Mehdishahr Pamenar Semnan Jameh Shahrud Jameh Sheikh Bastami Tarikhaneh
South Khorasan Fathabad Jameh Ferdows Jameh Mahvid Raqqeh Jameh
Tehran Tehran Fakhr-ol-dowleh Grand Mosalla (in use; under construction) Hedayat Lorzadeh Mirza Mousa Qoba Sepahsalar Shah Tehran Jameh Elsewhere Damavand Jameh Varamin Jameh
West Azerbaijan Dash Aghlian Hojjatieh Menareh Sardar Takab Jameh Urmia Jameh
Yazd Abarkuh Jameh Amir Chakhmaq Amir Chakhmaq Complex Ardakan Jameh Chahar Suq and Hajj Muhammad Husayn Eslamiyeh Jameh Fahraj Jameh Yazd Jameh Zir Deh
Zanjan Hosseinieh Azam Zanjan Mosque Khanom Qerveh Jameh Sojas Jameh Zanjan Jameh
Other provinces Golestan Gorgan Jameh Hamadan Hamadan Jameh Sarabi Jameh North Khorasan Jajarm Jameh Sistan and Baluchestan Makki Jameh
Haram and tomb Bibi Shahr Banu Fatima Masumeh Hajar Khatoon Imam Reza Kushk Monar Jonban Ruhollah Khomeini Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami Tomb of Daniel Tomb of Hassan Modarres
Former Ardabil Jome Arg of Tabriz Bastak Jameh Blue (Tabriz) Espi Mazget Gar Hafshuye Heidarieh Khosrow Shir Rangooniha Sheikh Fayz Soltaniyeh Vali-e-Asr
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Protected Areas of Iran
National Parks	Bakhtegan (IW) Bamou Bojagh (IW) Dayer-Nakhiloo Ghamishloo Ghatroyeh Golestan (BR) Kavir (BR) Khabr Khojir Kiasar Kolahghazi Lar Nayband Paband Salouk Sarigol Siyahkooh Sorkh-e Hesar Tandooreh Tang-e Sayad Khar Turan (BR) Lake Urmia (BR, IW)
National Natural Monuments	Alam-Kuh Damavand Sabalan Sarv-e Abarkuh Taftan
Wildlife Refuges	Amirkalayeh (IW) Bakhtegan (IW) Hamoon Miandasht Miankaleh (BR, IW) Robat Shur Selkeh (IW) Shadegan (IW) Shidvar (IW) Sorkhankol (IW) Touran (BR)
Protected Areas	Alvand Arasbaran (BR) Arjan and Parishan (BR, IW) Dena Dinar Kouh Gando (IW) Geno (BR) Hara (BR, IW) Haraz Heleh (IW) Jajrud Kabir Kouh Karkas Karkheh Kavir (BR) Koulak Manesht Mianjangal Mozaffari Siahkeshim (IW) Touran (BR)
BR: Biosphere Reserve - IW: International Wetland (Ramsar Site) - All names as inscribed by the Department of Environment, Iran

World Heritage Sites in Iran
List of World Heritage Sites in Iran
Cultural	The Armenian Monastic Ensembles St. Thaddeus Monastery St. Stepanos Monastery Chapel of Dzordzor Chapel of Chupan Church of the Holy Mother of God Bam and its cultural landscape Behistun Chogha Zanbil Cultural landscape of Maymand Golestan Palace Gonbad-e Qabus Jameh Mosque of Isfahan Naqsh-e Jahan Square Pasargadae Persepolis The Persian gardens Pasargadae Chehel Sotoun Fin Eram Shazdeh Dolatabad Abbasabad Akbarieh Pahlevanpour Shahr-e Sukhteh Sheikh Safi's Tomb Dome of Soltaniyeh Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System Susa Bazaar of Tabriz Takht-e Soleymān The Persian Qanat Ghasabeh Baladeh Zarch Hassan Abad Moshir Goharriz Akbarabad Ghasemabad Moun Vazvan Mozdabad Ebrahimabad Historic city of Yazd Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region Qal'eh Dokhtar Ardashir Investiture Relief Victory Relief of Ardashir Ardashir Khurreh Palace of Ardashir City of Bishapur Colossal Statue of Shapur I Shapur cave Sarvestan Palace Trans-Iranian Railway Cultural Landscape of Uramanat The Persian Caravanserai	Flag of Iran
Natural	Lut Desert Hyrcanian Forests