What are some things from Iran?

Question

I am just curious.

Answer 1

Barbari bread - long, flat, delicious... http://www.1001recipe.com/recipes/food/b...

Setar - a lute-like instrument...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setar

Marjane Satrapi - amazing female graphic novelist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjane_Sat...

The mystic Sufi tradition

http://destinationiran.com/Mysticism_and...

Answer 2

1.Saffron, the best in the world.

2.Persian rugs.

3.Shiraz wine, though its produced in Australia now due to the country's restriction on alcohol.

4.Muskmelons & Plums

5.It is believed that Polo first originated in Persia ages ago. The poet Firdowsi described royal polo tournaments in his 9th century epic, the Shahnameh.

6. Nowruz

7. Persian cats

and a few other things I would mention but are subject to extra investigation, so I will leave those out for sake of argument

Answer 3

consider all of those, already mentiond. add to them;

1.Chaharshanbeh soori (last wednesday of the year, ppl do crazy fireworks, 4th of july x 1000, jump over fire; zoroastrian tradition)

2.Pistachios

3.Cholo Kabab (beats those disgusting Lebanese kebabs)

4.Cyrus the Great's cylinder of declaration of human rights; first in the world, now at UN headquarters

5.Persepolis, Bee Sotoon, Siosepol, Alighapoo, ( historical monjuments)

Answer 4

marjane satrapi- amazing author and artist

beautiful, exotic women(:

persian carpets.

houka.

kebabs.

farsi

maz jobrani-comedian. look him up, hes funny.

happy people supressed in a messed up regime.

Answer 5

1)noroz(in English it means :new day),it's our ancient ceremony from  about 5200 years ago(Iran's first advanced civilization by Persians).

2)our carpet,best in the world

3)our caviar,again best in the world

4)our cats,again best in the world

5)our poets,one of the best in the world

6)Zoroastrianism ,which make us the first poeple worship the uniqe god, Cyrus the great was zoroastrian in about 550BC

7)our empire by Cyrus the great

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just SOME of things from PERSIA