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Iran marks National Day of Omar Khayyam; Persian poet, polymath
Zahra Mirzafarjouyan : Today is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the great Persian poet, astronomer, writer, and mathematician Omar Khayyam. Omar Khayyam was born on 18 May 1048 in Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which ...
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“Nahid 1” telecommunications satellite to be sent into orbit this year: official
Head of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari said on Sat. that “Nahid 1” telecommunications satellite will be sent into the orbit in the current ...
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Literati observe National Sadi Day in Shiraz
A large number of Iranian literati and aficionados of Persian literature came together at the mausoleum of Persian poet Sadi in Shiraz on Thursday to ...
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Persian Literature
Persian literature spans two and a half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. Its sources have been within historical Pers ...