#iran culture

[parsabad]

Shah nematollah Vali tomb/ Kerman/ Iran

#iran #middle east #persian #iranian #persia #travel #farsi #art #culture #architecture #kerman #persian art #persian architecture #iran art #iran culture

[ashitakaxsan]

Ancient Treasures Beeing Uncovered Waiting Excibition

TEHRAN - More than two months have passed since the recovery of 3506 Achaemenid tablets, and the time for their unveiling has not yet been determined. However, the director of the National Museum of Iran announced their imminent display in this museum soon.

It was late in September that 3506 Achaemenid tablets were returned to Iran after nearly 90 years, accompanying the President's plane.

The treasured tablets were returned home by the plane carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, who addressed the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly during his visit to New York.

These clay tablets were part of a larger shipment discovered at Persepolis in 1311, which was entrusted to the Oriental Institute of Chicago for deciphering and study.

Out of over 30,000 pieces held by the Chicago Institute for study and deciphering, five shipments have been returned to Iran in the Iranian years 1327 (1948-49), 1330 (1951-52), 1383 (2004-05), 1398 (2019-2020), and 1402 (2023-24), ISNA reported.

Yet, portions of these tablets still remain at the institute. Ezzatollah Zarghami, the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts, had previously mentioned the process of returning the remaining tablets, stating that the groundwork for their return has been laid out. “According to an agreement made by the Americans, our experts will go to that country to verify the remaining tablets, after which they will gradually be returned to Iran.”

However, the fifth shipment, arriving in Iran on September 21 this year, consisted of 836 small tablets in Aramaic script and 2670 large tablets in Elamite script. They were shipped in nine boxes each weighing 75 kg. They were ultimately delivered to the National Museum of Iran.

It was planned that after quarantine, inspection, and study, some of these tablets would be put on display. Jebrael Nokandeh, the director of the National Museum of Iran, responding to ISNA regarding the timing of their display, stated: “It will be showcased soon.”.

He had previously mentioned the possibility of showcasing the Achaemenid tablets during Research Week (Dec. 16 to 20), but upon ISNA's follow-up, he responded: "The time for display (of the fifth shipment of recovered Achaemenid tablets) is approaching."

Studies conducted thus far on the Achaemenid clay tablets indicate that their content encompasses the administration and upper echelons of society during that historical period.

Archaeologists affiliated with the University of Chicago discovered the tablets in the 1930s while excavating in Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire. However, the institute has resumed work in collaboration with colleagues in Iran, and the return of the tablets is part of a broadening of contacts between scholars in the two countries, said Gil Stein, director of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.

They are very important sources of information revealing economic, social, and religious data about the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC) and the larger Near Eastern region in the fifth century BC.

Persepolis, locally known as Takht-e Jamshid, was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. It ranks among the archaeological sites, that have no equivalent, considering its unique architecture, urban planning, construction technology, and art.

Narratives say that Persepolis was burnt by Alexander the Great in 330 BC apparently as revenge against the Persians because it seems the Persian King Xerxes had burnt the Greek City of Athens around 150 years earlier. It was the largest and most durable empire of its time, stretching from Ethiopia, through Egypt, to Greece, Anatolia (modern Turkey), Central Asia, and India at its height.

Source:https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/491889/Achaemenid-tablets-recovered-from-U-S-when-will-they-be-unveiled

#Iran #clay tablets #Ancient Iran #Achaemenid #Iran Tehran #New York #Oriental Institute of Chicago #Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage #Tourism and Handicrafts #Jebrael Noccandeh #iran culture #ایران #arhcaeology #وزیر میراث فرهنگی، گردشگری و صنایع دستی #ایران باستان #باستان شناسی #موسسه شرقی شیکاگو #هخامنشی

[thesorceresstemple]

“Iran 1999,National Geographic ”

#national geographic #iran woman #Iran clothing #Iran culture #witchy #witch #sorceress #witchy woman #Arabic witch #priestess #witchy fashion #magic

[letsvisitpersia]

Festivals and traditions are a window into the people’s daily life which have a deep route in their culture. Iran as an ancient country has plenty of annual festivals that allow you to participate and see the people’s lifestyle from a different perspective.

#iranian festival #iranian ceremony #Iran culture #persian festival #persian ceremony #persian culture #iran #persia #letsvisitpersia

[kthulhu42]

"I lied to her parents because I wanted to continue having sex but as soon as she cheated on me I decided to endanger her education, future and entire life, because I'm a little baby boy incapable of shutting the fuck up during a five minute phone call"

If their cultural traditions had them cut the dick off any man who had sex with their daughter, do you think he would have owned up? Or do you think he only "came clean" because he knew the immediate danger to a woman that he considered had wronged him and needed to be punished?

#Kam #radical feminism #Reasons to never date men #iran #sexism #radblr #This is why people don't want to date outside their culture #You never know when a man is going to try to destroy you

[folkfashion]

Persian women, Iran, by Michele Moroni

#persian #iran #asia #west asia #folk clothing #traditional clothing #traditional fashion #cultural clothing

[thebrightestwitchofherage]

Iran just launched dozens of drones at Israel

This marks the first time Iran directly attacks Israel, after years of attacking through its terror proxies.

Ps this is the same weapons they supplied to the Russians in their attacks against Ukraine…

See you in the bomb shelters in 9 hours, I’m gonna nap now

#iran #israel #jewish #israeli #jewblr #israel palestine conflict #gaza strip #טאמבלר ישראלי #ישראל #hamas is isis #middle east #iran news #Gaza #current events #middle eastern history #jewish culture is #jumblr #ישראלי #עברית #jewish antizionism #anti zionism #ישראלים #gaza strikes #news on gaza #gaza genocide #ukraine #human rights #antisemitism #yemen #believe jewish women

[justacynicalromantic]

Btw if Ukraine was given all the possible military support in 2022-23, US wouldn't have to be so "deeply concerned" about Iran entering the war by attacking Israel.

Escalation management my ass.

#ukraine #israel #america #russia #iran #russian invasion of ukraine #russian culture #russian imperialism #genocide #wwiii

[soracities]

hii words cannot describe how much i adore your blog!! i was wondering if you had any favorite arab poets whose works deeply moved you/whom you’d like to suggest? i would love the recommendations as an arab girl who’s trying to expose herself more to arab lit :) thank you!!

i do!!!! ngl i think i am always just reccing the same poets in different variations but i loved all of these, and hope you find some joy in them also (not all of them are works of poetry but all the authors themselves are poets) 🤍

Women of the Fertile Crescent: An Anthology of Modern Poetry by Arab Women

Paris, When It's Naked / Shifting the Silence / The Cost for Love We Are Not Willing to Pay (Etel Adnan)

Without an Alphabet, Without a Face (Saadi Yousef)

Pages of Day and Night (Adonis)

The War Works Hard / The Iraqi Nights (Dunya Mikhail)

A Red Cherry on a White-Tiled Floor / Barefoot Souls (Maram al-Masri)

The Neverfield (Nathalie Handal)

Miracle Maker: Selected Poems (Fadhil Al Azzawi)

Revolt Against the Sun (Nazik al-Malaika)

Flawed Landscape (Sharif S. Elmusa)

I'Jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody (Sinan Antoon)

Memory for Forgetfulness / Almond Blossoms and Beyond (Mahmoud Darwish--or anything by him, really)

additionally @barcarole has a lovely list of arabic poems here which i also hope you enjoy. also honourable mention to Badr Shakir al-Sayyab because by god what i wouldn't GIVE to finally have an English translation but for now am consoling myself with "Rain Song" and these two

#also did not include farrokhazad bc i'm never sure if iran is included w arab literature since the language is farsi or if its based on #shared region / history / culture #but enjoy!!! #ask #stuckinapril #poetry recs

[parsabad]

Akhavan House/ Kashan/ Iran

Photography: abolfazl sadr

#iran #persian #iranian #middle east #persia #travel #farsi #art #culture #architecture #kashan #persian architecture #persian art #traditional house #historical

[ashitakaxsan]

Bad news about Iranian  Animation(:

This real BAD news,that concerns not only the Present,but the Whole Future  of the Iranian Animation Industry.While the occidental news outlets are going with the approach about “the rights of women”,”equality” they don’t care about an awful news.

Iranian animators attracted to foreign studios over weak local currency: expert. December 4, 2022 - 18:37

Photo below: This file photo shows Iranian animators working at a studio of the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults – Kanoon. (Kanoon/Hamid Tavakkoli)

“Due to a sharp decline in the value of the local currency in comparison to the dollar, Iranian animation studios are willing to work for other countries,” Ali Azizi told the Persian service of MNA.

“These studios were previously selling their productions to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), but I’ve heard that IRIB has not paid them as a result of the precarious circumstances surrounding its funding,” he added.

“Moreover, strict IRIB rules and regulations impose certain restrictions on animation works, while animators want to have a free hand to let them use their creativity. As a result, they are reluctant to work with IRIB,” explained Azizi who was formerly a manager of an animation school.

He has recently quit his job to direct an animation project.

Azizi said there are animation studios in Turkey that are working with Iranian animators who are even allowed to work remotely. Their projects are totally or partly done by Iranian studios.

The Turkish studios pay the Iranian animators less than they pay their local employees. Nevertheless, the wages paid to them are still higher than what they receive in Iran.     He said that some Iranian animators have also been duped and have failed to receive their wages from the Turkish studios.

The animation industry has developed in Iran over the past decade, but the country has failed to exploit its commercial potential.

Ashkan Rahgozar, the director of Hoorakhsh, a major animation studio in Tehran, has frequently warned about the emigration of skilled and even semi-professional people working in the country’s animation industry.

Images below:from the iranian,epic,animated movie “The last Fiction”.

In an interview conducted last year, he said the financial motivations are the key factors in these migrations.

“Iran has not done well on efficiently training human resources in this field, and the professionals’ migration issue has really become serious. We are seeing them going to foreign companies for higher salaries. I see no bright prospect for improvement in human resources here, because even semi-professionals are easily attracted by overseas companies,” said Rahgozar who is the director of the acclaimed animated movie, “The Last Fiction”.

MMS/YAW

My Understanding

This is the Real Significant news.I fear that the iranian animated movie “The Last Fiction” might be a Swan Song!(: “Who’s fault is this?” Not of the iranian regime.It’s of others, who fill us with the unessential claims(yes,claims isn’t the real thing)about human rights,and they passby that the strict sanctions make life harder for the creative people,such as Iranian animators.

Source: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/479368/Iranian-animators-attracted-to-foreign-studios-over-weak-local

#Iranian animation studios #animation in Iran #The Last Fiction #Ashkan Rahgozar #foreign animation studios #Shahnameh #The Book of Kings #Hoorakhsh studios #Shahnameh Ferdowsi #شاهنامه #ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی #Zahak is the much as Naraku #Iran culture #Tehrantimes #Swan Song #Iranian animators #Inuyasha Naraku

[thehouseofmorningstar34]

I will never ever stop talking about Palestine 🇵🇸

This is genocide

A modern genocide

Funded by the red white and blue

How disgusting

Please ceasefire now

Put the weapons down

Find your humanity

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

#free iran #free gaza #free palestine #feminist #palestine will be free #protest for palestine #palestinian culture #palestinian art #support palestine #gaza #northern gaza #war on gaza #silent genocide #end colonialism #end capitalism #from the river to the sea palestine will be free

[harminuya]

Armenian women and children sitting in bakery in Salmas, Late 19th Century or early 20th Century, by Antoin Sevruguin.

The Nelson Collection of Qajar photography.

#armenia #armenian #armenianblog #iran #parskahay #armenian culture #lavash

[jaffababe]

West Asian nose rings and jewels

Numerous types of nose rings have different names. For example, a nose ring worn in the right nostril is called a khizama, and a nose ring for the left nostril is a zimam. The classic nose ring (shanf) of silver or gold consists of an upper half made of thick wire and a lower half that is a semicircular disk decorated with filigree work. A special type of nose ring called the frayda is a large nose ring set with a pearl or turquoise. Some women wear a stud (also called a zimam in some regions) made out of gold or silver.

Apart from gold or silver studs for the nostrils, some Bedouin women and girls wear a pendant hung above the bridge of the nose; this is typically a flat piece of silver inlaid with glass beads with small rings and chains attached to it. Nose rings in West Asia have a long history dating back 4,000 years ago and are worn at all corners of the region.

Pictured left to right: Iran (Qesham), Oman, Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia.

#west asia #middle east #asia #levant #oman #Iraq #iran #palestine #Arabian gulf #traditional jewelry #traditional clothing #nose ring #piercings #Bedouin culture

[folkfashion]

Kurdish girl, Iran, by Salar Arkan - سالار ارکان

#kurdish #iran #asia #west asia #folk clothing #traditional clothing #traditional fashion #cultural clothing

[haykhighland]

Armenian family from the village of Gharaghan (Ղարաղան) in Markazi, Iran, 1939.

Family archive

#armenian-iranian #armenian diaspora #armenia #armenian #armenian culture #indigenous #west asia #iran #markazi #gharaghan #middle east #indigenous west asian #armenians of iran #armenian history