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🇮🇷 Also known as Persia, Iran is home

🇮🇷 Also known as Persia, Iran is home to one of the world’s oldest civilizations, beginning in the fourth millennium BCE. The country’s rich cultural counts 22 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Iran consists of the Iranian Plateau: its landscape IS dominated by rugged mountain ranges that separate various basins and 11 climates out of the world’s 13. Mount Damavand, Iran’s highest point at 5,610 m, which is the highest mountain on the Eurasian landmass. It is most likely the birthplace of polo, locally known as #čowgān, and traitional wrestling, called košti e pahlevāni, is registered on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritagelist Iran’s New Year begins with Nowruz, ancient Iranian tradition celebrated on the vernal equinox, considered holiday for the zoroastrians. . . mongolrally2018 mongolrally lonelyplanet gallery subaru subarulibero alboretoisnothing party indianajonesspostati theadventurists rally roadtonowhere epicjourney wanderlust solewhiskyeseiinpoleposition @ Tehran, Iran