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Winter 2015

Homeland

Three waving Iran flags in front of residential buildings, Milad Tower and Alborz Mountains in the c

Iran is in the Southwest Asia with a 80 million population.

Iran has different languages like Farsi, Turkish, Arabic, Kurdish, Gilaky and Lury. In Iran there are 31 provinces and every part has different languages and different ways.

Iranian people celebrate Nowruz together. Nowruz is the Iranian New Year, but one week before New Year, people celebrate at night time. People make fire they jump on fire and young people go dancing and singing. The Nowruz it means new life, young people go to see old people, and people buy new clothes. In Iran there are different religions, I know about my religion, Yarsan and Muslim religion. Muslim people have 30 days fasting after 30 days they celebrate. This celebration is named Eid-al-Fitr. Yarsan people have 3 days fasting after 3 days they celebrate. This celebration is named god day.

Iran has different temperature of weather, some part in winter time -30 or -40. Some part in summer time like my city +40 or +45. Iran has the Caspian Sea. It is in the North Iran while the other one is named Persian gulf and it is in the South Iran. People run fisheries in both seas. In Iran there are two major lakes, Hamun and Urmia. Hamun Lake was beautiful, now it was becoming dry, other one is named Urmia Lake, it was nice lake too, but now it is becoming dry.

Iran has too many mountains like the Alborz, Sabalan, Zagros etc. Alborz is in the North Iran, Damavand is a part of Alborz Mountain with 5671 height. The Sabalan Mountain is in North West Iran, with 4811 height. Zagros is a long mountain from the West till the Southwest, with 4409 height.

In Iran there are different hospitals [Military. Private. Public hospitals.] Public hospitals are not so good. In other hospitals there are good doctors who care about the health of the people.

Iranian people are good people and hospitable too.