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Mount Khajeh: A Flat-Topped Black Basalt Hill

Kooh-e-Khajeh is one of the most valuable and historical relics of Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan.

Illumination: A Unique Iranian Art

Tazhib (gilding) is an Arabic word which has been derived from “zahab” meaning “gold”. Gilding currently means to draw beautiful patterns of plants or geometrical shapes on the margins of books.

Sericulture - Iran

For more than 15 centuries, since the Sassanid era, from April to June farmers in the north of Iran particularly in the northwestern region of Aras spend most of time in orchards collecting mulberry leaves which are the only food that silk worms eat.

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