Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Iran/Archive 4

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Archive 3

A big discussion on the talk:Turkic peoples

Greetings. I'd like all interested parties to participate in the discussion "The Turkic ethnicities, Turkic languages and the population data in the article" on the talk page above. I am trying to include as many participants as possible from different projects. Please be active Aregakn (talk) 01:55, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

FAR

I have nominated Iranian peoples for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dana boomer (talk) 01:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Golha (radio programmes)

I removed WP Afghanistan from Golha (radio programmes), obvously It's related to Iran, Exprienced editors plz check Spada II ♪♫ (talk) 15:54, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Conversion to {{Infobox road}}

Are there any objections to converting the infoboxes that are currently used on Iran highway articles to {{Infobox road}}, which is fully compliant with the accessibility and WP:MOSFLAG guidelines, and which is used in several other countries? --Rs chen 7754 21:54, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Behistun Palace

Please help clean this up. I am not an expert on the subject, found it because I have an interest. Hope you do as well.--Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 18:05, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Emergency: Can a user delete Iran's history of classical music and art from WP?

Hi,

The same user who was highly involved in an Iranian musician, Kourosh Zolani’s AfD discussion and deleted a huge part of the comments from the opponent side on August 15 and Agust16, has nominated almost every Iranian musicians articles for deletion or speedy deletion today. Here are the links to two pages of names: (page 1) and (page 2). The user is proposing to delete almost all the history of Iranian classical music from WP. This act sounds totally racial and discrimination to me. Is there any policy in Wikipedia to stop this user’s suspicious act? Thank you, Thomasshane (talk) 20:07, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Iran Portal

I have raised an issue on Portal talk:Iran but I thought it might be useful to provide notice here as well: a new user seems to have taken upon themself the role of sole arbiter on Portal:Iran, updating the Selected biography, Featured picture and Selected article with no discussion among the other maintainers of the portal or this WikiProject. Would any of the more experienced members of this WikiProject care to address this? WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:12, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

List of hospitals in Iran

FYI, List of hospitals in Iran has been prodded for deletion. 76.66.197.151 (talk) 06:23, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

You saw it, I advise you to see the end —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.76.66.69 (talk) 16:50, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Transport in Iran - Category currently uses US variant

Maybe you like to vote on Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_September_9#Category:Transportation_in_Iran TruckCard (talk) 01:40, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Iran articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release

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Women's rights in Iran

More Wiki editors should take a look at this page. A couple of users are adding a sub-section on, and advocating that stoning, which is a Human rights' violation, is actually a Women's rights in Iran, and done to women, for being women, when most victims of stoning have been men, and the law applies to both genders. AlexanderPar (talk) 23:23, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Rename Evin Prison to "Evin House of Detention"?

As seen in File:EvinHouseofDetention.jpg, the Iranian government's official English name seems to be "Evin House of Detention." Should we use that name instead of "Evin Prison"? WhisperToMe (talk) 01:37, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Ambigious template

Can project members give their opinion on this [1]. I am inclining that it should be deleted. It seems users think that by deleting any mention of Iran and Persian culture, they can carve out a separate history for a historical Persian speaking region. --Khodabandeh14 (talk) 04:15, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Iranshenasi

I would appreciate if some editors familiar with Iran and its culture could have a look at the article on Iranshenasi. Is it really "one of the most authoritative journals" in this area. Please also see this discussion about the reliability of Encyclopaedia Iranica as a source in this case. Thanks. --Crusio (talk) 08:50, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Iranshenasi again

Dear Friends, A certain user who does not understand Persian nor is aware of the academic reliability of Iranica has put Iranshenasi article for deletion [2]. I urge everyone to read the arguments (specially the number of citations by scholars in google books/scholars) and vote in the debate. Thanks --Khodabandeh14 (talk) 16:55, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Possible duplicate article

Hi there Wikiproject Iran. I'm a new page patroller and just came across the new article New Bonab. Can any of you confirm whether this is really a separate town from Benab? The two descriptions sound very similar; if they're the same page then the two should be merged. Perhaps someone here knows which is the better title as well. Gonzonoir (talk) 08:48, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi, that city exists.--Aliwiki (talk) 10:17, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Isargaran article title

Outside opinions are invited as to how to title the article Isargaran of Islamic Revolution Population. Please contribue at the discussion on the article's talk page.--Kotniski (talk) 07:54, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject cleanup listing

I have created together with Smallman12q a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for WolterBot and this WikiProject is among those that are already included (because it is a member of Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions). See the tool's wiki page, this project's listing in one big table or by categories and the index of WikiProjects. Svick (talk) 20:01, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Ahesta Boro

Hello, my friends: A group of us are working on clearing the backlog at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_lacking_sources_from_October_2006. The article in the above header has been without sources for the past four years and may be removed if none are added. I wonder if you can help do so. Sincerely, and all the best to you, GeorgeLouis (talk) 07:09, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi. I added 2 source, however they are weak. Finding reference for such these matters are very difficult.--Aliwiki (talk) 14:03, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

World Heritage Site Bam

Hi! I am working on improving the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger and stumbled upon the following: Bam and its Cultural Landscape (official name of the WH site) redirects to Arg-é Bam which technically is just part of the WH site. On the other hand, there is also the Bam, Iran article which contains the WH site template, but possibly (?) covers a larger area (old and new city?) than the world heritage site. Maybe somebody who knows the locality could fix this problem. bamse (talk) 18:57, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi and thanks. You mentioned a good point. Bam,Iran is the current city which the old citadel is part of it. Comparison the article with other examples like Samarqand shows same structure. Do you think we must remove the WH from the city article?--Aliwiki (talk) 13:50, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

I just wonder, how big the following three entities are relative to each other: (i) (modern) Bam city, (ii) WH site, (iii) Arg-é Bam. Possibly the redirect Bam and its Cultural Landscape should point to Bam, Iran (or a subsection of that article) with Arg-é Bam linked to in the Bam, Iran article. bamse (talk) 18:43, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm. In my opinion, there must be just 2 entities. (i) Bam city (ii) Bam Citadel (in Laztinized Persian: Arg-e Bam) which is a WH site. I believe Bam and its Cultural Landscape is ambiguous and it would be better to be deleted.--Aliwiki (talk) 19:11, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

According to UNESCO, the WH site is bigger than the citadel. Quote: "The principal core zone consists of the Citadel (Arg-e Bam) with its surroundings. Outside this area, the specified remains of protected historic structures include: Qal'eh Dokhtar (Maiden's Fortress, c. 7th century), Emamzadeh Zeyd Mausoleum,..." That's why I think that the WH site should be either covered in the Bam, Iran article or in a to-be-written Bam and its Cultural Landscape article. "Bam and its Cultural Landscape" is the official UNESCO name of the WH site and should not be deleted in my opinion (even if it is just a redirect). bamse (talk) 21:38, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

You're right. Know much more better than me about Iran! So, as a coclucion, we must have two entities, (i)Bam city, (ii) WH sites of Bam which can be articled under the name Bam and its Cultural Landscape, but the latter name is ambiguous and in my opinion it would be better to rename it to Cultural Landscape of Bam or something similar.--Aliwiki (talk) 11:29, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Spelling: Shia vs. Shi'a vs. Shiite -- Discussion at WP:ISLAM

For anyone with input regarding possible WP standardisation of the word Shia, Shiite, Shi'a, please provide input at the following page: Shia/Shiite/Shi'a at WP:ISLAM. MatthewVanitas (talk) 03:08, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

The term Shia is the preferred over the others. I explained in more detail in Islam Wikiproject page.--Aliwiki (talk) 11:44, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Assassins

The usage of assassins is up for discussion, see Talk:Hashshashin . 184.144.167.193 (talk) 05:12, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Iranian versus Persian

Hello all, I was wondering if I could get some feedback from this Wikiproject regarding calling people from Iran as Iranians or Persians. My thoughts is that currently the country is known as Iran and all major international organizations call it Iran, and thus it's citizens are Iranians, and that Persians can either refer to the the historical territory and/or Persian-speaking people in Iran, and as well as a synonym for Iranians, but that the most common name is Iranians and thus Wikipedia should use Iranian. There is a back-and-forth between me an an editor on a number of pages including Fariborz Sahba which seems to me to be politically motivated to separate it from the current Iranian government. Regards, -- Jeff3000 (talk) 19:29, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Alexander the Great/GA1

Alexander the Great is being reviewed for Good Article listing. It has been put on hold for an initial 14 days to allow for minor issues related to coverage and authorial tone to be addressed. Any assistance would be welcomed. If your project has been tagged as connected to this topic by mistake, the tag will be removed in 14 days time. SilkTork *^YES! 23:43, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Mota

Experts can comment here. Thanks.--Aliwiki (talk) 05:49, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

"Iranian Revolution" or "Islamic Revolution"?

Should the name of the Iranian Revolution article be changed to "Islamic Revolution"?

argue here. --BoogaLouie (talk) 17:30, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

New articles on post-79 Monarchist movement

Greetings, not advocating either side of the argument, but out of historic interest I updated one article (incl. Fair Use photo), and created two others:

General Bahram Aryana (sourced, added pic): pro-Shah general
General Gholam Ali Oveisi (new): "
Iran Liberation Army (new), monarchist group, also known as "Azadegan"

Thanks for any help adding references (particularly if there are RSs available in Persian, as I don't read it well), and any help getting in proper spellings of names in Persian, etc. MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:01, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

POV/synth issues at Corruption of Science and Education in Iran

Article seems to have some major failings; input? MatthewVanitas (talk) 15:10, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mehrnoush Najafi Ragheb

The article Mehrnoush Najafi Ragheb has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:GNG. Lacks substantial coverage in independent sources.

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

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Ganja

Dear Sirs and Madams, I will be thanlful, if you check and enter corrections relating to the place name Ganja because of the similar names I found at maps: Ganjabad-E Sofla, Azarbayjan-e Sharqi, Iran; Ganjabad, Kapaz, Zanjan, Iran; Ganjabad, Esfahan, Iran, etc. Thank you in advance, -- Zara-arush (talk) 11:28, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Category:Conservatism in Iran

[[Category:Conservatism in Iran]] was just created and has one entry. Some questions: Is that the best name for ... these people? Too broad? Would "principalists" be better? Or added as another category? It seems like this category should have dozens, if not hundreds, of entries. --BoogaLouie (talk) 15:45, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Quick help with a sourcing problem at Dabir Azam Hosna

I don't speak Persian, and the article doesn't provide a translation, I would *expect* that the list of mayors at this site would include the mayor in question, but I simply can't tell. Can someone connect the dots sufficiently that I could add this list as a reference to the article on the former mayor? Thanks in advance, --joe decker ^{talk to me} 02:46, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

2009 Iranian Air Force mid-air collision

Can we please have some eyes on the 2009 Iranian Air Force mid-air collision (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) article. A content dispute has broken out. Per WP:EW, I'm not going to make any more reverts, but I have asked for a course of action on the talk page, which another editor has backed, but he also cannot do for the same reason. Mjroots (talk) 22:24, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Hossein Seifzadeh

There appears to have been quite a bit added in the last few months regarding his arrest, but most of it is in Persian and since google translate seems to indicate that it is relevant, I thought I'd comment here.Naraht (talk) 17:03, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of the localities around Tehran

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of the localities around Tehran - page exists since 2005, on the talk page Talk:List of the localities around Tehran 3 editors voted for keep in 2006, no opposition. Now suddenly a user from the US jumps in and wants it to be deleted. He gets help from a user from the UK. No one did inform the WikiProject Iran. Bogdan Nagachop (talk) 01:32, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Prime Minister or Premier?

Should the term Prime Minister or Premier be used to refer to the Prime Ministers/ Premiers which came before the constitutional revolution? Both terms are often used in the same article e.g. Amir Kabir. Can the two terms be used interchangeably. On a related note is the term President of the Senate or Speaker of the Senate the correct one? The articles for the Senate of Iran and Jafar Sharif-Emami use both. Bosstopher (talk) 07:31, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Iranian photographer with cover/front page on Time magazine and Sharq

Is Javad Parsa notable?

Different photographs of his has been on the covers/front page of Time magazine and newspaper Sharq. After his picture of Irans president figured on the front page of Sharq, he was banned for 3 months from entering regjeringskvartalet (free translation: Government headquarter) in Iran.

References:

Dagens Næringsliv, "De utstøtte" by Cecilie Enger, 2011-05-07 pages 60-66

http://www.lisadaftari.com/articles/item/29-the-crime-of-a-photo

Does anyone have any additional references?

(Other names: Javad Moghimi and Javad M. Parsa) --62.92.144.15 (talk) 12:20, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Category discussion

Additional input would be appreciated here. Beyond My Ken (talk) 16:16, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Ismail I

When you have time, could you see Talk:Ismail I#POV pushing edits ? Thank you. Takabeg (talk) 10:53, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

RFC at Ruhollah Khomeini

Hi there. There's currently an RFC underway at Talk:Ruhollah Khomeini#The lead of the article, which is marked as high importance to WikiProject:Iran. Interested editors are invited to visit the talk page and take part in the discussion. TechnoSymbiosis (talk) 21:52, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

"Iran lobby"

I've just come across The Iran lobby in the United States, an orphaned article which looks potentially quite problematic - I don't know much about the topic, but it reads fairly one-sided, and may not be appropriate for a Wikipedia article. (Apart from anything else, a contribution by a user called "Minitrue Propdep" is faintly alarming). Could someone with expertise take a look? If need be, it may need deleting, or partially merging into Iran – United States relations.

Thanks, Shimgray | talk | 10:28, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Cinema Rex fire

From Talk:Cinema_Rex_fire#I_have_put_FIVE_independant_trustworthy_sources_that_proves_that_the_Islamists_were_behind_it It looks like there are groups of people who are trying to say that Islamists are certainly behind the Cinema Rex fire. Is this really true? In Satrapi's book she says that "everyone knew" the Shah did it, and it was a book published in the 2000s. I am skepticalo of the claims of the editors on the talk page WhisperToMe (talk) 06:36, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

TV show

Does anyone know about the TV show fa:مسابقه تلاش? Would anyone mind writing an article in English about it? WhisperToMe (talk) 21:53, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

The producer of the TV show is an established user of Persian Wikipedia. You can find him here. Furthermore, the Persian article does not have any important information or content, but just the credits. AMERICOPHILE 08:03, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Mostafa Kavakebian

The English is kind of off in Mostafa Kavakebian. Would anyone mind helping out with it? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 06:15, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

New source

Vakili-Zad, Cyrus. "Conflict among the Ruling Revolutionary Elite in Iran." Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul., 1994), pp. 618-631.

This talks about how pre-Revolution and post-Revolution governments had different makeups, prior occupations, and points of view WhisperToMe (talk) 08:02, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Persian fonts

I started an article on the Sardasht Dam and this PDF appears to have some valuable information but I cannot use Google Translate because my computer doesn't have the embedded fonts. Does anyone have fonts or the ability to translate the document? I don't pull all the information from a Google Translation but easy to decipher specifications and dates that are useful to readers. Thanks.--NortyNort (Holla) 23:10, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Help at WP:DRV

Hi all. It would be helpful to get an evaluation of the Farsi sources and idea of the general importance of topic at [3]. Thanks! Hobit (talk) 15:14, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Azerbaijani people

I have nominated Azerbaijani people for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. DrKiernan (talk) 17:10, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

majleses articles

There are articles for the majles elections (e.g. Iranian legislative election, 2000) but not for the majleses that those elections elected (for the 2000 election for example that would have been the "Sixth Majles of Iran". Why nothing about what happened, what bills were passed during the four years that followed?). --204.169.161.1 (talk) 21:59, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Tower Tomb Sayyed Se Ton

Does someone familar with these type of Sufi shrines in Iran be willing to help us out at Tower Tomb Sayyed Se Ton and WP:Articles for deletion/Tower Tomb Sayyed Se Ton. I had to nominate the current version of the article for deletion as the (now blocked) author has a bad history of creating copyvio articles (so policy dictates that the current version is presumed to be a copyright violation due to that author's history), and the current version is virtually unreadable. Although I have nominated the article for deletion, I agree with other editors that this article could be saved it was re-written properly. Are there any volunteers willing to take that on? Thanks. Singularity42 (talk) 01:40, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Subcategories "Type of garden"

I have posted a question on this subject on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening. Your opinions are welcome. Wiki-uk (talk) 18:14, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

reliable source/notability help request

There is an article Bahador Kharazmi which uses only persian sources. The sites themselves of many of the sources are reliable (bbc, etc), but since I cant read persian, it is not possible for me to tell if these are just blogs, in passing references, PR announcements, etc. We have had a lot of trouble with the editor's of this page, doing a lot of sockpuppetry, and interfering in maintenance/deletions on other articles, and we are fairly sure the primary editor is the subject himself. Prettymuch I want to delete the page - but if the sources good, then it can probably stick around. especially as the content of the page itself is nothing notable. Subject claims one song charted, which is unreferenced. So in any case, if somone could review the sources and perhaps comment on the article talk page that would be great. (Also if any of the sources back up the song charting, that would be excellent too). Gaijin42 (talk) 22:21, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

New article

Persian onager. Stub with one source. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ɖ∘¿¤þ Contrib. 18:20, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Featured picture candidate

The ceiling of the 400 year old Sheikh-Lotf-Allah mosque in Isfahan, Iran

This picture has been nominated as a featured picture, please voice your opinion if this picture meets Featured picture criteria for the category "Featured pictures/Places/Interiors". Discuss on the page at here. All editors are welcome to vote. Penyulap ☏ 04:40, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Question about Ata Airlines head office

About Ata Airlines, I took a look at the English page at http://www.ataair.ir/english/saleview.aspx - It says that the "Centerl Office", the "Ataairl Line Department," is in Ekpatan, Tehran, while there is the "Tabriz Centeral office" is in Tabriz. Does this means that Ata Airlines has its head office in Tehran? Does the Persian page at http://www.ataair.ir/saleview.aspx also say that the head office is in Tehran, with a secondary office in Tabriz?

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 21:14, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Persian language help

I was wondering if a Farsi speaker had a moment to add the Farsi spelling of Hamid Ghassemi-Shall and Kouhyar Goudarzi to their respective articles, to aid with future interwiki-ing. (Additional input on those articles would be welcome, too, of course.) Cheers, Khazar2 (talk) 18:25, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Perth requested-move notification

An earlier requested-move survey generated lots of controversy and an arbitration case.

Therefore, this one is being posted here and in many other places, to gather a very wide range of opinions outside of the Scotland and Australia WikiProjects.

A requested move survey was started at Talk:Perth_(disambiguation)#Requested_move, which proposes to move:

Background: There was a previous requested-move survey which ran from late May to mid June. There was a great deal of controversy surrounding the closure and subsequent events, which involved a number of reverts and re-reverts which are the subject of an ongoing arbitration case. There was a move review process, which was closed with a finding that the original requested-move closure was endorsed; however, the move review process is relatively new and untried. — P.T. Aufrette (talk) 03:30, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Can sb please fix Wikipedia:Wikipedia in languages of Iran ? --sicaspi (talk) 20:00, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Start Iranian presidential box

Template:Start Iranian presidential box has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. DH85868993 (talk) 15:54, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

VANDALISM

Dear Wikipedia. I am Mtheory1, and I have been making little edits to wikipedia time and again to fix this issue of the middle east. First off, to a lot of Iranians (I am one), this word is extremely eurocentric and rude, and Iranian culture is not the quintessential middle eastern culture. We don't eat hummus, we don't eat rock-hard dry pita bread (as a simple explanation). We are Asians. We have always been aligned with the cultures of the east and many scholarly reports online (and unfortunately, Wikipedia is, at times, un-scholarly) agree to where Iran lies geographically, politically, and socially: South Asia. The United Nations has written a "geoscheme" that is also conveniently located on Wikipedia titled United Nations geoscheme for Asia, where you will note Iran is under "South Asia" (google the geoscheme and you can verify). Two wikipedians, and only these two, continually accuse me of vandalism when I am simply trying to rid all articles associated with Iran on this website of middle east and give the truth to great people who use this website and hope for un-biased, truthful information. User Iranshahr (see her/his vandalism in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents) and user "ordibehesht" User talk:اردیبهشت have carried out a clear campaign to place Iran entirely in West Asia, when this, my friends, is only partly accurate. Iran is a great nation with ties all the way from the western borders of Turkey to China, and Iran is considered a tripoint of Asia culturally and genetically (with Iranian "peoples" stemming all the way from Iraq-West Asia, N India and Pakistan-S Asia, and Central Asia-all of the "stans.") I am a scholar in this field (Iranology), and I have been pushed by my Iranian community to put an end to this confusion. Iran, no matter what Wikipedia or people who don't know of Iran say, is in South Asia, but transcends three (even all) parts of Asia in some way shape and form. WIkipedia's own Geoscheme verifies what I have been constantly saying, where Iran is (South Asia), and almost EVERY cultural, economic, political, historical, genetic article on WIkipedia verify Iran's close ties with the Eastern steppes of Asia, rather than the West. The two aforementioned users are forcing Iran to be Arab or West Asian, when this is simply not entirely the case. Iran must be recognized ENTIRELY. Not given ONE label mis-appropriately applied label to all of its people for the world to see. To help build consensus for this, wikipedians, please look at the UN Geoscheme for Asia (where you will find Iran), Central Asia (where you will find Iran's Khorasan area a part of even today), and West Asia (which everyone thinks Iran is totally in, which is obviously not true. Please, Iranian Wikipedians, I need your help. User:اردیبهشت and User talk:Irānshahr are on a campaign to make Iran a totally middle eastern country. ARE WE ARAB? NO! We are Iranians. We are Persians. And therefore Asians. Enough. By the way, I am not Afghan. I am Persian, and went to Sharif UT. And how dare you say Afghans are not Persian? EVEN the people of Xinjiang in China are! !خسته ام Mtheory1 (talk) 19:35, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

You should realize that the countries that are a part of Western Asia are ASIAN, hence the word- ASIA! Also, almost all of your sources for placing Iran in South Asia are incorrect- National Geographic places Iran in Western Asia, as do most scholars. South Asia TRADITIONALLY refers to the Indian tectonic plate- of which Iran is NOT a part of. The Indian tectonic plate consists of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Sindh/Punjab provinces of Pakistan. Afghanistan is considered to be a Central Asian country, with heavy South Asian influences due to its long Pakistani border. Iran, however, is a primarily WEST ASIAN country- Northeastern regions, and Southeastern areas, could be placed in Central Asia- due to ties with Turkmenistan and Southern Afghanistan/Pakistan, respectively. Western Pakistan and Afghanistan are GEOGRAPHICALLY Central Asian as well. Iran is defined by the Zagros and Elburz mountains, which are part of the Caucasus- Anatolian mountain "region"- therefore, most of Iran's populace has closer ties to the Caucasus and Northern West Asia- which are NOT ARAB SPEAKING- mostly Turkish, Azeri, Kurdish, and Persian related groups. Notice, all of these areas ARE ASIAN'.

As MOST of Iran lives in the North and West, the cuisine also has a very Caucasus- inspired taste- less spices! Breads such as Lavash are also primarily Armenian/Azeri. However, it does have a very Mediterranean flavour, due to geographic proximity. Tehran, Esfahan, Tabriz, Hamadan, and Mashhad are located in either the West or Northern parts of Iran, and have either more Caucasian, West Asian, or Central Asian "flair". Most Iranians come from regions surrounding these cities. Therefore, Iranian culture is a mixture of Caucasus, Central Asia, and West Asia, with more influence from one or the other depending on the region. Due to very little populace living in Southeastern Iran, South Asian cultural influences- from the plains of India and Pakistan- are practically non-existant in MOST of Iran. Iranian culture did heavily influence the Ottomans and Mughals, however.

If you are an Iranian, it is most likely that you also have Azeri ancestors, who are thoroughly part of the Caucasus' cultural quilt, and have EXTREMELY close ties to their brethren in neighboring Anatolia/Turkey. Kurds, who constitute a huge part of Iran, also live in neighboring Turkey and Iraq. The southeasternly Baluchis, however, who could be Iran's closest tie to South Asia, do not constitute a large part of Iran's ethnic community. Iran is a primarily Persian, Kurdish, and Turkish/Azeri nation. Even the Persians have great admixture with the Turks, Kurds, and even Arabs. Therefore, it can be said that Iran is a West Asian country, with significant Central Asian and Caucasian influences. YES!! ASIAN- but West/Central Asian, as Iran is NORTH of the Arab regions of West Asia.

https://2d560d83-a-df998bd3-s-sites.googlegroups.com/a/ngs.org/ngs-style-manual/home/A/asian/Asia%20Map.png?attachauth=ANoY7co_FQQ3y7HhpIjuGPf2_oqJmtE-9TYZW1l40nJqZv7KbcgYerYRxTCdVaKYacFWlbaqHp-MqIvaKTCxHPjFB2gLuFkh5wfEjj4B7Pdju2PGqhJbXcf0xR3T4YBsn13H_cj5dIDvSoe0KfFIdTBHx3zaYcW5CXmFUh1yeBejApj4h_BFDcxx7Y5jB-hKfKUOeLilX3L-vaFZroE8GhU_j1sTbvRI9nu-_oLheky8JGzbwS7WnBU%3D&attredirects=0 MAP OF ASIA from National Geo.

If you are Baluchi (2% of Iran's populace), you could consider yourself Central/South Asian. ANYTHING ELSE, your are either Western Asian, Central Asian, or Caucasian.

Also, Afghanistan's Persian speakers are Tajiks, or Hazara. The Tajiks are Uzbeks, Bactrians, and Sogdians who learned to speak Persian as the Turkic leaders of Central Asia spoke Persian in court. Same with Hazaras, who originate from Mongols and Turkic groups. When people say PERSIAN, in terms of an ethnic group, they refer to any Persian speaker who claims descent from the province of Fars- however, as the Persians- meaning Iranian Persian speakers- intermarried HEAVILY with Arabs and Turks, there is no real meaning of Persian. Calling an Afghan Persian is like calling a Chinese person English, just because he speaks the language. Genetic testing has proven that the difference between peoples living across the Dasht-e-Lut and Dasht-e-Kavir in Eastern Iran is very significant. Populations east of these deserts have more Central Asian influence, however, the MAJORITY of Iran lives to the north and west of these deserts, and have greater affinity to the populations of the Caucasus, Anatolia, and Northern Mesopotamia.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Moonstone188 (talk • contribs)

I WILL analyse this page and present my opinions later (I am tired:) ). This person is very knowledgable and I agree with him, but Iranologists like myself and my colleague are starting to diverge from some of the things this person attests, he/she must have learned online. The job of an Iranologist is not to create defined barriers and "majority" labels for Iran, but to identify such barriers and the relations such barriers have amongst one another. I will be back with further analysis. Mtheory1 (talk) 08:41, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Just to clarify Iran's MULTIPLE regional positionS

I WILL analyse this page and present my opinions later (I am tired:) ). You are very knowledgable and I agree with you, but Iranologists like myself and my colleagues are starting to diverge from some of the things this person attests, he/she must have learned online. The job of an Iranologist is not to create defined barriers and "majority" labels for Iran, but to identify such barriers and the relations such barriers have amongst one another. I will be back with further analysis. Remember, what you say about majorities is correct, but the historians and scholars in fields similar to this wish to recognize ALL the areas of the world a country contributes to: culturally, genetically (pools), politically, etc... I will try to cover all these pieces of analysis in my explanation as simply as I can. Remember also, genetics is not the BEST way of understanding definitions of cultures. Understand that the majority of West Asia is Semetic, and an extremely tiny percentage of Iran and Central Asia (both Persian to the core and very closely aligned gentically) are Semetic. This is why it is NOT West Asian in any form, because for years, Iranian people themselves have rejected the culture and issues of that part of the world. Iran is erroneously placed in the middle east, and it's actually funny because the word keeps expanding. Pretty soon, Kashi (part of Xinjiang, China) will be middle eastern! Anyways, to make a long explanation short (I tend to babble), Iran can be BEST described as South-Central Asian, but not West. It is incorrect in MANY ways, and also does an injustice to Iranians who, quite honestly, do not even wish to be thought of as such. Being attacked by people of this area has major perceptional impacts on a culture, and this cannot be overlooked for Iranians. The "majority" you are speaking of is actually (genetically, culturally, everything else really :) ) of Iran is actually more-so related to Turkey, and just because Turks don't have Mongoloid features, does not mean they are NOT Turkic. A great percentage of Iranian genetic pool is Turkic, and the Persians are descendants of a province called Fars, which the people thereof migrated northeastward, towards the "stans" we know now today. The fact that Afghans speak heavy Persian has absolutely nothing to do wuth your comment: "calling a Chinee person English." The Persian langage has been infused in the culture of Afghanistan (and all the "stans" for lack of a better term) for years longer than English has been in Chinese language, so this connection is erroneous. OK. I will also attach some DNA tests from a friend of mine, and you will see distinct "corridors" of genetic pools Iran creates. The Iranians WERE an Insular people, but NOT a non-migratory people. They moved about, taking their culture, langage, and genes with them. The only genetic relation they have with Semetic peoples (Arabs, etc) is through war and rape crimes, and this is not much. Many Persians mated with Turks, and many voluntary since the peoples of Turks (who migrated from C Asia, Southwards into Iran) were fascinated by the culture, etc. Yes, I am interchanging the words Persian and Iranian quite often, but it really does not matter considering thatthey are all so genetically aligned with one another. I will continue my analysis later. I am very tired. But great job in what you have so far. Really, you are an intelligent person.

Oh and although you keep saying Iran is absolutely NOT S Asian as a majority, how do you think enormous abundances of Sanskrit (proto-Indo) came into our language(s)? Does that not have an influence on where we are "located"? Mtheory1 (talk) 09:06, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I applaud your great insight into this issue(something that really should not even be an issue!). By calling Iran South Asian, more so than West Asian, you are forced to cherry pick certain similarities that exist due to the advent of Muslim Turkic groups. Also, by just calling Iran JUST Central Asian, then what about Turkey, which you claim is one of Iran's most similar neighbors? Is Turkey also fully Central Asian? Iran's culture is a bridge between the Caucasus, West Asia, and Central Asia, with an outlying factor in South Asia. As I have stated previously, South Asia mainly refers to the Indian Subcontinent, which Iran is ABSOLUTELY NOT a part of. This fact is proven geographically, and genetically, and can't be disproven. However, the similarities between Iran and the Indian Subcontinent are there, mainly due to Mughal rule. However, nowadays, South Asia had expanded, and sometimes includes Afghanistan, especially since the British Raj- due to its long Pakistani border and the Pashtun tribes scattered along it. Just because WIkipedia says Afghanistan's citizens are Persians does NOT mean it is correct! I have already explained this in my earlier post. The main region of Afghanistan that has Iranian ( AS IN THE COUNTRY- IRAN) influence is the province of Herat, which has a mixture of Central Asian and Iranian culture. It is not a coincidence that the South Asian influence ever present in Afghanistan is miniscule in Herat! Even then, the citizens of Herat can not be considered Persian, but Tajik, due to their Uzbek, Sogdian, and Bactrian ancestry. Remember, in talking about Afghanistan, we are speaking of ethnic issues that have caused a 30 year civil war that killed millions of Afghans! By the way- just to clarify, the term "Afghan" refers to the Pashtuns who mainly live in Southeastern Afghanistan.

You also seem to not understand my point in one of my silly statements- "Saying an Afghan is Persian is like calling a Chinese person English, just because he speaks the language". By this, I meant that if a Chinese person started to ONLY speak the English language, while still living in China, he would not call himself English, in terms of ethnicity!

One must realize that the only reason Persian exists is due to the Turkic groups that invaded Iran and Anatolia! They revived the Persian language after years of Arab rule. Khorasan, a province of Iran (this province should be considered Central Asian!) in many ways led this revival of Persian. Therefore, as the Turkic leaders spoke this revived Persian, they forced many of their new conquered peoples to speak it, particularly in what is now Northern Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. This region of Central Asia had many ancient learned cities, such as Samarqand, and they welcomed the use of Persian as a language of literature and art. Same goes for the Persianized Ottomans and Mughals. Some ROYAL intermarriage may have happened, but, as a whole, the Persians of Central Iran and the Zagros liked to stay put, due to fears of attack by the scary invaders!

The Turks of Iran- primarily the Azeris- are an Oghuz Turkish group closely related to their brethren in Anatolia, and have intermarried heavily with local Pontic Greek, Kurdish, Persian, Armenian, Georgian, e.t.c groups. They also have some Arab intermarriages.

Central Asia is not Persian-speaking as a majority EITHER, only Tajikistan and parts of Afghanistan are. Central Asia is inhabited by the easternly Turkic groups, such as the Kipchaq and other subsets of the Turkic languages. They do have Persian influences, however. Kashi (or Kashgar) is a Uyghur speaking city in Western China, and is Turkic- again, with Persian influences.

Iran is MORE one of the other for a person coming from a particular region! However, MOST Iranians come from regions that have more influence from Central Asia, West Asia, or the Caucasus, as compared to South Asia.

Turkey can also place itself in Iran's shoes, as both have enormous amounts of Oghuz Turkic and Western Iranic ethnic groups! And, Turkey is not semitic either, neither is Northern Syria and Iraq, which are Kurdish. So, are there regions South Asia JUST because they are not semitic?

Also, as I have stated previously, the Dasht-e-Lut and the Dasht-e-Kavir of Eastern Iran provide a genetic barrier. West of this, there is more alignment with the Caucasus, Anatolia, and Northern Mesopotamia (Syrian and Iraqi Kurdistan). East, there is more Central Asian influence.

The Turks who invaded Iran and Anatolia went through great cultural assimilation! Originally, they were most likely mongoloid, but with heavy admixture with the peoples living in Northern West Asia, they lost many of these features. The Turkmen of Northeastern Iran, however, still often retain these features.

Again, by EMPHASIZING Iran's South Asian similarities, instead of West Asia, you are forgetting about a majority of Iran! EMPHASIZE that Iran is West and Central Asian, with South Asian influence in its Southeast.

Ancient Persian had Sanskrit COGNATES, as both are Indo-European! In actuality, it would be easier for a Sanskrit person to learn LATIN, than Hindi, as Old Persian, Ancient Greek, Ancient Latin, and Sanskrit were very similar! Also, Ancient Persian was written in cuneiform, which shows great Mesopotamian influence. The ancient Persian cities of Persepolis, Pasargadae, Ecbatana, Ctesiphon (now in Iraq), and the Behistun Inscription show much similarity to Mesopotamian architecture. The ancient city of Susa in Iran was also created by Roman architects, as this city was under Roman rule.

If you are a Baluchi, then I understand why you would prefer Iran to be South Asian, however, if not, you would not be considered South Asian. Remember, we are talking of the majority! We should not cherry pick!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Moonstone1889 (talk • contribs)

Alright, I came here because I saw reference to the discussion on another user's talk page, and, frankly, there are a lot of problems in the above discussion. First of all, on formatting: don't start a new section with every reply. Instead, as long as you're on the same topic, reply in the same section, and use colons at the beginning of each of your paragraphs to indent your message. Second, Moonstone1889, at the end of every message you leave on a talk page, add four tildes (~~~~)--this will sign your name, which is necessary so that we can tell who said what.

Now, as to the discussion itself, basically, everything you two say above doesn't belong here. Wikipedia, including article talk pages and project talk pages, is not a place of scholarly debate. You are both making arguments about language, culture, cuisine, ethnicity, history, etc. None of that is relevant. Instead, the way that we decide what goes in articles is to look at what reliable sources say. If the majority of reliable sources say that Iran is in SOuth Asia, then that's how our articles should describe it. If the majority say its in Central Asia, then that's how we describe it. IF there is a serious debate among scholars, then our articles should describe that debate, giving appropriate weight to each side. What we are absolutely forbidden from doing, per WP:OR, is from making arguments about what is or isn't true. So I recommend that instead of continuing this debate, you look for reliable sources (in this case, books or articles by respected historians and geographers, along with high level political documents, will be the best place to look). 06:20, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

You are absolutely right. I had I no idea we weren't aloud to do WP:OR. A lot of these analysis are not only my own research, but that of others here in our department (in Iran) and other places. I am very sorry. However, because Wikipedia even has articles that contain information where Iran is EVERPRESENT in S Asia, C Asia, and even W Asia, I think it is right to not just "cherry pick" (in the name of Moonstone) a majority, but list them all. WHat about the Balochi? The Khorasani? I am from Khorasan, and my family has CONSIDERABLE C Asian influence/genetic affinity. In fact, I have family from Mazandaran who look Korean! (Mongoloid features). So it is not fair to pick one label, but is scholarly and justifiable and verifiable to put all of them. That's all I am saying. I agree with all peoples on this forum and a grateful for people like these who care enough about Iran to write responses. But we can all compromise by not agreeing on one un-exact majority and agreeing on a correct, all-encompassing phrase: Iran is Central, Western, and Southern Asian. Thank you for your time. You are all very intelligent people. I value that. Mtheory1 (talk) 02:09, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Well, my position is that Iran is in Western Asia, however, the northeast region around Mashhad belongs to Central Asia (Khorasan), and the southeast Baluchi region could possibly be seen as South Asia. The overwhelming majority of Iran's population, however, live in the western half of the country - west of the Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut - and very clearly belong to Western Asia or the Middle East.

Western Iran, where the overwhelming majority of Iranians live, is most connected to Iraq and the Caucasus. Iran's history and culture involves Iraq and Caucasus far, far more than India.

Iran historically consists of two regions. A Central Asian region: 'Khorasan', and a Western Asian region: 'Iraq'. The core Persian area of Iran, including Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz, was historically called Persian Iraq and it belonged with Arabic Iraq (Shia Iraq), Khuzestan, and Azarbaijan.

It is frankly ridiculous to say that Iran is closer to India and Pakistan than to Iraq and Caucasus. This could only be said with respect to spoken language. But not for geography, history, culture, religion, politics, written language, or anything else. Example: By spoken language, Syria is closer to Ethiopia than to Turkey, does this mean Syria belongs with Ethiopia in Sub-Saharan Africa rather than with Turkey in Western Asia?

Iraq is in the centre of Western Asia, and for most of Iran's history, Iraq was the Heart of Iran ("Del-e Irānshahr"). In religious faith, Iran is over 90% Twelver Shia, Southern Iraq (where Shia Islam originates) is over 90% Twelver Shia, Azerbaijan is over 90% Twelver Shia. This is not due to accident, it is due to the area's socio-cultural dynamics.

Would the average Iranian feel more at home in India; surrounded by a predominantly Hindu culture, or southern Iraq; the heartland of Shi'ism and the heartland of ancient Persia? For nearly ALL of its history Iran was part of the same country as Iraq and Azerbaijan. Has Iran ever been part of India?

To claim Iran belongs to South Asia (India, Pakistan) rather than Western Asia (Iraq, Caucasus) is downright absurd. That is why I have reverted many of Mtheory1's POV campaign contributions. I'm glad others have too. Irānshahr (talk) 02:33, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

These maps speak for themselves. Irānshahr (talk) 20:23, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Ali Kashkooli

This BLP could use some editing by knowledgeable neutral editors. Thanks. --Guillaume2303 (talk) 09:53, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism against Iran articles

Three users, Mtheory1, Scythian77 and Lysozym, all apparently Afghans, are presently engaged in a POV campaign against Iran-related articles. Most notably by attempting to place Iran in South Asia by removing all references to the Middle East and West Asia from Iran-articles and changing these to South Asia. The article on Iranian cuisine has also come under attack by Afghans trying to de-link the relationship Iranian cuisine shares with some of its Mediterranean counterparts. Also, there is a POV campaign by Afghans trying to include Hazara's as part of the Persian people and civilization, which frankly, they're not. As a side note, Persian-speakers from Afghanistan already have their own pages (for Tajiks, Hazara's etc). Persians of Iran need their own page too as we are a different people, with a different contemporary culture, politics, history and society (contemporary society and culture of Iran has nothing in common with Afghanistan).

So in sum, it appears that these three Afghans are making a deliberate effort to vandalize Iran-related articles. A watch needs to be kept on them by Iranian members here and their POV campaign against us firmly rejected. اردیبهشت (talk) 18:10, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

That's rubbish. I cannot speak for the other 2, but your edits in Hazara people and Iranian peoples are most certainly racist and totally anti-scholarly. You also fail to come up with sources for your claim that Iranian cuisine has no relations with Indian cuisine, but is somehow directly related to the cuisine of Italy and Spain. That's pure nonsense. To sum it up: your edits have a disturbing racist tone, especially against Afghans and Hazaras, and are unacceptable to this project. By the way, you have been reported to admins. And in case you do not know: nobody in here who knows me or has seen my edits would ever claim that I am "vandalizing Iran-related articles". --Lysozym (talk) 22:27, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Absolutely agree with اردیبهشت , POV campaign against Iran-related articles isn't a new thing. Has been going on for a long time, and carried out by people with hatred towards Iran and Iranian/Persian culture. SomeGuy1122 (talk) 11:58, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

The only thing Iranian cuisine has related to Indian cuisine is what they took from us (for example Biryani and Kebab). We have gained nothing from India or Pakistan and are certainly not in South Asia. Why the idiots in the UN placed us in South Asia is a mystery to me, but that is an anomaly and is not represented anywhere else. I fully support the banning of members who try and taint Iran and Iranians by placing us with Pakistanis and Indians. Towards the other point about the Mediterranean, we are also not related to them. We don't have a lot in common with Spanish and Italians and Iranians who try and link us to them have an inferiority complex and are a shame to the rest of us. We are a Middle Eastern people, with relations with other middle eastern, Caucasian, and central Asian countries.

PS Just want to say I fixed the Iranian Cuisine article, removed the Indian subcontinent nonsense. Instead put in that we share similarities with Middle East and Afghanistan. Go to the history of that page for my reasons for the changes.ResurrectionOfABeast (talk) 15:50, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Neighnouring countries, all over the world, share similarities in culture, language, and also cuisine. Of course Iran - and the entire Iranian world, which also includes countries like Afghanistan - have a lot common with neighbouring cultures, such as those of India ("India" is just a Western name for a large sub-continent as big and as diverse as Europe!) or Anatolia. "Kebab" is not an Iranian or Persian invention, it is part of the larger Mesopotamian cuisine and has a much older history than Persia or Iran. In fact, not even the word "Kebab" is Persian. One of the main dishes of the entire Iranian world - from Baghdad to Badakhshan - is rice, an important import from India. The more one moves to the east, the more similarities one can find with India or other Asian countries (that includes the universial Asian dish Mantu which originated in Iranian Sogdia and was exported by the Turks and Mongols as far as Korea where it is known as Mandu and Anatolia where it is known as Manti). And the more one moves to the West, the more one can find similarities with Arab countries. The "Afghan cuisine" is in fact a mix of the different peoples that lives in that country: the cuisine of Herat is very similar to that of eastern Iran, the cuisine of kabul is spicy like Indian food. Anyone who denies this eclectic nature of Iranian culture is either uneducated or has inferiority complexes. The Iranian and Indian world have a lot a common, not only in culture and language. Iran has taken as much from India as it has given to India. --Lysozym (talk) 19:26, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Lysozym is absolutely correct. اردیبهشت and only ONE other user are using words like "POV" and whatever to cover up their actions, accusing others of "vandalism" when he/she is vandal him/herself. I am not saying Iran is not "related" to M East, but Iranians are NOT Semetic, and THEREFORE NOT WEST ASIAN. The oNLY relation we have with that part of the world is political, unfair, and the invasions that have been brought upon us. We have ALWAYS pushed away from EVERYTHING from W Asia, and have welcomed our Central Asian (almost 40% of Iran is Turkic, second largest populations) and S Asian (we have MANY commonalities through language [Proto-Into-Sanskirt words and cognates] and foods) cultures. Mtheory1 (talk) 21:11, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Lysozym is correct in his reasoning. Iran is an amalgamation of Central Asian and West Asian cultures, with South Asian influences due to the reign of the Persianized Mughals in the Indian Subcontinent. Again, in speaking of the MAJORITY of Iran, the populace of Iran lives in the North and West, therefore, similarities with Anatolia, the Caucasus, NORTHERN West Asia and Central Asia are more common than those with South Asia. However, even similarities between Iran and South Asia in terms of culture exist. Even then, if an Iranian from Tabriz, Isfahan, or Tehran were to meet a Turk from Adana, and an Pakistani from Lahore, the Iranian would find more similarities with the Turk. However, this mainly refers to the majority of Iran that lives in its North and West.

And another thing! The "Iranian World" that is being constantly spoken of is slightly ridiculous. Including ALL of Afghanistan and Tajikistan in the "Iranian World" is not in accordance with fact. The "Iranian World" mainly consists of Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, parts of Georgia, the Russian Caucasus, Eastern and Northeastern Anatolia, Northern Mesopotamia, and Northwestern Afghanistan.

Also, Proto-Indo-Sanskrit does not exist! Proto-Indo-European does, however! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moonstone1889 (talk • contribs) 01:52, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Both kebab and ice cream originate in Iran. Go on the history part of ice cream and it states it clearly. Also states so on the kebab page. Unless you people now decided to vandalize those pages. Seriously if you want to include Afghanistan in the greater Indian world, that is your prerogative. However I will not allow you to spread lies about Iran. Somebody who tried to vandalize the Iranian cuisine page said that we eat spicy food like Indians! That is unbelievably stupid, as anybody who knows anything about Iranian cuisine knows that it is mild. Such vandalism will not continue under my watch.

PS just want to point out that Iran is not neighbours with India, so don't use that excuse again. We are not even neighbours of the indian plateau/subcontinent, as the half of Pakistan which neighbours Iran lies on the Iranian plateau. Secondly so what if rice originated in India. I don't see you going on the Turkish or Lebanese pages and writing that just because they eat rice they share similarities with India. If that was the case then I guess most of the world is Indian, as tea originated in India and the whole world drinks that. You have to look at overall trends, and they clearly show very little similarities between Iranian and Indian food. Now that I have debunked your theories, don't come with the same story again. ResurrectionOfABeast (talk) 11:26, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Kebab is an Arabic word and grilled meat is not an invention of any country. It has been known in the region - especially in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) for millenia. This argumentation is as stupid as the Turkish claim that Turks invented yoghurt, only because the modern English word is derived from Turkish. As for the rest: every nation in the world shares similarities with its neighbours. And of course Iranian cuisine is related to neighbouring cuisines, that also includes North Western India. In Pakistan, dishes like "Ghorma Sabzi", "Kabob" etc are absolutely common. This is import from Persia as a result of centuries of interarction. The same goes to Anatolia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. The more east, the more spicy. But that does not mean that there is no relationship. And India has for millenia influenced Persia in all aspects of life, be it the import of rice, tea or saffron, sweets and candies (for example Jalabi), poetry and literature (for example the famous Kalila and Damna or 1001 Nights). That also goes to Central Asia: for the last 1000 years, almost all rulers in Persia were of Central Asian origin. They brought their culture and language (which also includes the Modern Persian language which developed in Central Asia in Samanid and Ghaznavid courts!) with them. In the Shahnama, Ferdowsi uses the word "Iran" for cities as far east as Kabul and Farghana. Great Iranian heroes such as Abu Muslim Khorasani and al-Afshin were from Central Asia. In contrast, Iranian cuisine has nothing in common with Italian, French or Spanish, as some in here claim. It's so funny that Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia - despite the obvious facts - are being excluded, while it is claimed that Iranian food shares similarities with French food. That's not only stupid, but also exposes the extreme inferiority complexes some users have. They feel extremely important by claiming some relationship with Fance and Italia while bashing Hazaras, Afghans and Indians. That's not how Wikipedia works. And such stupid and racist attitude must not be tolerated. --Lysozym (talk) 14:36, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Persian needed

Hi. I've written an article on Iranian rocket Kavoshgar-5 and submitted it for Did You Know which will mean it should end up on the front page. It needs the name in Persian alphabet -could someone add it as I don't know it. Thanks. Secretlondon (talk) 22:18, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Iranian Universities of Medical Sciences

While compiling the University of Medical Sciences disambiguation page I came across what seems like an unusually large number of Iranian Universities of Medical Sciences. I was wondering if any experts can suggest a reason for this please. Is Wikipedia coverage in this area particularly good or were they all perhaps established under a particular national scheme? A paragraph of explanation would add welcome clarity I think. - TB (talk) 17:25, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

files

File:Vickers Viscount Iran Air In Bushehr International Airport.jpg and File:Vickers Viscount Iran National Air Lines In Iran 1940s.jpg have been nominated for deletion as unsourced, no license selected, and generally missing any identification -- 70.24.247.66 (talk) 03:16, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Mirza Nasrullah Khan.jpg

image:Mirza Nasrullah Khan.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.181.190 (talk) 08:18, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Help requested on articles on each Majlis

Please help create an article for each Majlis. Please help add information to it.

Start and end dates.
Prime Ministers.
Names of all members.
Notable facts.

We need help to find that information. --HectorMoffet (talk) 10:24, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Moving Categories

Hi, I'm going to move Iranian villages and cities pages to the better category robotic. For example, I moved pages in Category:Populated places in Jowayin County to better categories "Category:Cities in Jowayin County" and "Category:Villages in Jowayin County". To make it easier for users to reach articles and pages about the villages and cities of Iran that are located in different counties. I want to give order to Iran's villages and cities category and move them from "Category:Populated places in --- County" to better like these ones "Category:villages in --- County" and "Category:Cities in --- County" as I done in my trail edits. If you are agree with these correction, put "*support:" there and if you can explain your reason in English and sign it. Sincerely. --H.b.sh (talk) 16:10, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Iranian Kurdistan school fire

This post http://kurdishrights.org/2012/12/13/school-fire-in-eastern-iran-kills-kurdish-girl/ refers to a Kurdistan school fire in Iranian Kurdistan. Are there articles from Iran or other countries that talk about this fire? WhisperToMe (talk) 05:56, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Safir English Language Academy

Hello everyone. This is just to let you know that there is a discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Safir English Language Academy about the possible deletion of Safir English Language Academy, a language school in Iran. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 01:15, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Pishgam name

Could someone add the Farsi for Pishgam (and Kavoshgar) to Pishgam? I'd do it myself but I don't know where to start looking for it and I'm not comfortable with the alphabet. Thanks Secretlondon (talk) 19:55, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Tabaristan

Wikipedia:WikiProject Tabaristan is listed at Wikipedia:Database reports/New WikiProjects (version of 10:52, 9 February 2013).
—Wavelength (talk) 17:04, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Soccer player

Would someone care to check out the article about Meysam Salehe. There are contradictory information as to which clubs he has played for. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 20:58, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

RFC: Opinion pieces in Sanctions against Iran

Please see an ongoing rfc here. The article is riddled with opinion pieces, many of which are used improperly. In particular, two opinion pieces are attributed to the publications themselves. TippyGoomba (talk) 03:47, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Iran Pro League trophy.jpg

File:Iran Pro League trophy.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 03:02, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

It was taken from here, will likely get deleted as a copyvio. TippyGoomba (talk) 03:06, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Any image of the trophy would normally require a fair-use statement, it being a sculpture. -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 00:08, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Bazaar of Isfahan and Grand Bazaar, Isfahan

It seems to me that the articles Bazaar of Isfahan and Grand Bazaar, Isfahan describe the same place. -- Framhein (talk) 18:07, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Ya zahra air defense system.png

File:Ya zahra air defense system.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 07:56, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

A Zoroastrian Family Teheran 1910.JPG

image:A Zoroastrian Family Teheran 1910.JPG has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 06:42, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Candidates of 2013 Iranian presidential election.jpg

File:Candidates of 2013 Iranian presidential election.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 05:30, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

File:Rowhani.jpg

File:Rowhani.jpg has been nomianted for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 04:29, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Dariushhotel3.jpg

image:Dariushhotel3.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:01, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

File:IIN logo (Expired).png

File:IIN logo (Expired).png has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:39, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Sassanid Empire name

There is a move discussion on the Sassanid Empire talk page. Any interested editors are invited to comment and/or vote. --Constantine ✍ 08:27, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

File:Sepid Div.jpg

File:Sepid Div.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:08, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Eranshahr

There is an existing redirect from Eranshahr to Iran (word). There is a new (minimal, incomprehensible) stub at Ērānshahr, created over a redirect which most recently pointed to Sasanian Empire. I know nothing about the subject - but I'd think the two forms ought to lead to the same content, and I leave it to someone with subject knowledge to sort it out. (I just spotted it while stub-sorting, as it didn't have a "DEFAULTSORT" set so was filing after "Z" in Category:Stubs.) PamD 18:48, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Artemisia

Could a Persian speaker please answer whether Artemisia is called Anahita in Persian (old and/or modern)?? A minor edit war has been taking place for some time with intermissions, see Talk:Artemisia I of Caria#To the anonymous IP editor(s) that, at least lately, seem to originate from Iran, a war that I'm trying to end to no avail. Thank you in advance. Thanatos|talk|contributions 11:12, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Safdar Rahmat Abadi

I have started an article for murdered deputy minister Safdar Rahmat Abadi (also transliterated as "Safdar Rahmatabadi") based on English-language news reports about his death, but have been unable to find much information about his career as a politician/minister. Any further information would be very helpful. Espresso Addict (talk) 10:26, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

English exonyms for place names

English_exonyms#Iran. Is this up to date? Can someone check this please. See also article Talk. Many thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 04:43, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Titles of Zayn al-Din Gorgani's works

In Zayn al-Din Gorgani, most of his works are listed without translations of their titles, only transliterations. Translations would be useful. Also, his name is spelled "Jurjani" in the article but "Gorgani" in the title; these should be normalized one way or the other. --Thnidu (talk) 07:15, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Which Qalat is this?

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/12/sunni-woman-first-iran-mayor.html#

Which Qalat is this? There are many Qalats... WhisperToMe (talk) 08:37, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

From the article:

The province of Sistan-Baluchistan is situated in southeastern Iran

--Thnidu (talk) 07:22, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Would anyone like to help reach a consensus on this: Talk:Sasanian_Empire#Recommendations_to_Map_workshop_team

Not too long ago, I put in a request to the Map Workshop Team to make a new and more accurate map of the Sasanian Empire! I started an RfC discussion on the Sasanian Empire talk page as well. See here: Talk:Sasanian_Empire#Recommendations_to_Map_workshop_team

That being said, any interested editors are invited to comment and/or vote to help reach a consensus on the matter. Cheers! Keeby101 (talk) 01:55, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Muslim conquest of Khuzestan request

Requesting input on Talk:Muslim conquest of Khuzestan ... single-source article in danger of deletion? Paul M. Nguyen (chat|blame) 03:12, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Category:Persian noble families

Category:Persian noble families, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:48, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Category:Murdered Persian monarchs

Category:Murdered Persian monarchs, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:48, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Zoroastrianism

Iranian Revolution

I think Iranian Revolution could use some eyes.

Could someone take a look at my comment here and weigh-in?

Thanks! NickCT (talk) 14:42, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Kush/Mountain articles

Members of this WikiProject may be interested in a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geography#Kush/Mountain articles. Cnilep (talk) 07:40, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Help with sources?

I need help from a Persian speaking editor with finding and translating sources for The Painting Pool. It was originally to be speedied as an article by a blocked editor, but I found just enough in English to where the film appears to pass notability guidelines. However the coverage in English is limited and there seems to be more coverage in Persian, but I don't read the language and Google Translate seems to be particularly unhelpful (or more so than usual). Can anyone help look for sources and flesh out the article? Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 09:26, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

FYI re proposed deletion

Mosaferan is up for deletion. I don't have the necessary language skills to save it (if saving is appropriate) -- thought I'd post here. Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:54, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Bastani

Help welcome on this article, particularly the alternative names. Are they types? Thanks. Candleabracadabra (talk) 18:20, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Requesting help on Jafar Panahi page

Hello, A while back I worked on the Jafar Panahi page. I was hoping that someone more knowledgeable than my self could possibly look over the article for accuracy, particularly the sections related to Panahi's arrest. I am not entirely sure that everything is up to date and accurate as it currently reads. I was hoping that someone who reads Farsi could have an easier time finding up to date information for citation. Also, it at all possible I was hoping that someone could at least point me in the right direction to finding more biographical information on Panahi in general, particularly his early life. As far as I know there is no full biography on Panahi in print, but my ability to search in foreign languages is limited. Thank you.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 17:03, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014

You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride 2014, a campaign to create and improve LGBT-related content at Wikipedia and its sister projects. The campaign will take place throughout the month of June, culminating with a multinational edit-a-thon on June 21. Meetups are being held in some cities, or you can participate remotely. All constructive edits are welcome in order to contribute to Wikipedia's mission of providing quality, accurate information. Articles within Category:LGBT in Asia may be of particular interest. You can also upload LGBT-related images by participating in Wikimedia Commons' LGBT-related photo challenge. You are encouraged to share the results of your work here. Happy editing! --Another Believer _(Talk) 21:11, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Iran At Wikimania 2014

Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film

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For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to:
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Adikhajuria (talk) 12:49, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Farsi WP links for teaching hospitals

Hi, there seem to be duplicate categories in fa.wikipedia for Category:University hospitals in the United States = fa:رده:بیمارستان‌های آموزشی در ایالات متحده آمریکا and Category:Teaching hospitals in the United States = fa:رده:بیمارستان‌های آموزشی آمریکا. The English ones are being merged to "Teaching hospitals". Please would someone arrange for these to be merged in fa wiki? I don't know the language and can't get enough help from Google Translate to do it.

The relevant wikidata pages are https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8882483 and https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8832809 . – Fayenatic London 14:29, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Done. --Z 17:50, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! – Fayenatic London 08:16, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Languages in censuses and Race and ethnicity in censuses

Pleas add information about this country to this articles.--Kaiyr (talk) 20:50, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Scythians

FYI

– Talk:Scythians#Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2014

--Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 22:54, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

en:wikt:Appendix:Indo-Iranian Swadesh lists (extended)

Please add variant word of your languages in this list.--Kaiyr (talk) 08:44, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Category:Medieval Turkey

This category has been merged in English wikipedia to Category:Medieval Anatolia, see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2014_August_3#Category:Medieval_Turkey. An equivalent still exists in fa wiki; I suggest that this should likewise be merged. See https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9941307 for the wikidata links. I tried to merge and redirect the ar wiki category, but was not able to finish that one; please advise whether you can do that one too.

fa:رده:حاکمان سلجوقی ترک در آناتولی can probably be deleted too, see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2014_August_3#Category:Seljuk_Turkish_rulers_in_Anatolia.

fa:رده:ترکیه قدیم آناتولی / Category:Early Turkish Anatolia are also looking unnecessary. – Fayenatic London 20:32, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Duplication

Hi all,
I have noticed that List of military equipment manufactured in Iran effectively duplicates Equipment of the Iranian Army and, to a lesser extent, articles on other Iranian armed forces which are gradually degenerating into lists. What is the best way to eliminate this duplication? If it were all in one place, it would be easier to fix the other quality problems. bobrayner (talk) 20:46, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

RFC:Should an article be created containing all states that have launched a Military intervention in Iraq against ISIS in 2014?

The RFC is here:Talk:2014_Iranian-led_intervention_in_Iraq#RFC:_Military_intervention_against_ISIS_2014_in_Iraq Serialjoepsycho (talk) 03:49, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Category:Iran articles missing geocoordinate data

There are currently over 13,000 articles outstanding in Category:Iran articles missing geocoordinate data. It would be a big win if we could geocode these. Does anyone have access to either better machine-readable coordinates than are stored in GNIS, or (perhaps) a better approach to string-matching Arabic place-names than mere literal string comparison?

In addition, since I don't speak Farsi and thus can't do it myself, is anyone here an editor on fawiki, or a Farsi speaker willing to work with me on somehow cross-connecting geocoding efforts between the two projects? A look at the Google translation of fa:ویکی‌پدیا:ویکی‌پروژه_مختصات‌دهی seems to show that there is a local community already there working on the problem.

A lot of the un-geocoded articles (see, for example, Ab Torsh, Bardsir) seem to have been generated with the help of a 2006 Iranian census dataset: if there was a matching free-and-open geodata file to match this, either directly or indirectly, that would be fantastic, since I could then easily mass-geocode all of these articles using my bot.

If you can help, could you please reply to me on my talk page? -- The Anome (talk) 21:30, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Rote creation of thousands of articles from a flat census table seems to be a common cause of this - and other - problems. bobrayner (talk) 22:35, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!

Hello everyone!

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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Additions in Arabic script

An IP is making additions in what I assume is Arabic script. Could someone who can read this check that these additions are reasonable? Britmax (talk) 21:49, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Ahmad Keshvari

I am looking for references for Ahmad Keshvari if anyone knows of any, please share. Thank you. Ism schism (talk) 02:54, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Article on Abbas Ghaderi

Can anyone add references to the article on Abbas Ghaderi (the singer)? There is almost nothing online either in English or Farsi, and it seems a shame such a popular (at least at one time) musician who has sold so many albums cannot have a sourced article. I know him mostly from family memebers playing his albums as a kid, but I understand he released some later music and had a resurgence in popularity. MicroPaLeo (talk) 04:55, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Points to possibly add

It is worth to note in the article pertaining to the legal kidney trade in Iran that people seeking a transplant are allowed to enter the market only after asking family members if they will/can donate one. If not, they are permitted to enter the regulated market by the government.

Charissa Michelel (talk) 00:00, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Saffron FAR

I have nominated Saffron for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:10, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Article question: who is interested in starting Pouria Amirshahi?

Who is interested in starting Pouria Amirshahi (see French article: fr:Pouria Amirshahi)? It seems to be a famous Iranian-descent guy in France, but no info in English. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:40, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Category discussion

See Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2015_May_24#Category:7th-century_BC_establishments_in_Iran. Marcocapelle (talk) 16:23, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

A big discussion on the talk:Turkic peoples

FAR

Golha (radio programmes)

Conversion to {{Infobox road}}

Emergency: Can a user delete Iran's history of classical music and art from WP?

Iran Portal

List of hospitals in Iran

Transport in Iran - Category currently uses US variant

Iran articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release

Rename Evin Prison to "Evin House of Detention"?

Ambigious template

Iranshenasi again

Possible duplicate article

Isargaran article title

WikiProject cleanup listing

World Heritage Site Bam

Spelling: Shia vs. Shi'a vs. Shiite -- Discussion at WP:ISLAM

Assassins

Iranian versus Persian

Mota

"Iranian Revolution" or "Islamic Revolution"?

New articles on post-79 Monarchist movement

POV/synth issues at Corruption of Science and Education in Iran

Proposed deletion of Mehrnoush Najafi Ragheb

Ganja

Category:Conservatism in Iran

Quick help with a sourcing problem at Dabir Azam Hosna

2009 Iranian Air Force mid-air collision

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of the localities around Tehran

Prime Minister or Premier?

Iranian photographer with cover/front page on Time magazine and Sharq

Category discussion

Ismail I

RFC at Ruhollah Khomeini

"Iran lobby"

Cinema Rex fire

TV show

Mostafa Kavakebian

New source

Persian fonts

Help at WP:DRV

Azerbaijani people

majleses articles

Subcategories "Type of garden"

reliable source/notability help request

New article

Featured picture candidate

Question about Ata Airlines head office

Persian language help

Perth requested-move notification

Nomination for deletion of Template:Start Iranian presidential box

VANDALISM

Vandalism against Iran articles

Persian needed

Iranian Universities of Medical Sciences

files

Mirza Nasrullah Khan.jpg

Help requested on articles on each Majlis

Moving Categories

Iranian Kurdistan school fire

Pishgam name

Wikipedia:WikiProject Tabaristan

Soccer player

RFC: Opinion pieces in Sanctions against Iran

File:Iran Pro League trophy.jpg

Bazaar of Isfahan and Grand Bazaar, Isfahan

File:Ya zahra air defense system.png

A Zoroastrian Family Teheran 1910.JPG

File:Candidates of 2013 Iranian presidential election.jpg

File:Rowhani.jpg

Dariushhotel3.jpg

File:IIN logo (Expired).png

Sassanid Empire name

File:Sepid Div.jpg

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