1. Presentation on Iran Professor: Dr Du Presenter: Fatemeh Bagheri

2. IRAN Ancient Name: Persia Political name: Iran
Official Name: Islamic Republic of Iran
18th Largest Country in the World in Terms of Area (1,600,000 km)

3. Briefing on Iran Geography Climate Language & Persian Alphabet
Religion
Costume
Food
Currency
Nowruz (New Year)

4. Briefing on Iran Iran Capital City - Tehran Fruit Politics
Famous Landmarks
Hijab
Flag
Handicraft

5. Geography

6. Climate Sever Winters & Heavy Snowfall
Subtropical & Humid
Sever Winters & Heavy Snowfall
Arid with less than 200 mm of annual rain
Very Humid & Hot Summers, Mild Winters

7. Language Persian Alphabet: Places where Persian (Farsi) is spoken:
Iran, Afghanistan &Tajikistan (Official Language)
Uzbekistan, China,India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Azerbaijan & Bahrain

8. Tehran, Capital City
Location: Population: 8,500,000

9. Religion
Majority: 99% Muslim (90% Shia + 9% Sonni) Minority: % 1 Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Hindus, Bahaei

10. Handicraft

11. Currency
Rials

12. Iranian Costume

13. Iranian Costume

14. Hijab, Muslim Women Wearing

15. Traditional Food

16. Flag

17. Norooz Norooz means New Day End and rebirth
First day of the spring & beginning of Iranian Calendar

18. Haft-Seen (7 S’s)
Haft-Seen means seven items starting with letter “S” such as:
Sabzeh
(grown wheat): Rebirth
Samanu
(wheat germ pudding): Affluence
Senjed
(dried fruit of oleaster tree): Love
Seer
(garlic): Good health
Sib
(apple): Beauty
Somag
(sumac): Color of sunrise
Serkeh
(vinegar): Age and patience
Haft-Seen are put together before the Norooz count down
About Haft-Seen

19. Fruit & Herb

20. Politics

21. Famous Landmarks

22. Export

23. Bijan

24. Any Questions?

25. Thank you!