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for the plans ah, ah iran, louis a vast country, often called the cradle of civilization. from the persian gulf to the caspian sea, from snow kept mountain ranges to arid desert. it's the country both fertile and astir. a study in contrast, as is the culture and way of life, of its 18000000 inhabitants. a country and its people. a run at the intersection of tradition and change a country with few outside visitors. for many foreigners. iran is the place of paradise and live. but it is home to a 1000 year old call in which

a variety of life styles, traditions, and religions co exist. mountain ranges, deserts plateaus, the plains and valleys of the east, filmed from above. this spectacular landscape surf as a lens on to the country's history and its people. ah, the mountains, wild and untouched, tamed unto masticated cover. one 3rd of iran's territory. their distant peaks have played an important role in the country's history.

heading west towards the airport massif. the mountains have long served as a safe haven for many communities. and a bulwark of resistance to invaders. and near to run the majestic mount dumb of an stance as the natural defense in front of the iranian capital. heading south parallel to the border with iraq. the zak ross mountain range coincides with a stretch of the fabled silk road. near the tuckman and afghan border and its mountain range is much hot. the capital of the region a famous pilgrimage destination for the she i it's the mom, it is thus shrine, and it's pilgrim donations. have ensured much hearts development for centuries.

thanks to the inflow of craftsman, pilgrims and afghani she i'd much, what has become the 2nd largest eroni city and one of the wealthier once the complex of the shrine is of real tone within the town. sheltering one of the largest mosques in the world. molson turkey works there as a volunteer dedicated to the visitors and pilgrims. he embodies the tradition of islam, hospitality and solidarity. mambo chanda says m. o. i

tried to adapt my lifestyle to e mammaries. i was teaching justice as emory, as i said, don't get mad at people be kind to every was just don't ask for anything but don't get tired of others requests. what you wish for yourself, what we should also for others some the tim of the mom is a must visit for old she i asked to most and turkey a mom raises is all the more popular because he's the only islam religious leader to be buried in iran format up to that cuz i want to commit the boulevard it in about as a child. i came here with my parents. that's when i decided to volunteer at the emory is a shrine for

them by the passionate about drawing them. when you get a shot, the most important task of a volunteer is to guide the pilgrim. just ask your time wisely from all you have this good morning. i'm horrible. also you shall, as it is, a religious sized main mission is to ensure the security on it because i didn't want to amber ought ombudsman on that auto ball valuable. as the sean that you have more to man, i view a lot. he with the number for the help of this one rosen neil's going up ah, about 20 to 30000000 people visit the site every year on holy days. up to 2000 fall in tears, i called for back up to inform and guide the visitors most and knows how to manage the crowds that flood in for the maitre islamic

celebrations. ah ah ah ah angel this shrine is open to all my whole minorities and face the idea of how your mouth catholic muslin christian. soon i. she eyes are. all religions are welcome here on the water, the hot on mission wendy

evening. cool, feel trade resounds. the most important of the day, the venue fills up not only was pilgrims, but was much hut, citizens who come off to work move in a place of worship. it's also a place of hospitality sharing and above all solidarity. ah, it's a gathering point, a place of contemplation and mindfulness for the city's inhabitants more than 12 centuries old. the charitable foundation that runs the shrine is the oldest in iran thanks to the foundations, health care campaigns more than 1000000 people are said to have received to medical

care. ah, not far from to iran is the highest peak of both the elbows range and the entire country mount dumb avant. ah, it's the iranian mount fuji, an ancient volcano dormant for 7000 years, believe to have magical powers. at a height of 5671 meters, it dominates the landscape. over the centuries, poets and writers have made mount dumb of and a symbol of resistance to foreign rule. often called the sacred mountain. its peak is high enough that it remains snow topped even in the summer. the lar, national park lies at the foot of the mountain. it boasts one of the richest natural habitats of all of iran's nature reserve.

the soil near the ancient volcano is unusually rich. over the millennia, volcanic eruptions have deposited minerals in the earth. this natural fertilizer and the warm and humid climate allow plant life to flourish here. the slopes of mount dom haven't a home to countless flowering plants. the most famous iranian honey is produced here. blue man danced armine is a beekeeper. he followed in his father's footsteps, who passed on his love for bees and honey to him as a young boy. he's now been keeping b for 30 years. mobile did is around the 1st of june. you said we're given a permit that lets us stay in laura park until september,

1st of that year. but my job is we can set up a camp to open, but with tense only. i'm sorely jody, when we do the most in hudson cabins, are forbidden. here on the road, but we set up one or 2 tents. go live here and tend to are behind your mom. ah, us in the body. the bees make honey from time. milk batch, giant fennel and other powers i if you wish. yeah, it's an excellent honey but. busy do we have such a diversity of flowers here with the honey we make also has medicinal properties. actually all the sham acidic govern thanks to its diverse climate and its abundance of flowering plant species. iran is the world's 3rd largest honey producer. be keeping flourished here in the region, even at the dawn of islam. honey is already

described as the source of healing in the koran. in the 11th century, the persian philosopher and physician avi center praised honey for its therapeutic properties. ah, the unable yet being a beekeeper takes love zombies. duty, it's a passion mutual and it captures, shoot. just like a drug. it was, they haven't got it. got it. but some arms i take the frames out of the hives to kiss them. that's how much i love my b. not oh amanda. some bizarre. ah . toggle between them all my hussy yard month. when i go back to my tent. because

all my tiredness and fatigue disappear on a year or later, i listened to the dumb avant river m of on before the woodlands enjoying mount dom yvonne's beauty. all your rank and the magnificent flowers and the nature of that surrounds me. here in the outdoors, lord ha, that's my life and the captain with all its joyce and hardships her saki, it's a good life. ra gm, god, it was evil you. whether sham got it. mm hm. would you, would you the bees are gods blessing their gods creatures god enough without the bees to pollinate plants and crops, the natural world would disappear within 4 years or so. our very existence depends on them in so annoyed company. oh, don't do a good job on em over as long as i have the strength to work with bes, i'll remain

a beekeeper. what is humble did he ah, mount dum avant, and the national park, just a short distance away from tehran. the sissy's climate is influenced by its geographical location at the crossroads between mountains and desert. in the north of the city, the air is cooler and humid in the south. a hot dry wind blows in from the desert. for to ron's geographical location and its distance from old borders, helped protect it from foreign invasion and allowed it to flourish. after a new dentist he arose, the city became the new capital in 1786. since then, the city has grown and industrialized at a breathtaking pace. today, the metropolitan area is home to 15000000 people. the city is the economic and

political heart of the country. it also boasts that iran landmark, the as a d o freedom tower, and not far from its historic district religious monuments and the bazaar. a vibrant urban district has emerged. the tubby outs bridge is another emblem of the fresh wind blowing in iran. the pedestrian bridge links the abraham and the tale, honey forest parks. the tubby yacht, or nature bridge acts as an extension of the 2 parks merging into the landscape. the bold, multi level design does more than connect to parks it buses with life and draws people from across the city to its many leisure activities. what may come as

a surprise, the tubby at bridge was designed by a young woman architect layla, iraq in was just 26 and still a student when construction began in 2010. ah, like layla, rocky on shiva, norbish also embodies the iranian women of today. she is educated, speak several languages is socially engaged and is quietly determined to break boundaries to day iran has more female than male students in its universities exist to ha, education has expanded opportunities for women. move on to saturdays on sundays, mclennan jonathan on a moving thing as the carrier supervisor goes past the living in tehran. i'm close

to the mountains, the elbows mountain range and mount amazon is the highest peak in the country. the popular climbing is my passion, and i have access to all the best climbing sites. no, it's charlotte. and also south of taura filled those wonderful crisis in the my c c . m. i think a lot of days i can indulge in my passion. my favorite sporting pastry writings versus for bob's sheila often goes climbing with her friend zebra. sha savant, one of iran's 1st women professional climate level number one, is that in it on even sat ticket by that name. as an iranian, my choice is my way of life. the path i've traveled might be regarded as unconventional for most with my generations about this i feel. yeah. might of course it was sometimes hard because i had to go against the flow of the valley. like to get some a reassign gain when you're climbing, when you touched the rock,

the energy you feel is incredible. you see about how my climbing demand. so much concentration that are really close to your heads calling to make when you go back home, your full of energy. ne, has seen the duke energy as best of us. ah. ah ah la i miss shave olva. my dear tal hot i want um. i was, i started climbing as a hobby, just like shiva fine, but i couldn't restrain myself. i know i got to day climbing is my life and i'm a professional climber auto restore fallon. so ban climbing has let me travel the world. just last summer i was in france to climb the ag do me dna and mom blown on our design. and i was part of the 1st independent rainy and team and the 1st

iranian woman to climb the goals. rojas following the walk has spy. that's when i be out. in jo ramos i, my german colleagues, were quite surprised that an iranian woman could climb that rock face entry on saying, now i've been going to cheaper. and i to iranian women, a boast professional level climate and as my burns are so corny rehab, we can climb the same rock faces as men. them going job nice. it is the other to the i think a lot of a lot of girls are interested in mountain climbing. my see, listen, it's growing sport and i hope it will become more accessible to more people. they, me as it man, i hope so too. the topography of iran shaped of rocket landscape travelled by hordes of warriors through the ages as early as the late 9th century persian poet fat you'll see sang the exploits of this history's heroes through the 60000 verses of his shawna may the book of kings he chronicles the adventures of

these mythical warriors and a faithful mouse. to day ali good. she on ex horseback, all tree bull champion, revived these legendary feet. nor think all will of coverage if amy, which all the bish auto book on im in a kim month. the place we are right now where our world we're now training center is located, but it is in the elbows range scottish has i'll these mountains once had military significance. and man, i'll tell them or he alamo to and telecom. we're 2 of the fortresses located hiroshima jangle goodies. hi, angel did wholesale evolving? how about your her alamba for the month of shall monica told, each to whom we know that iranians were one of the 1st people was to domesticate

horses. and now that i'm alamba the on chicken wish haha. santa can eat on us are we have various breeds of whole set to topical on nuclei. ron's best known breed is the caspian, which was rediscovered 56 years ago when it was thought to have been extinct, hold today's good, snazzy been name of an impish. nobody cash flow to pick them, hits the common ancestor to many other breeds of horse around the world. v shiver benoit judd definitely has asked why don't yells hockey, go to kid. recent studies have shown that every other breed, of course in the world, is somehow related to the caspian ya, yuki baggy of pony as us putting it on the co says play an important role. any rounds, history and culture to day, early good. she on a will champion in horseback, archery teaches the technique to his students. ah, as i'm unique, isabella cause a lot on kasey kid in late,

historical representations, paintings or miniatures, often show indistinctly. a man or a woman riding a horse as ensemble, whether to hunt travel or fight. ah, i saw on your back straight and your head high. ah, this is a side stretch and back bend during the parthian period in the 2nd century b. c horsewoman would ambush the enemy by hiding their bowl under their clothes and they quiver under their long hair. they would leer the soldiers off to them before swiveling around on their saddle at full gallop and killing them with a fatal arrows. this is the parthian shot, one of the age old disciplines that ali good chance still teaches today.

any tissue that come and a hearty side it, i wish they offered it faster. you draw the bow, the better hold on bol mckinney. never lose sight of the target was actually understood. twin my sita, all musician english, there are running. she's like, the 1st thing i teach my students is to know themselves other than that that comes 1st. fish. not fun. only then can they get on a horse actimmune and we ask hollow van, next they need to get to know the horse. i switch to and think about how they will work together, but i'm only about it or horner jewel on that on all that takes time and between. but eventually they are ready as their teacher. i trust them enough to hold the target in my hand and let them shoot out. it will only then on my students ready, bishop there. as amanda adeline

man, earlier my name is ali gucci on the and i am determined to keep this age or discipline alive. in our modern world, unless we come the elbows mountains are a natural bull work, but they were not enough to repel the mongol invasion. in 1220 the city of ardor beale, which lies nestled in the mountains, was raised to the ground 300 years later otter beale rose from the ashes and became one of the bastions of seaford m a mystical form of islam. ah ah ah, one of the most beautiful sophie monasteries in iran was built by chic sophie alden,

the founder of the so far weed dynasty. the sheik was a spiritual leader of both the poor and the powerful. but he also drew his career. mom from the city's location the natural beauty and mountain springs brought disciples from across iran, anatolia, and even india. the most spectacular room and the complex is the chimney. her ne, the porcelain gallery, the hundreds of alcoves were originally designed to display the royal porcelain collection gifts sent by the chinese empress. much of the collection was transported to the state hermitage museum in saint petersburg. after russia invaded iran in 1828. ah. further west mount sutherland overlooks iran's,

as i shan region. at 4811 meters. it's a pass as the tallest mountain in the alps more block. but it's still only the 3rd highest peak in iran. most salon is an active volcano with the crater lake. at its summit, there are many hot springs on its slopes, said to have healing powers. the thermal springs have always drawn many visitors, even during the days of the old silk road. ah, one of the most important trading posts was ta breeze, which drew people from far and wide. situated in a valley overlooked by mountain ranges, tub breeze grew into

a commercial hub and multicultural city. the bazaar here is one of the world's oldest largest and most beautiful unesco world heritage site. the complex houses several old mosques. the great jar may most is next door, and then there all the thousands of market stores. it's passages link many former caravans arise and ins, in which travellers and merchants would stop and stay for the night. ah amelia jeffery comes from a family of carpets, said his, but he decided to run a restaurant. ah,

was our composition the bazaar is central to the cities identity up? is it any one who wants to discover the city has to visit it? we're in a breeze when we want to meet with friends, we meet here. ah, ah, the bazaar. bert, i'm sure we'll numbers. it's a covered space, but you don't feel walled in or toyota. this is when you come to the bazaar, you feel at home. i'll be sure to levels are the largest this or no minister somewhere to pull. this is where i buy all the spices i use in my restaurant signature dish is there. this one is 11th viola for fall off to order because of shoes in this restaurant. chef on the as dishes draw on a blend of iranian and as there by johnny influences up gushed for example, as to you made of lamb and chick piece of which totally of ambition or assert. there are 5 ingredients in this dish was fun, beat, potatoes, chick, peas,

tomatoes and bits of egg planted on the 5 ingredients made a tito's cheek piece, tomatoes and bits of egg plans are simon for 8 hours a month. we only use high quality ingredients to get a quality dish valley under our little chip. this culinary and cultural diversity is that the core of the cities identity to this day to breeze is a commercial how that helps bring together different communities. and that exchange has helped make iran the ethnic and linguistic patchwork it is today. i'm here with several of them. were so much shopkeepers here. i speaking turkish, an old spiritually. la, multiple moments did. i'm iranian a child when i'm proud to still be able to speak my native language,

turkish partial. and that below is how we've been able to hold on to our language and culture on the missouri batch of the furniture church. club crucial moment of the year that covers little to shine supreme. we all help each other, almost you up to your home, which you won't see any beggars here through the chat with other public verbal thermometer. iran is a big country with many different languages and nationalities that all get along very well to big on live liberal. the truth from federal ah ah. outside seabreeze, the ancient silk road that linked peoples and cultures continues to cross the mountains to the southwest. the mountains also offered an unusual refuge to people

fleeing the mongol army some 700 years ago. they took to the caves to hide over the generations. they called the entire village of condo van into the volcanic rock at the foot of the sa, harmful cane, of the homes are now known as cut on the word for bee hive in the local turkish dialect. over the years, the villagers extended their dwellings to day, most of between 2 and full stories and include living space, storage rooms and shelter for animals. while some found refuge in the lava case, others found peace and even more forbidding and remote mountain landscapes. in the far north west of the country, the monastery of saint to deus was established on

a barren plateau. at an elevation of almost 2000 meters. the monastery complex dates mainly from the 13th century. but according to armenian tradition, same today as is to build a church here and found at the monastery around the years. 66, same to deus, also known as judith to days. oh jude. the apostle is said to be buried here. ah, and armenians who fled the genocide in turkey for iran also sought refuge here. ah, to day the orthodox monastery has a new neighbor, a muslim, sunny village, another symbol of the peaceful coexistence of religious communities in iran.

a young muslim man from the village tends to the monastery. ah, monday you saw lawn, i work for the iranian cultural heritage organization, corum of a job career. how them i'm a technician. i tend to the renovation us and maintaining the building was a goes by basically do i make all the necessary repairs to the masonry and the electric scholar, my how them i also tend to the cleaning about the banner john's army jelly saw a church is the heart of our village who saw about the church, the village and the villagers are bound to each other about like the links of a chain. i'm getting florida blue.

once a year, the touch takes over daily life in the village. the monastery is a place of pilgrimage for orthodox armenian christians, automatic because had a thought was a shower that armenians gather here from around the world. michelle to celebrate the anniversary of st. today of his martyrdom. it was a 3 day ceremony with baptisms blessings, wedding shot and processions around the church up or when they also sacrifice a land. jo, machine man with us on that kid so. so i remember when i was little we children were afraid to enter the church and authentic the 1st time i was really inside the church was when i was 8 i to carry. so dusta. oh, charge the church in the village or my home. i feel responsible to both of them because i grew up with them moving. ah, any math for them is shasta. katie suttle young kelly. so you,

i'm 23 and i've always lived here, man. this back in door. i saw him mass will yet that was argued around i don't be so says so send out. i mean, joe, most of my childhood friends, the people i went to school with have left of that they had other dream slabs. i shall normally also latham wooster for them and all the meat we eat comes from our herds. the animals we raise ourselves, she, it's excellent of our dog. the same goes for the milk, know them our dog by women of this village work alongside their husband, said to call back one of either noon, or even the bread is made with flour, from our whitfield yard on esther farther. we cannot, we chose this life dental drink and we want to live it to the fullest even put him 3 shadow.

well, the elbow is my safe stretches across the north of iran. there's across mountains form a natural border to iraq on the west. these craggy peaks and remote valleys, a home to the iranian province of kurdistan. the kurtz, or iran, 2nd largest minority after the other by johnny turner the region has its own distinct cultural and political identity, which it owes in part to its isolated geography. villages are scattered in the mountains with unspoiled nature. as far as the i can see, the province is known for its forest, one of the rounds largest 2nd only to the forest at the caspian sea. the fertile soil helped sustain a bounty of oak trees, fruit, trees,

and precious woods. a singular environment that helps give birth to an old tradition. ah, ah, ah! i am you should think matilda both i used to think that when a tree is felled, it dies valley's rock. but now i know michelle to what is in the you the, what a vish. but she did when a tree becomes a musical instrument, it lives on sunday. ah ah ah, in the past,

these instruments made of high quality local woods were played by traveling bars and sherman's music and song preserved. the old traditions and music itself is passed down from one generation to the next. but they're all pioneers. like rockmart a ye, me the 1st in his family to become an artist and craftsman, here in the regional capital of son and dutch it as much builds and repairs musical instruments using the finest natural materials in the kurdish tradition. i love him and i was already working with wood, but it was mainly my interest in music that led me to stop building taz and other

musical instruments made of wood. i decided to dedicate myself to making instruments stringed instruments because of my love for music. this was a i need that us is originally i wanted to be a musician myself, a whole bunch. but i couldn't find a good instrument here. that's when i started becoming interested in making instrumentals. and finally, i became a lute making myself up. ah jim, on jazz this command is made with inlaid would love it was for the i couldn't live in there are 140 strips of wood different woods. she done a lot of uncertainty crowded. yeah. to me about it. but mommy's arranging the strips on this round surface so they fit together perfectly. is very challenging

about jen situation of cardboard. and all this was i used our wall much were you and orange tree has fish not inch has fish the neck is decorated with ebony by its magnificent instrument message then ah with to that go to shave quote this on us that hewick is something we could have in our blood a hot air in my home, i to, to my, to my mom has this such a variety of melodies, in kurdistan. every region has its own musical style. a young. i'm fighting

with further stuff. a cliff, hundreds of me says high overlooks the neighboring plain. mm. these are touring, is located on the royal road that once lengthy iranian plateau to mesopotamia, king doris, the 1st built the commercial route in the 5th century, b. e. more than 2500 kilometers long, it was intended to facilitate communication across his vast empire.

with this bass relief more than 15 meters high and 25 meters wide, depict stories holding a bow with his foot on the chest of a man lying on his back in front of him. roughly 1200 lines long. the inscription tells the story of how doris defeated the 9 lying kings who had tried to divide the persian empire. the monumental relief carved on the cliff about 60 meters above the plain was meant to send a message to his subjects. i'm to future generations. embracing past and

present the people of iran live in harmony with their changing landscapes. ah a vibrant habitat and glistening place of longing. the mediterranean sea, its waters connect people of many cultures. a small island with a b cart doth our abdul karim discovers malta?

cosmopolitan and a port of call for many refugees. in 30 minutes on d. w. ah! every journey is full of rises. we've gone all out. to give you some tips with, i'm in your northernmost town to please ah, 3 times long. but still very much alive. that when you travel, you will go to the central hospital in germany, europe. i recognized where exactly. it was fun and i

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