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the, the rom, of vast country and the cradle of civilization from the persian gulf to the caspian sea. from snow kept the mountain ranges burning, deserts the land by turns barren, and 1st heil defines the culture and the live style of its 85000000 inhabitants. the the population in bodies any wrong that is both traditional and changing. the boston, the stuff of fantasy yet rarely explored. the ron is home to an ancient culture that even today co exist, split up flo reality of lifestyles, traditions,

and religions, news, mountain ranges, desert plateaus, coastal plain, seen from above, the spectacular landscape to tell a story that goes back to thousands of years, revealing the identity of an entire people the, the around in central plateau comprises vast deserts and arid landscapes.

its special climate and geography. explain why only a small portion of this territory is habitable for humans. from the motor on job desert, we pass over caution is for han and the oasis cities built in irrigated zones along the main strategic and trade routes in the western province of fars, the ruins of precipitous stand as reminders of the zenith of the persian empire, almost one 3rd of the country is composed of desert or semi desert areas, with sand dunes up to 470 meters high. the ear temperatures can vary by more than 60 degrees celsius between day and night. the with its golden sand dunes. the mar on job desert is one of the ron's most

beautiful regions. the yet 1st century travellers have always taken a guide alone to brave it. that's because belief in the gym. evil spirits said hans, the desert has long kept the caravans away deeply rooted, both in ancient legends and in the koran. the superstition is still very much alive today but to explore this unique landscape. today's desert adventures have traded in their camels for cars, the located some 300 kilometers away from the capital t at ron. the motor and job offers visitors, stunning nights, guys on spoiled by light pollution. the

next to this desert lies no mock lake with itself cross under which only a few species of plants manage to survive. during the hot summer months, the lake dries up entirely. then it's large salt crystals turn it into a ron's biggest natural mirror. and the modern day caravans make their way south with trucks carrying the salt to markets, income and cushion. since water is rare in the ron, the mountains act as a reservoir. as for the cities, they are linked to one another by a huge network of underground channels called cannot. the oldest ones were built more than 2500 years ago. the this, the regression system allows crops to be cultivated here, even though 80 percent of the territory suffers from drought. thanks to the

underground aqueducts, the water was protected from evaporation and distributed to wells dug along the cannot. in the mid 20th century, some 50000 cutoffs were still in operation. any run over a total length of 380000 kilometers. the distance between the earth and the moon, the today, thousands of channels still supply one or 2 we ron's most area to areas and cannot, are employed and many other countries in the middle east. the caution is the 1st of the major, a waste of cities on road 71, which connects to ron to the persian gulf, the it's a testament to the iranians, expertise in water, transportation,

a prerequisite for life and the desert. described as a paradise on earth. augustine, like many gardens, any wrong is located outside the city, surrounded by a wall and 4 towers, its water channels are a source of refreshment and life. the traditional water system enables plants and people to thrive despite the sweltering heat. it's symmetrical proportions and irrigation system provided inspiration for many european gardens, including the palace over side in france. of the outside cause shown, the air is filled with a center of roses carried by the wind from the surrounding fields. the rose is grown here and comes are benefit from the same water source that supplies the garden above the theme. the international reputation of these flowers distilled to

produce rose water goes beyond the perfume murray moslems use comes our rose water to wash the black stone of the cover in mecca. the more desire nazzo res family has been extracting this essence for generations. mazda bought, so you're buying good. a jewelry? she said, yeah, oh, destiny has always been linked to us. flowers, all sort of husker mount rose cultivation goes back to the time of the center. we're not going to have pretends of a region have grown roses and produce rose water for more than a 1000 years beer in the regions of caution and comes side of them known for producing the gross. oh there's that, there's so much so that we have a ritual the which you know, we also role in flower so not to go to the toner. the

tell us as how babies are covered in the flowers. i want to keep them life on protection and get her studies on as you've associate's name. again, the home by 16 childhood you might say knows with this to give a life to nice flowers that always sometimes my parents, this my grandparents, i'm the rooms. i didn't machine the to me, i'll find them all for that was a good one. what i was looking for that on a month to non carrying on the family tradition, all calls will be shut off and your meeting, i haven't gone no. the the rose bushes grow at the foot of a mountain that protects the valley from the burning heat. a 1000 meters high. it helps restricts the temperature variations to around 10 degrees celsius between day

and night. providing an ideal climate for mohammad the or damask roses. this geographical anomaly has turn to comes our into the biggest rose water production center in the middle east. every year in april in may, hundreds of women pick the flowers with great tear, and harvest some 26000 tons of paddles call us to go to my home. i got a hold of jose to book today. this rose has made me used to make perfumes, that hobbies, traditionally, its essence was coveted for small, remarkable quantities. home in the woods, at the post, sewed opposite the cart and also a business to fathom the mystery of the product. charging me with, i mean there's also gonna sort of turn a lot of pressure at his comes our lab in copper. advance mode is, are known as a re makes healing. roosevelt, according to tried and tested production methods there is no high

tech equipment here, just to traditional craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation. that helps them extract an exceptional product. that's good to go out, go for that. why do you see learning toddler, who have a center himself designed and the setup? the 1st still to extract rose, walked on and thought launched the industry. put them on how much on the side of the my, how much a rose is a pound for the world, but it come down and go down as it's energized. here i'm chasing the voice of the impression on the box. stress and anguish unsure of time makes people happy that all of to digital are getting ready for their initial in the box. you the whole house that the doctor used it for as many medicinal problems a year to ask variables in hospital. so they frequently put a bit of rose essence and the humidifier that speed up, the patient's recovery that was uh, the sheer by adding other residences to the rose

water mode. as our nozzle re creates dozens of therapeutic elixirs that attracts new clients. the life and cushion may have been made possible by the cannot the underground water channels. but it was a river. this island, a route that made, is for han, a magnificent metropolis. the former capital of persia was a major stop on the silk road. without the river and its life giving water, the city could not have been built here. though its bed runs through is for han. the river itself flows through the city just one month a year as its waters are diverted up stream to irrigate the surrounding fields. though it was destroyed several times as for hon is now 2500 years old and boasts

some 2000000 residents in the evening sun. the cloud, you bridge with its 23 arches, offers a glimpse of the architectural and cultural diversity of this city. once called the pearl of persia, the illuminated at night, the 17th century ali got blue palace reveals its full architectural beauty. its large cupboard balconies served as a royal tribune during events that took place on the square below. the monarch and his guests would watch polo matches, archery demonstrations and wild animal fights. the, the royal mosque is one of the most beautiful, any ron. unlike many mosques which have been transformed over the centuries,

it displays a remarkable unity of architecture and ornament. the knock should johan square is the heart of his for hon. it's surrounded by the most important historical buildings of this a fall lead era. notably the royal mask, the damaged, and the 1980s during the iran iraq war. the mosque is undergoing a seemingly endless restoration the pock delve. a family of craftsmen who have passed on their knowledge from father to son for decades are helping to repair this architectural masterpiece. on amount of time when that can write down with love,

organizations have no limit. it's over a 100 or 2 through come on the on our farm, and name is mandy puck. amy's, i'm in charge of the restoration of the royal most of the east. she saw the house, i've been working at this site for almost 6 years. the front of the guy with god's help will be done in 2 years. the . the dome is only one part of this huge renovation project, given the size of the building and it's hundreds of thousands of mosaics. the task isn't met. the splendid filings tile decor mixes plant motifs with chronic calligraphy. in the persian tradition, yellow is associated with the sun and divine light, while blue in turquoise, symbolize the sky, the

god who do the hot tips hot on the moon is covered with some 200000 pieces that we have to put together and look at positive doing well, as i think are they saying is this huge job? i can only admire the artists of the past and pay tribute that i'm not you to give it not have i told him i don't want to go, but he left him on top of others just now. here we are in the process of dismantling all the ceramic tiles. how could i could show me the each piece is numbered out of out of reach in a bunch event down in the workshop. i don't a piece the postal together to identify the dumbest parts and replace them talking about mr. whitish or hot fix issue, then we'll bring them all back here and then we'll kind of put them as a expected together and just 6 them by the way. what does that according to the original topic it has to be because you want more than 2050

the is for hahn is the cradle of arts. any ron and home to many artisans. to this day, most of its artist, some craftsman, were born here and fly their trade in the hundreds of workshops around enough shade . johannes square the opposite. the mosque is the city bizarre to stalls offer hand crafted items made on site. this abundance of architectural and hand crafted wonders attracts to wrists from around the world to the city in the middle of the desert. the

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more than 250 kilometers of desert, separate as for hon, one of the most beautiful cities in the ass, la mc world, from which lies further south. it is frequently hit by sandstorms, so ingenuity was required to adapt to the merciless desert. the job is located between the deserts of dosh, because here in the north and dusty loot in the south where surface temperatures can reach 70 degrees celsius in the summer jobs. there's also one of the world oldest cities built for mud bricks and clay. it's traditional neighborhoods with their old oak or colored houses are still intact. they are designed to protect their inhabitants from sand, storms and extreme heat, the to sustain life, and one of the world's hottest climates. the city's architect,

built by deers, or wind catchers. some of the world's oldest air conditioners, the wind rushes down through these towers to a water reservoir that cools at down. while the hot air inside is expelled through an exhaust system, the gigantic network of underground channels. the famous cannot transport water from the mountains to fill the cistern. in the afternoon, the crushing heat empties the narrow streets on the outskirts of y'all's to lie the documents or towers of silence. the circular structure is used during zoroastrian funeral rights. as dead bodies were considered in your priests would leave them here to the vultures,

so as not to contaminate the soils the to this day the fire temple of just testifies to the presence of the last 3. and as i'm the 1st monotheistic religion of ancient e, ron, it has influence to judaism, christianity, and through them as long since time immemorial, y'all has been a city marked by spirituality, the ahmed cash who lie lives in this ancient city known for its respect for ancestral traditions several times a week after work. he goes into the old city to meet with friends

that are just of us on your chart is funny. as with any new inc and model, the way the people of yaz are simple and pure, are attracted to the spiritual values the 1st session, best to me funny as we do. but at the engine, a z m is known as economy has been gathered to practice by study. ron's iconic, traditional sport as they've done for centuries. the athletes work out with wood in clubs and whirled around in circles to the rhythm of sacred chance. the poly bonds, or heroes and persian, to take part in this ritual, are said to possess the souls of nights and a great sense of honor. if i could have that right, as it was funny to increase to me is not just the 900 year old, traditional and religious practices eat all the above. oh, it's a philosophy of life and she okay, i've been back and forth. so i'm just the only discipline that could be practiced

together by young children and 100 year old masters throughout the district on the both a sports and an art. lars, as a bus dunny also transmits value, such as respect for elders by bringing all the generations together. some came on of your dish, the dish not to those who would like to try its most understands on the kitchen or most of the humility and toner. in house, i live a model of values that are more important than the mere physical performance likely assignment that has a lot of the trouble there at the vein. saw that i don't know what the level of the i'm guessing or the to is this

experience the cumulative over the years old as it was through contact with the champions. and the elders. knots have been, us allows us to improve. so net all that outside of tradition of bethany has been post down through the generations to show them you know, enjoy a pilot, not on media. the sports ones used to train warriors. it's architectural jewels and the vestiges of ancient religions. yeah, that's great store on preserving its cultural heritage, the

at the southern end of dashed, a lute and care mon province lies the city of a huge oasis, surrounded by arid land. water from the ship, all by red mountains, naturally feeds the seasonal past a rude river which runs by the city of bomb. it's under ground water networks make for a huge expanse of fertile soil, the more than $1000000.00 date palms that grow here account for a 3rd of the ron's total date production. the dates have been grown in the region for thousands of years, yet cultivation of bombs fame is mazda, a faulty date, known as the pearl of a, ron only began here in earnest, some 200 years ago. the

mars, the age of 40, was born and fall off. she has a special bond with her city, especially with the trees that are the symbols of its resilient mind. the ancient and sturdy palm trees produced small but very nourishing dates on the other. one of the staple foods of the people of diversion except for the great citadel of bomb dates back 2700 years. but on december 26th, 2003. it was raised to the ground in just 7 minutes by a devastating earthquake. and then bomb 26000 people were killed and tens of thousands more were injured. the slide shows that sort of peach care visit. i don't see them so night of the years creek over. i

thought everything was over and that we'd never recover from it had joined everywhere you looked, you saw the body of a family member or a friend. how to go back. busy and that's in the b c excitedly gave was to visit it. if i was 21 at the time 20 there's and i been coaching my own girls' soccer team since i was 16 to do it. hold on by that phone number by me. chevy can visit as a, after the catastrophe is about the one player was allowed to, to get the rest of them or not the one that was invited to tell them about your fortune with them. the, the how much will kind of show it to a terminal, to the quick, destroyed homes and killed tom's people. i'm like, the dates, homes remain standing straight and proud. both have i to be to him that asked you called at youtube mall. it's worth recalling that here in bottom of

the unit we used to count date homes. is the individual be just as if the one where i should have been being looked at. i do business, she's, you know, the date palms are strange, dreams of saddle, up, root them and they don't die. suddenly transplant them and they'll survive the shooting the chop off their tongues. they're li by the reset, and they'll die like a big headed person. he just said, is god's visit the legal i'm gathering dissatisfied move on because when i meet people in the town, they could see how complete my room despairing. and literally they lost on a show that they lost everything. you had that already keep much, that realization. what are the that pushed me to take up soccer again to hear me? i don't, i said was that you want us to play with to goes i

do move on, i guess a lot it was odd. okay. as you wish. take away the 2 yellow and get to have by the most you get and so we started over the phone with some bruise who had coped a bit better with the situation. was that when we started to play soccer again, but again i do apologize about sticking the match. so who quoted me go ahead and buy choices at times when i'm training the new players such as the new girls who joins my team. sure, yeah. memories of the faces of my former players returned to hook it up. the show a thing that makes me happy and push for them. it's as if they've come back as if i'm still coaching the same team. i do a lot of that emotional part of the bible is unfortunately, the bomb city center has been rebuilt and the citadel is also being returned to its

former glory, employing the same techniques and materials used in its original construction. the today over 90 percent of the restoration of the citadel has been completed using traditional craftsmanship shows us on the 16 years have passed since the clinic and we've reconstructed bombs, historical city center. we also rebuilt our team, and for 6 years running we were the undefeated women soccer champions in around bomb is emblematic of the country itself, which has throughout history risen again from the ashes of natural disasters and invasions, well preserving its cultural heritage to the west is the province of fars cradle of the persian empire and home to the ruins of percept palace and of

the city of figures about the these desert landscapes still bare the traces of ancient civilizations and provide a habitat for nomads. for the last 1000 years, the cash guy have ranked among the world's largest, nomadic hurting peoples. they roam the iranian step with their herds, following the rhythm of the seasons the but over the last decade, climate change has made life more difficult. for this community of several 1000000 people. increasingly the nomads are being forced to settle the layla. how these are they is one of the cash. kaiser few female klan sheets,

a status she owes to her strength of character and her enterprising spirit. she decided to settle down in this desert valley to open a small business, dedicated to tourism and to communicating her culture. to i show you this tough funding tab that tribal life is hard. i show you the needs and the you have to be able to cope with cold weather and living intense. a to sending he has gets, which are the same that he has to. it's never easy and it's a very different existence from that of city to i'm having record of the month, but actually i've always enjoyed living and the emissions have with them. i've always loved the challenge. the bunch of bath never seem as you phone with us before the 24. we had no electricity

on the lantern. cool, because it had no access to water either and had to travel from the mountain to another to find some pretty much world within the south dakota time. what funny by the showing. yeah. wish i was by. that's what that talk to. i don't know the excited fortunately after so many rough years, i know we've had electricity for about a year now and we receive deliveries of drinking water $2.00 to $3.00 times. so one of 55 is the for the recording or the either the sound quite a few miles on its own, but then maybe now i can do the hardest work along with the man. oh yeah, sure you see it. yeah, that helps me to better understand my communities. problem, jimmy, it's what i'm about to be all that. oh that takes it the side of the young husband

. enjoy that a day. i think about my sons to turn the corner of at my p state to help me, but he also goes to school in the city, the body of it. sometimes it's tough for him and i tell him again, thanks to his efforts, he'll have a better life one day, then a year or so when he has as i let us to say that, gosh, why without the settings of the colonial has grown up among the coast guys, at no time, hazel, and deeply attached to this land, the herds, this wild landscape that correlates peaceful here. and of course, i lay out the, the site um, uh, as long as i want to pursue my studies. but i also want to stay here before i try it. no, i really liked this place. i wouldn't want to do it out with century channel the,

the last on miscible stop on this journey through historical and contemporary. iran is the country's largest island cash, and due to its strategic location in the strait of hormones. the island fell into the hands of many different powers over the century. it has retained the large arab population. cachimba also has a unique ecosystem classified as a biosphere, reserve, the higher mangrove forest drive, and this tropical coastal region. the higher ed tree, or grey mangrove is resilient to extreme weather and salt water. these mangrove also provide a sanctuary for fish. the cache them is home to several fishing villages and a few ship yards that still make the traditional boat. the limbs the

the boundary people here are attached to their ancestral culture. the boundaries, literally the port people mainly live along the coast of the persian gulf. once a major part of the maritime silk road, the news shall hosting a to ron stylus, travels to the island to find the expertise she needs for her creation. she works with boundary women who still practice the centuries old tradition of gold work embroidery. you just use a kids say the tab ya team, john. i'm really attracted to the nature of this region at the time, out of the way, where she to one of the reasons is the beautiful reflection of the sun on the waters of a passion. go try to attend the silver glen to the fish that swim,

and that's kristof k works out 3 off the in global tide. how you mean i had him on the motif, fusible? yeah. shapes of fish cartridges, of trees. it's hotter than i seem inspired by what you can see in the village. i hear you too all. but clearly these motif swift past from generation to generation uninspired by this printer and home let it ring the level, the yawn. and each region of the ron has any code die of that he mentor. because was that ok? and because the women of this region on not submit to the very talkative, really, you know, i felt that maybe i could convey the voice through there on this one. i'm be who she had slanders, fill the space between the peacock and the judges. they don't audit. yes,

but more than that. well, move in that cash. i'm due to sign on the thread. how many tele, when you make i got 2 goals. one. so do you prefer to use just one kind of giving a shout, a 100. you know me out of the tell you i've asked the girls that one branch and we'll see if it looks good. we'll do all the branches with the same color. i would assume you couldn't behind me, and i'm in a chevy fee. is the wife of a bundle, the fisherman? she finds inspiration for her embroidery is in the world around her, the horse to the north side that caught it allows them to or maybe don't her own money in the host. do 0 is no padre. and because had a, we don't draw any outline of the most piece on the fabric before digital as the ideas come naturally from our minds our heart. and we switch them right into the

fabric you called. i'm john mcgee, the shore kit made a new so 5 man uses last order goes back to the start of the year. year of the rooster had just begun florida who is what i'm do stuff. and she asked if we could stitch wrister most again me. she was the perfect occasion to come up, tied and with a completely new sign you did have solar photos that have said that stars flowers on you know, we can embroider them all with our eyes closed. but the rooster was a 1st lose, he to the girls manage to come up and elaborate store and delegate design would get back to her. and on the the, and the cost. i mean,

their mother in mass we where is called a board. good lisa. and it's a very, with the tradition that concerned i've had to this day and i did the study is the log in. you can see marian, the girls where the mask to show me that they are now when i did to get in to get their hands had the completes, are his job. so it's very important. hey, job, nice 2 pieces. the, the head who studies a yet the stay as on cash, and each village has its own shape for good or bad. the, almost that, that's the hudson, the easy and older women get, the larger the mass in the more face it covers. when applied, behavioral sad, mutual dukes has always been like that have with the whole issue now to initial bottom into the mask. also protects us from this on that issue. now what that is, you can say, lee,

the largest for goods that only reveal the ice crush and you can also be worn by women whose and is a very sensitive spell, the sun, that tissue now. now what are the next week in many on the day when i come to the sea to fish after a long working. okay. last time, what counts for me is not the catch him. man. that's not my main priority. he did get up more than enough. i mostly come here so as to be alone at the for them to come down with a said developed a hussy basketball class, the from the sand, dune deserts and rocky ply, toes to the sea. iran is a country of contrast. a land that fascinates through its very people, art, culture and history, as well as its stunning natural b. the scene from above the

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