Iran is a beautiful place with huge historical and cultural backgrounds. In old days, Iran was the heart of the big Persian Empire, and later, the key player in the Islamic Golden Age. A lot of historical places related to those times and times after can be found in many places in Iran. If you are interested to know more about Iran and its heritage, please see below for some useful links.

Some of the historical provinces of Iran:

• Ardabil
• East Azarbaijan
• Fars

• Great Khorasan: Razavi Khorasan , North Khorasan, South Khorasan

• Hamadan
• Isfahan
• Kermanshah
• Kurdistan
• Mazandaran
• West Azarbijan
• Yazd

To see a full list of Iran's provinces please click here.

Some useful links about Iran:

• Persian empire

• Historical/Cultural information about Iran (with lots of other useful information)

• History of Iran

• Iranian scientists and scholars

• Persian literature (a collection of different Iranian poets and their poems)

• Some useful information about Iranian customs regulations