“I
am Cyrus. King of the world. When I entered Babylon… I did not allow anyone
to terrorize the land… I kept in view the needs of people and all its sanctuaries
to promote their well-being… I put an end to their misfortune. The Great
God has delivered all the lands into my hand; the lands that I have made
to dwell in a peaceful habitation… I kept in view the needs of people and
all its sanctuaries to promote their well-being… Freed all the slaves…
I put an end to their misfortune and slavery (referring to religious minorities).
The Great God has delivered all the lands into my hand; the lands that
I have made to dwell in a peaceful habitation… “
Dutch Embassy in Tehran, Iran The Royal Netherlands Embassy,
Tehran Darrous, Shahrzad Blvd
Kamasaie Street,
First East Lane No. 33
Iran
City: Tehran
Phone: 0098 (0) 21 2256.70.05 /
2256.70.07
Fax: 0098 (0) 21 2256.69.90 / 0098
(0) 21 2256.02.14 (V
Email: teh@minbuza.nl Office Hours: 07:30 - 16:00 hrs,
Thursdays 07:30 - 13:30 hrs.
New Zealand Embassy in Tehran,
Iran Embassy of New Zealand in Tehran,
Iran No. 34, corner of 2nd Park Alley,
Sosan Street
North Golestan Complex, Aghdasiyeh
Street
Niavaran
Tehran 11365
Iran
City: Tehran
Phone: (+ 98 21) 280 0289
Fax: (+ 98 21) 283 1673
Email: newzealand@mavara.com
Office Hours: Sun - Thur 0730 -
1230, 1300 - 1500 hrs
Norwegian Embassy in Tehran,
Iran Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tehran,
Iran No. 201 Dr. Lavasani St. (Ex. Farmanieh
St.)
Corner of Sonbol St.
Tehran, Iran
City: Tehran
Phone: 0098 21 2229 1333
Fax: 0098 21 2229 2776
Web Site: http://www.norway-iran.org/ Email: emb.tehran@mfa.no Office Hours: Sunday-Thursday 8:30-16:00
VISA SECTION:
Sunday-Wednesday 9:00-12:00
Omani Embassy in Tehran, Iran Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman
in Tehran, Iran No. 12, Tandis Alley
Africa Avenue
City: Tehran
Phone: (009821) 205 6831 or 205
6832
Fax: 204 4672
Office Hours: 09:00-15:00 in Summer
08:30-14:30 in Winter
Pakistani Embassy in Tehran,
Iran Embassy of the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan P.O.Box 4551-11365
Dr Fatemi Avenue
Ahmad Eitmadzadeh Block No. 1
Tehran
Iran
City: Tehran
Phone: (+98-21) 934332/3/4
Fax: (+98-21) 935154
Email: pakemteh@hotmail.com
Pakistani Consulate in Mashhad,
Iran Consulate of the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan Khayaban-e-Iman Khomeini
Opposite Bagh-e-Milli
Mashhad
Iran
City: Mashhad
Phone: (+98-511) 29845
Fax: (+98-511) 29845
Pakistani Consulate in Zahedan,
Iran Consulate of the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan Khayaban-e-Razmju, Moqaddam
Zahedan
Iran
City: Zahedan
Phone: (+98-541) 23389, 27787
Fax: (+98-541) 23666
Philippine Embassy in Tehran,
Iran Embassy of the Philippines in
Tehran, Iran No. 5 Asr Avenue
Fereshteh
Tehran, Iran
City: Tehran
Phone: (+9821) 2266-8774 to 76
Fax: (9821) 2266-8990
Web Site: http://www.philippineembassy.ir Email: tehranpe@dfa.gov.ph
Qatari Embassy in Tehran, Iran Embassy of the State of Qatar P.O.Box 11365-5631
Africa Avenue/Golazin Avenue 4
Tehran
Iran
City: Tehran
Phone: (+98-21) 2221255, 2221256,
2051255
Fax: (+98-21) 2276026, 2056023
Email: tehran@mofa.gov.qa
Romanian Embassy in Tehran, Iran Embassy of Romania in Tehran,
Iran 12 Fakhrabad Str., Baharestan Ave.
Tehran
Iran
City: Tehran
Phone: (00) (98) (21) 77539041 or
77647570
Fax: (00) (98) (21) 77535291
Email: ambrotehran@parsonline.net
Russian Embassy in Tehran, Iran Embassy of Russia in Tehran,
Iran Neauphle-le-Chateau street 39, Tehran,
Iran
City: Tehran
Phone: +98 21 6670-1161, 6670-1173
Fax: +98 21 6670-1652
Email: rusembiran@parsonline.net
Senegalese Embassy in Tehran,
Iran Embassy of Senegal in Tehran,
Iran P.O.Box 19395-4743
Vali Asr Avenue
Ghobadian Street No. 48/2
City: Tehran
Phone: (+98-21) 2226688
Fax: (+98-21) 2009182
Serbian Embassy in Tehran, Iran Embassy of Serbia in Iran Velenjak avenue, 9 th street, nr.
12
PO Box 11365-118
19858
City: Tehran
Phone: (+98-21)-2412569 /+98-21-2412570/+98-21-2412571
Fax: +98-21-2402869
Email: scgambateh@neda.net
Serbian Consulate in Tehran,
Iran Consulate of Serbia in Iran Fereshteh Ave Amir Teimoor Aley
No 12
PO Box 11365-118
City: Tehran
Phone: +98-21-2044126 / +98-21-2044127/+98-21-2044128
Fax: +98-21-2044978
Email: jugoslavija@pegah.net
Sierra Leonean Embassy in Tehran,
Iran Embassy of Sierra Leone in Iran 10 Malek Street, Off Dr.Shariati
Avenue P.O. Box 11365-1689
City: Tehran
Phone: (9821) 750 2819
Fax: +98-217529515
Slovak Embassy in Tehran, Iran Slovak Republic Embassy , Iran No. 38, Sarlashgar Fallahi Street
PO Box 11365-4451
19887
City: Tehran
Phone: +98-21-2411164/+98-21-2406495/+98-21-2406496/
Fax: +98-21-2409719/+98-21-2406496
Email: slovemb@kariz.net
The
18th largest country in the world in terms of area at 1,648,195 km²,
Iran has a population of over seventy million. It is a country of special
geostrategic significance due to its central location in Eurasia. Iran
is bordered on the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. As Iran
is a littoral state of the Caspian Sea, which is an inland sea and condominium,
Kazakhstan and Russia are also Iran's direct neighbors to the north. Iran
is bordered on the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the south by the
Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and on the west by Turkey and Iraq.
Tehran is the capital, the country's largest city and the political, cultural,
commercial, and industrial center of the nation. Iran is a regional power,
and holds an important position in international energy security and world
economy as a result of its large reserves of petroleum and natural gas.
Iran
is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations,
with historical and urban settlements dating back to 7000 BC. The first
Iranian dynasty formed during the Elamite kingdom in 2800 BC. The Iranian
Medes unified Iran into an empire in 625 BC. They were succeeded by three
Iranian Empires, the Achaemenids, Parthians and Sassanids, which governed
Iran for more than 1000 years. Iranian post-Islamic dynasties and empires
expanded the Persian language and culture throughout the Iranian plateau.
Early Iranian dynasties which re-asserted Iranian independence included
the Tahirids, Saffarids, Samanids and Buyids. The blossoming of Persian
literature, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, mathematics and art became
major elements of Muslim civilization and started with the Saffarids and
Samanids. Iran was once again reunified as an independent state in 1501
by the Safavid dynasty who promoted Twelver Shi'a Islam as the official
religion of their empire, marking one of the most important turning points
in the history of Islam. "Persia's Constitutional Revolution" established
the nation's first parliament in 1906, within a constitutional monarchy.
Iran officially became an Islamic republic on 1 April 1979, following the
Iranian Revolution. --- From
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