Many visitors on their first trip to Iran are afraid they will have difficulties finding vegetarian food. This is based on the idea that Persian cuisine is based on meat, which is partly true. Yet, typical Persian cuisine includes a great variety of yummy vegetarian dishes, which combine vegetables, fresh or dried fruit and the most amazing herbs you’ve ever tasted.
Let’s have a look at Persian vegetarian cuisine and some of the best places in Tehran where you can find it.
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When you visit a foreign country, the trip is wasted if you don’t try the local cuisine, especially the desserts, all those fabulous treats that make life sweeter.
If you have a sweet tooth, prepare for a feast when you go to Iran as the country is famous for its Persian desserts.
Like all Iranian cuisine, the country’s favorite desserts bear the influence of the surrounding cultures and their gastronomy.
Here are just a few examples of delicious Persian desserts, just to tickle your appetite.
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If you want to understand a country and its people, you need to study their culture, and music is an important part of Iranian or Persian culture. Foreigners visiting Iran should use every opportunity to listen to authentic Iranian music. Obviously, like any other modern country, Iran has a great number of pop musicians, but the soul of its people is to be found in traditional music.
The term Persian music refers to two types of music – classical and folk music, and their origins can be traced thousands of years back. Both of them bear the influence of the Turkic and Arabic cultures surrounding Iran.
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Milad tower is also known as the Tehran Tower is one of the most prominent landmarks of Iran, located in the capital city near the Gisha neighborhood. It is a multipurpose tower standing at the height of 435 from the base to the tip of the antenna. It is also the tallest tower in Iran and in world ranking stands at number 6 as the tallest telecommunication tower.
