Semnan Province is one of the 31 Provinces of Iran. It is in the north of the country. Its capital is the city of Semnan. The province of Semnan covers an area of 96,816 square kilometers and stretches along the Alborz mountain range, bordering on Kavir desert in its southern parts.
Semnan is a city in the Central District of Semnan County, Semnan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county and the district. The city is on the alluvial fan of the Golrudbar creek in the north-central part of the country, 216 km east of Tehran and 640 km west of Mashhad. With a population of 185,129 people in 2016, Semnan is the most populous city in the province and the hub of the Semnani language, a sub-branch of the Iranian languages spoken to the north. It is home to the Semnani ethnic group.
Bastam is a city in, and the capital of, Bastam District of Shahrud County, Semnan province, Iran.
Semnan County is in Semnan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Semnan.
The Semnani people are a Caspian people, part of the greater Iranian people who primarily live in northern Iran and speak the Semnani language. Today, the majority of Semnani people speak Persian.
Beyarjomand is a city in, and the capital of, Beyarjomand District of Shahrud County, Semnan province, Iran. It was the capital of Beyarjomand Rural District before its capital was transferred to the village of Khan Khvodi.
Mojen is a city in Bastam District of Shahrud County, Semnan province, Iran.
Mostafa Kavakebian is an Iranian reformist politician who was the representative of Tehran at the Parliament of Iran, from 2016 to 2020. He has formerly represented Semnan and Mehdishahr in the parliament from 2008 until 2012. He is currently running for president of Iran in the 2024 presidential election.
The Central District of Semnan County is in Semnan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Semnan.
Qohab-e Rastaq Rural District is in Amirabad District of Damghan County, Semnan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Forat.
Shahrud International Airport is an international airport located in Shahrud, Semnan Province, Iran. It is the largest airport of the province.
Imam Khomeini Space Launch Terminal is an Iranian space vehicle launch facility, consisting of the service tower and launch pad used to launch the Simorgh launch vehicle. it is a part of the Semnan Space Center located south-east of the provincial capital of Semnan in Semnan Province.
Semnan Space Center is the primary Iranian spaceport, located 50 km southeast of the city of Semnan in the north of the country.
Semnan International Airport is an airport serving the city of Semnan, in the Semnan Province of Iran.
Jameh Mosque of Aradan is related to the Qajar dynasty and is located in Aradan, adjacent to the Imamzadeh Shah.
Ruhollah Isari is an Iranian professional futsal player. He is currently a member of Sunich in the Iranian Futsal Super League.
The Jameh Mosque of Semnan is a building in Semnan. Over time, there have been many changes and developments in this mosque, but now traces of the Seljuq dynasty and Timurid eras can be seen in it. It is believed that this mosque was built in the first century AH on the ruins of a fire temple. The architectural style of this building is Azerbaijani architecture.
Imam Mosque is related to the Qajar dynasty and is located in Semnan Province, Semnan.
Semnan University of Medical Sciences is a public university in Semnan, Iran. The university has four faculties including medicine, dentistry, nursing, and rehabilitation and also three satellite schools in Damghan, Sorkheh and Aradan.
Sheikh Abbas Ali Akhtari was an Iranian Ayatollah. He represented the Supreme Leader of Iran in Semnan province, while also serving as the Imam of Friday Prayer in Semnan. He also represented the people in Khorasan province in the early 80's for the first term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. He later represented the people of Tehran province for the seventh term of the Iranian Parliament. He was a member of Assembly of Experts, from February 2021 to October 2022 in the fifth term of the Assembly of Experts, after the death of Nasrallah Shah-Abadi. He was elected in the first midterm elections of the Assembly of Experts on 23 February 2020.
