Shiraz is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 people, and its built-up area with Sadra was home to almost 1,800,000 inhabitants. A census in 2021 showed an increase in the city's population to 1,995,500 people. Shiraz is located in southwestern Iran on the rudkhaneye khoshk seasonal river. Founded in the early Islamic period, the city has a moderate climate and has been a regional trade center for over a thousand years.
Fars Province, also known as ParsProvince as well as Persis, is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. The province has an area of 122,400 km2 and is located in Iran's southwest, in Region 2. Its administrative center and capital city is Shiraz. Fars neighbours Bushehr province to the west, Hormozgan province to the south, Kerman and Yazd provinces to the east, Isfahan province to the north, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province to the northwest.
Kerman, known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is a city in the Central District of Kerman County, Kerman province, Iran, and serves as the capital of the province, county and district.
Fasa is a city in the Central District of Fasa County, Fars province, Iran, serving as both capital of the district and of the county. The city's population in 2016 was 110,825. Fasa is the fourth most populous city of the province, and dates back to the Achaemenid period.
Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz is a major Iranian University in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran. By the ISC ranking, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz is 13th largest and top university in Iran. SCU University is considered one of Iran's "Grade A" universities by Iranian Ministry of Science. The campus today has 276 acres (1.12 km2) and houses 13 colleges. In 2010, 4798 students were enrolled.
Mostafa Chamran Save'ei was an Iranian physicist, politician, commander and guerrilla fighter who served as the first defense minister of post-revolutionary Iran and a member of parliament as well as the commander of paramilitary volunteers in Iran–Iraq War, known as "Irregular Warfare Headquarters". He was killed during the Iran–Iraq War. In Iran, he is known as a martyr and a symbol of an ideological and revolutionary Muslim who left academic careers and prestigious positions as a scientist and professor in the US, University of California, Berkeley and migrated in order to help the Islamic movements in Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt as a chief revolutionary guerilla, as well as in the Islamic revolution of Iran. He helped to found the Amal Movement in southern Lebanon.
Iran Electronics Industries or Integrated Electronics Industries(IEI, Persian: صنایع الکترونیک ایران; also known as Persian: صاایران, Sâiran) is a state-owned subsidiary of Iran's Ministry of Defense. It is a diversified organization with operations in electronics, optics, electro-optics, medical equipment, communications, computer and semiconductors.
Mehdi Chamran Save'ei is an Iranian architect and conservative politician who currently holds office as the chairman of the City Council of Tehran.
The Shiraz Metro is the rapid transit system in Shiraz, Fars, Iran, operated by Shiraz Urban Railway Organization. Construction began in 2001, and service in the first line officially commenced on 11 October 2014.
The Tomb of Hafez, commonly known as Hāfezieh (حافظیه), are two memorial structures erected in the northern edge of Shiraz, Iran, in memory of the celebrated Persian poet Hafez. The open pavilion structures are situated in the Musalla Gardens on the north bank of a seasonal river and house the marble tomb of Hafez. The present buildings, built in 1935 and designed by the French architect and archaeologist André Godard, are at the site of previous structures, the best-known of which was built in 1773. The tomb, its gardens, and the surrounding memorials to other great figures are a focus of tourism in Shiraz.
Chamran is a city in the Central District of Mahshahr County, Khuzestan province, Iran.
The Parsian Azadi Hotel is one of the largest and tallest hotels in Tehran, situated in the northern Evin neighborhood, overlooking the city. The hotel has 475 guest rooms & suites.
Persian Gulf Complex is the 12th largest shopping mall in the world, located in Shiraz, Iran. It is the second biggest mall in terms of the number of shops after Iran Mall.
Zarqan County is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Zarqan, whose population at the 2016 National Census was 32,261 in 9,591 households.
Saleh Shahr, formerly Shahrak-e Shahid Chamran, also Romanized as Shahrak-e Shahīd Chamrān, is a city in the Central District of Gotvand County, Khuzestan province, Iran.
Zardeyn is a village in, and the capital of, Zardeyn Rural District of Nir District, Taft County, Yazd province, Iran.
Sadra, is a planned city in Central District, Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. Sadra, with a population of 122,226 (2019), is the fourth most populous city of the province. it is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of Shiraz, in “Ahu-char Plain”, which is more than 300 metres (980 ft) higher than Shiraz.
