Iran Zoorkhaneh In Iranian culture, Zoorkhaneh, the house of strength, is a sacred place in which physical strength is done through moral purity. This ancient sport has its own music, exercises, and equipment. It can be traced back to the Parthian Empire of Iran (132 BC – 226 AD). Zoorkhaneh’s entrance door is short, so...Read More

Iran’s currency Rial (IRR), first introduced in 1798, is official Iran’s currency.  However, the Persians prefer to express the amount of money and prices in “Tomans”.  Each toman equals 10 rials, or put it in another word, each rial has one zero more than toman. The tourist can exchange their money for rials in official...Read More