IRAN Universities (Selected)

• Amir Kabir University of Technology
• Bu-Ali Sina University - Includes information on faculties,libraries,faculty members,hamadan city and more
• Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS) - university program offering Master's and Ph.D. degrees. Includes information on the programs, faculty, students, conferences and more.
• Iran University of Science and Technology - located east of Tehran.
• Isfahan University of Technology - general information, news, departments, libraries, and more.
• Islamic Azad University (IAU)
• Islamic Azad University Region One - offering programs in a variety of fields at campuses around Iran.
• Islamic Republic of Iran Academy of Medical Sciences
• KN Toosi University of Technology
• Shahid Beheshti University - with ten faculties, and both graduate and undergraduate programs.
• Shahid Chamran University Of Ahvaz
• Sharif University
• Shiraz University
• Tarbiat Modares University - fully accredited graduate university.
• University of Isfahan
• University of Tehran

Iranian Newspapers(in English)

• Tehran Times 
• Iran daily

Other News Sources

• Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)

• Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA)

• Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)

• Gooya, a collection of links to Persian sites

• IranMania news

• ARIA

• RFI - Radio France Internationale

• Yahoo! Actualités - Iran (in French)

• Payvand news of Iran

Miscellaneous

Culture

• SalamIran Culture & Tourism. This page is administrated by the Iranian embassy in Canada.
• Isfahan. This site contains information (and beautiful pictures) about the historical city of Isfahan and the Iranian Islamic architecture. See also this page.
• Berhouz Homanyoun Far's Treasure of Persian Literature (Bustan, Golistan, Shahnameh, Masnavi, ...)
• DarIRAN
• Tehran.stanford.edu is a comprehensive data base of Iran-related material.
• Iranian Cinema
• Iranian Film Society
• Iran Cartoon
• Historical Information about Iran (Persia)
• Golestan Art Gallery
• Persian Poema is a site devoted to Persian poetry.
• The Parthian Empire At this site, you can find parts of the history of the ancient Persia.
• IRANIKA
• Kashan.com

• Tourisme en Iran

• Norooz

Persian Calligraphy

Calligraphy is a major Persian art. A nice poem is complemented by a nice calligraphy. You can visit the following links.

Religion

• The holy Quran (in English)

• Ramadhan

• Al-Islam.org: This site contains a library of Islamic books.
• Al-Mizan  Famous interpretation of Quran.
• Islamic Art
• Al-Islam.com Quran and Hadith resources
• The Nation of Islam Online
• Discover Islam Poster Exhibit
• How to Help, fatima_zahra

Persian Poets

Shams-od-Din Mohammad, known as Hafez (1324?-1391 A.D.), is probably the best Persian poet. His poem book can be found in almost any Iranian home. He lived in the beautiful city of Shiraz (known as the city of roses and nightingales), and his tomb is in a garden in Shiraz. Some Links:

• Faale Hafez
• Khajeh Hafez Shirazi by Behrouz Homayoun Far

Jalal al-Din Mohammad al-Rumi (1207-1273 A.D.), known as Molavi or Molana, is a great Persian mystic poet. His famous books are

• Masnavi, which is a collection of nice stories and maxims (for example, the story of Alchemist, the best-seller novel of Paulo Coelho, is mentioned with some minor differences in Masnavi)
• Divan-e Shams, which is a collection of mystical ghazals, and
• Fihe-ma-fih, which is a collection of mystical sayings.

• The biography of Rumi by IslamiCity
• Masnavi Ma'navi, translated and abridged by E.H. Whinfield, and published on the Internet by Dr. Behrouz Homayoun Far
• A Tribute to Rumi: English translation of some poems of Rumi by Shahriar Shahriari
• English translation of some poems

Omar Khayyam (1048-1131? A.D.) is a Persian mathematician and poet who lived in Nishapur. He is famous for his Robaiyyate (quatrains). His Robaiyyat was translated to English by Edward Fitzgerald.

• The biography of Omar Khayyam and his mathematics in the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
• Random Robaiyyat by Dr. Behrouz Homayoun Far

Muslih al-Din (1213?-1292? A.D.), known as Sa'di, is another great Persian poet who lived in Shiraz, and his tomb is currently in Shiraz. He is well known for his two books: Boostan, which is collection of poems, and Golestan, which is a collection of prose stories and short poems and maxims. He has also written some nice ghazals.

Sohrab Sepehri (1928-1980 A.D.) is a contemporary Persian poet and painter. He was born in Abianeh, a village near Kashan, and is buried in Mashad Ardehal, another village near Kashan.

Ahmad Shamloo

Ahmad Shamloo (1925 A.D.-July 24, 2000) is one of the most celebrated contemporary poets of Iran. Many of his poems have a political flavor.

Hamid Mosaddegh is a poet and lawyer. His most famous poem book is aabi-khaakestari-siaah.

Mehdi Akhavan Sales (1928-1990 A.D.) is a great Persian poet from Mashad. He is buried in Tous near the tomb of Ferdowsi.

Nima Youshij (1895-1959 A.D.) is the pioneer of the contemporary Persian poetry.

Foroogh Farrokhzad (1935-1967 A.D.) is probably the best female contemporary Persian poet. Her famous poem books are Tavallodi digar and Iman biaavarim be aaghaaz-e fasl-e sard.

Hobies

• Farsi Dictionary

• Avicenna Books

• Neda Network

• Tehran Today (Photo of Tehran)

• Iran Flower 

• Iran Online

• Iran's Screensaver

• Iranian Communication Center

• Free fax to Iran

• NetIran contains information about the structure of the Iranian government, constitution, laws, etc.

• IranMania search engine

• Listen to Sobh-e jom'e baa shomaa (A satirical program from Iran Radio).