Some favorite Iranian sites on the Internet

• Ankaboot: Iranian Web Guide

• Iranian Web Resources
  A neither exhaustive nor exclusive collection of links to home pages which have a distinctly Iranian bias, mainly because they have been produced by Iranians, but also those which are about Iran.

• Payvand
  An Iranian directory and information center.

• Persia Net
  A Web page dedicated to promoting the cultural heritage of Iran and its people. Includes directories,news,links and much more.

• Persia Net
  A window to explore Persia and its rich cultural heritage.(This site is not the same as the one listed above).

• ParsNet
  A directory of Iranian Web sites

• Internet in Iran
  A comprehensive survey, including several points of contact in Iran (academic, government, commercial).

• Iran Watch
  Reference works about Iran, its government and economy, and its culture. Including a who's who, people in the news and all the vital statistics.

• The Persia/Iran Home Page
  A very impressive site.

• The Iranian
  An on-line magazine.

• Radio Seday-e-Iran
  Persian radio broadcast from Santa Monica,Ca.

• The Persian Watch Cat
  To inform and protect Iranian-Americans from discrimination via the WWW.

• French-Iranian Home Page
  Maps,images,miniatures and more.In French.

• Neda Rayaneh Institute
  Commercial internet provider in Iran.Provides e-mail access .

• Iranian Cultural and Information Center
  The purpose of this center is to distribute materials related to Iran and to Persian culture.

• Persian Outpost
  An information source addressing the needs of English speakers involved with Iranian culture and Persian traditions.

• Isfahan Home Page
  Islamic architecture in Isfahan.Plus a number of interesting links.

• Tehran NET
  An on-line magazine (In Persian)

• The Home Page of Tourang
  A personal homepage,including some great photographs of Tehran from 1947 to 1991.

• Diversity
  HomePage of the Iranian American Community in the United States

• Iran on-line
  News,chat,classifieds,kids,etc...

• MyIran.Com
  Photo gallery ( don't miss the different slide shows), music, fonts, links, send postcards, all in a beautifully designed webpage.

More Iranian sites on the Internet

NEWSGROUP

• Iranian (anything goes) newsgroup news:soc.culture.iranian

• Iran: The country of nobles.
  Saitama University, Japan. Extensive databank

• Iran Net electronic bulletin board

• Iran On Line, directory

• Netiran
  Extensive databank (under construction).

• The Islamic Republic of Iran
  A guide.

• Soroush
  Live-chat BBS, games...
  

• Raabet
  Personal, business, informative directories, bulletin board, joke center,.....

• About Iran
  Religious and historical places.

• Internet server connection
  Cookbook, travel, classified ads, photos, videos and chat .

• Iran related material
  List of Persian stores, magazines, radio and TV stations (mostly in California but not exclusively).

• Middle Eastern and Central Asian Interest Internet Sites
  Islamic Nations and their neighbors on the Internet. Over 400 sites in alphabetic order.

• Iran Business Resources
  From Tehran

• Iranian yellow pages, Northern California

• Information Technology in Iran

• Index of Iranian news on the Web

• Iran Press Service
  A private news gathering service covering Iran and its surrounding zone.

• Le Monde Diplomatique
  A collection of articles published about Iran (in French).

• Golagha
  Satirical magazine.

• Dena Film, distributors in Los Angeles

• Film International, Engslish quarterly from Tehran

• Focus on Iran
  Monarchist newsletter in English.

• Ettela'at The daily.

• Omid
  An independent, bilingual, cultural and educational site edited by Iraj Gorgin.

• The Iranian Club
  Mission statement: To work as a resource organization aimed at bringing together the Iranian community through common bonds and celebrations .

• Gozaresh (Report)
  English magazine from Tehran (last issue April 1995?).

• Hamshahri (Fellow Citizen)
  Persian daily from Tehran.

• Iran Alumni Newsletter (under construction).

• Iran Business Digest
  English newsletter from Tehran.

• "Iran-e Man" (My Iran)
  TV production co. in Portalnd, Oregon.

• Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Shiraz University (not up to date?).

• Iranshahr
  Bi-weekly Persian news clippings service.

• Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)

• Jahan-e Eghtesad (Economy World)
  Tehran-based English magazine (last issue July 95?).

• Jahan-e Emrouz (Today's World)
  Print newsletter published in Sweden.

• Kar (Work)
  Iranian People's Fedaian Organization, Majority faction:
  

• Mehregan
  Political, cultural periodical in Persian. U.S.-based.

• Ofogh (Horizon)
  Computer journal from Tehran, in English (last issue 1994?).

• Persian journals and popular press
  at the University of Chicago library:
  

• Peik (Message)
  Computer industry newsletter from Tehran, in English.

• Radio Japan Persian Service homepage

• Shahr-e Farang
  Persian and English (under construction).

• Sportestan
  Iranian sports newsletter, databank.

• Tehran Times

• Voice of America Persian Service
  Daily news broadcasts on-line.

• Farasou
  Magazine geared towards Persian-speaking populations, namely Iranians, Afghans and Tadjiks, published monthly in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE

• Cyrus the Great
  Founder of the Persian Empire.

• The Bakhtiari:History and Archeology
  At this site you will find information and resources concerning the Bakhtiari land and people as well as Iranian and Persian cultural history and archaeology .

• Persia/Iran Timetable
  From the Medes (728 B.C) to the present day.Every dynasty and ruler.

• Persepolis
  The University of Chicago has this web site about the first archaeological expedition of Persepolis in 1933 by the famous Dr. Ernst Herzfeld, Field Director of the Persepolis Expedition at the university's Oriental Institute.

• Persepolis and Ancient Iran
  From the University of Chicago again,a catalog of expedition photographs.

• The Aga Khan Visual Archives
  167 images from the Aga Khan Visual Archives representing some historic and contemorary Islamic architecture from 26 countries in 4 contenents.

• Islamic and Arabic Arts and Architecture
  Architecture,calligraphy,carpets and coins.Beautiful layout.

WOMEN

• Iranian women's homepage

BOOK & MUSIC PUBLISHERS

• Iranbooks
  An on-line bookstore.Persian and English books about Iran.

• Asia Publishing

• Ketab Corporation
  Books and much more.

• Gitashenasi
  Iranian map makers.

• Global Publishing Group
  Internet publisher.

• Karang Publishers

• Kereshmeh Records

• Mage Publishers

• Mazda Publications

• Nakisa Publishing
  Persian music books.

• Negar Publishers

• Rare Persian books for sale

• Sanaye Farhangi Iran (SAFIR)
  Publishers (under construction).

• XDot-25 Records

HUMAN RIGHTS

• Amnesty International's report on Iran,1995

• Iranian Human Rights Working Group 1

• Iranian Human Rights Working Group 2

• Iranian Human Rights Working Group 3

• Universal Human Right Declaration (in Persian).

• Iranian-American center for Constitutional, Human, and Bill of Rights

POLITICAL / GOVERNMENT

• Communist Party of Iran & Komala (Kurdish branch)

• Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran(in English).

• The Constitutionalist Movement of Iran - CMI
  The Constitutionalist Movement of Iran - CMI

• Democracy Network of Iran

• Foundation for Democracy in IranWashington-based.

• Iran, CIA's unclassified general report

• Iranian embassy in Armenia

• Iranian embassy in Canada

• Iranian Interests Section, U.S.

• Iranian People's Fedaian, Majority faction

• Mojahedin Khalq Organization

• National Movement of Iranian Resistance, founded by Dr. Bakhtiar

• U.S. government documents related to Iran (At PersiaNet).

• Persian Power Clan

RELIGIOUS / ETHNIC

• Armenian Web sites

• Avesta, main Zoroastrian homepage

• Baha'i Resources on the Internet

• Educating Mankind About Religion Islam (EMARI)

• Islamic links

• Islamic/personal homepage

• Karbala homepage(in Persian).

• Kurdish homepage

• Prayer instructions for Muslims

• Dr. Ali Shariati's homepage(in English).

• World of Traditional Zoroastrianism

• Zoroastrian group at Stanford University

• Iranian Christians International

ACADEMIC / STUDENT GROUPS

• Alborz High School alumni

• Association for Persian Logic, Language and Computing, U. Edinburgh.

• Center for Near Eastern Studies, U. of California, Los Angeles

• Computer Society of Iran

• Ghassed (Messenger)
  Iranian Postgraduste Students in Adelaide, Australia.

• Institute for the Studies in Theoretical Physics & Mathematics (IPM) In Tehran.
  (gopher://physics.ipm.ac.ir:aria.nic.ir/)

• Iran Alumni Club
  based in U.S.

• Iranian Academic Association in U.S.

• Iranian Chemists Association of the American Chemical Society

• Iranian Scholars Scientific Information Network

• Iranian Students at University of Newcastle (UK)

• Universities in Iran

• University of Virginia's Persian Club

• Intelligent Systems Research Institute, Tehran

• Persian Cultural Society at The University of Chicago

ART

• Cinema 96
  A magazine about film and cinema, with a focus on Iranian cinema.

• Kayvan Behpour's portraits of Iran

• Classical Persian miniatures

• F. Scott Hess, modern paintings of Iran

• Iranian Carpet Museum (very large image sizes).

• Nosrat Karimi's statuettes

• Farah Osouli, modern miniatures

• Ali Rahbar's Turkman Sahra

• Mohsen Rastani, portraits from southern Iran

• Gizella & Samira Sinai, Hungarian-Iranian artists

• Twenty paintings by 20 Iranian women

MUSIC

• Iranian music site 1

• Iranian music site 2

• Iranian music site 3

• Iranian music site 4

• Iranian music site 5

• Dariush

• Sheila Bazleh

• Googoosh

• Persian Music

• Sandy

• Shahin & Sepehr

LITERATURE

• Shahnameh
  Ferdowsi's epic masterpiece-all 18 chapters.English translation.

• Khayyam's Robaiyyate
  Hakim Omar Khayyam's Robaiyyate .Translated into English in 1859 by Edward FitzGerald.

• The Gulistan of Saadi
  Sheikh Muslih-uddin Saadi Shirazi's composition of stories and maxims.English translation.

• Rumi in English.

• Rumi's Rubaiyat in Persian.

GEOGRAPHY

• Iran map at Iranian Culture and Information Center

• Iranian provinces
  Facts and figures.

• Netiran

TRAVEL

• IranTravel

• Shiraz

• Abadan

• Isfahan

MISCELLANEOUS

• Tehran weather
  (from "USA Today")

• Tehran Air Pollution Chart
  Updated daily.

• Are you eligible for military service EXEMPTION?

• Jokestan
  A collection of Persian jokes, submitted by Persian people around the world!

• Information on seminars in Iran 1

• Information on seminars in Iran 2

• Iranian events list

• Languages of Iran

• MashTea Gholee's Teahouse
  Everything you want to know about tea.

• Iranian names

• Ey Iran
  Lyrics and translation of the song.

• Persian cats

Personal homepages:

• Compilation of Personal Iranian Homepages
• Jigar Joon's homepage

• Aftab: Aftab is forum for Iranian artists and film-makers to exhibit their talent and art. (2 hours)
  Saturday 2:00 pm Pacific/5:00 Eastern

• Ariana Afghanistan TV: Features performing arts, such as music and dance, plus commentaries from the Afghani community in the U.S. (60 minute)
  Saturday 8:00 am Pacific/11:00 am Eastern

• Darya TV: The latest Persian program in our impressive lineup. A talk-show for the Farsi speaking universes with Darya.(30 minutes)
  Wednesday 11:00pm Pacific/ 2am Eastern

• Emshab w/Parviz: Includes news updates, interviews that include viewer call-ins and music. (30 minutes)
  Monday & Tuesday 12 midnight Pacific/3:00 am Eastern

• Jaam-E-Jam: Consists of celebrity interviews, musical entertainment and political discussions. (60 minutes)
  Thursday 11:00 pm Pacific/2 am Eastern

• Sima-Y-Ashena: Offers international, national and local news, as well as entertaimnent and guest interviews. (60 minutes)
  Monday & Tuesday 11:00 pm Pacific/2:00 am Eastern

• Tanin: Entertainment and information for youths, covering topics such as AIDS, smoking, drugs and pop music. (90 minutes)
  Friday 11:00 pm Pacific/2:00 am Eastern

• The 5th Day of the Week: This delightful program highlights news from the entertainment industry. (60 minute)
  Sunday 10:00 pm Pacific/1:00 am Eastern

• Fasle Taze In San Antonio, Texas, every Friday night.