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The Golestan Palace ( Persian: کاخ گلستان, Kākh-e Golestān ), also transliterated as the Gulistan Palace [1] and sometimes translated as the Rose Garden Palace from Persian language, [1] [2] was built in the 16th century, renovated in the 18th century and finally rebuilt in 1865. It is the former official royal Qajar complex in Tehran .
7,270,000. Cargo ( t) 142,000. Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport ( IATA: IKA, ICAO: OIIE) ( Persian: فرودگاه بینالمللی امام خمینی) is the international airport of Tehran, the capital of Iran. It is located 2 kilometers (1 mi) of Vahnabad and 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Tehran and is named for Ruhollah ...
The tradition and style of garden design represented by Persian gardens or Iranian gardens ( Persian: باغ ایرانی) is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in the Achaemenid Empire. The paradise garden, an example of Persian garden, has influenced the design of gardens from Andalusia to India and beyond. [1] [2] The gardens of the ...
Hibiscus mutabilis. Hibiscus mutabilis, also known as the Confederate rose, Dixie rosemallow, cotton rose or cotton rosemallow, is a plant long cultivated for its showy flowers. Originally native to southern China, [ 1] it is now found on all continents except Antarctica .
Rose of Sharon (in Hebrew: חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן) is a biblical expression, though the identity of the plant referred to is unclear and is disputed among biblical scholars. It has become a common name for several different species of flowering plants that are valued in different parts of the world. In neither case does it ...
In 2020, Iranian air defence units said they mistakenly shot down Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752, killing all 176 people on board, shortly after it took off from Tehran airport.
Both the men's and the women's relay teams won gold in the 4x400-meter relay finals on Saturday, Aug. 10, and Masai Russell also came in first in the women's 100-meter hurdles final. Shelby McEwen ...
Description. It is a shrub that reaches 1–2 m and grows in hedges or forms thickets. The leaves are pinnate, have 3–5 leaflets, each 2.5–6 cm long and 1–3 cm broad. In the wild species (sometimes listed as Rosa chinensis var. spontanea ), the flowers have five pink to red petals. The fruit is a red hip one to two cm in diameter.