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The National Commission of UNESCO registered the population of Iran at 21 million in 1963, of whom two million (9.5%) were nomads. [25] Although the nomadic population of Iran has dramatically decreased in the 20th century, Iran still has one of the largest nomadic populations in the world, an estimated 1.5 million in a country of about 70 million.
The word "Basseri" was originally "Wastaryoshan", the commoners of Sasanian Empire period. [4] [5] A compound of "Wastary" and the "osh" suffix, the "W" phoneme in ”Wastary" was changed to "B" and the "T" phoneme was removed as it was easier to pronounce, therefore the word shifted to "Basseri".
Qashqai people [a] (pronounced [ɢæʃɢɒːˈjiː]; Persian: قشقایی) are a Turkic tribal confederation in Iran.Almost all of them speak a Western Turkic (Oghuz) language known as the Qashqai language – which they call "Turkī" – as well as Persian (the national language of Iran) in formal use.
For some, the story serves as a gruesome metaphor for the Iranian government’s deadly crackdown on the many young people who took to the streets last fall to protest the country's restrictive ...
Marina Nemat (Persian: مارینا نِمت, Russian: Марина Немат; born 22 April 1965) is the author of two memoirs about her life growing up in Iran, serving time in Evin Prison for speaking out against the Iranian government, escaping a death sentence and finally fleeing Iran to go and live in Canada.
Grass (1925). The film's producers were mainly concerned with documenting a way of life that was unknown to all those outside the Bakhtiari realm. The film highlights the extreme hardships faced by nomadic peoples, as well as the bravery and ingenuity of the Bakhtiari on their migration in search of grass, which meant abundant seasonal pasture for their animals.
The Cyclist (Persian: بايسيكلران, romanized: Bicycleran) is a 1987 Iranian sports-drama film written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, starring Moharram Zaynalzadeh as Abu Ahmed. Plot [ edit ]