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Lots general information about traveling both to and within Iran. The talk section also has a lot of basic grammar and lots of practical phrases for traveling and general conversation.

Iranian Historical & Cultural Information Center. An extremely comprehensive website dedicated to Iran, its history, art and culture, current news and media as well as many other relevant topics a student might be interested in.

A tour across Europe by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra had the faint echo of an earlier era of cultural diplomacy.

Google Book that explains grammar, pronunciation, culture and emergencies. It is a Lonely Plant text on Iran.

Online lessons in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Persian or Farsi as spoken in Iran. In addition to Persian language lessons, the site introduces the contemporary Iranian poets and the translation of their poems in English - free Farsi / Persian software - Persian name with English translation - Farsi writing drills - Persian poetry - chat room

really good resource, with pronunciations!

The Happy Birthday song has the audio icon as well, the others do not, but are simply children's rhymes or poems.

Article from the The International about the challenges and successes of the Iranian film industry.

I love Iranian films. I think this article picked up on many key struggles that Iranian filmmakers face. Even though the picture shows pirated movies being sold, the article does not discuss the implications it has on filmmakers or even what it says about the people in Iran who buy them. From what I have read from other articles, it seems as though Iranian films are more acclaimed in Western countries- not only because of censorship laws but the Iranian public's choice of what movies to watch. TASTE OF CHERRY, mentioned in the article, is one of my favorite films.