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Trump doesn't like the fact that some provisions of the Iran nuclear treaty expire in seven years, so he backs out of it, which means those provisions expire immediately. What a mental dwarf! It's really only because the treaty was negotiated under the Obama administration, sorta like the ACA.
Let's be very clear: It's one thing to say a peace treaty is bad. It's very much another to rip it apart with no better idea, no plan, no negotiation, no expertise, no allies and no ultimate goal except perhaps starting another serious conflict -- and that's already happening. The guy is an idiot, that thinks he's a genius.
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So this shot was pure luck. Was on an aircraft flying from Dubai to Heathrow and following the flight path on screen. Noticed we were going through Turkey so opened the blinds and saw this at 36000 feet up. Had to try take the shot and even though some clarity lost through the window it was just a beautiful sight and had to share!
Ararat is located at Agri in eastern Turkey near the Armenian and Iranian borders. The summit of Mt. Ararat is 5,165 meters above sea level. It is higher than any mountain in the continental United States except for Alaska or in Europe outside the Caucasus.
Ararat is a dormant volcano; the last eruption was on June 2, 1840. At present the upper third of the mountain is covered with snow all the time; the last hundred meters of snow at the top have turned to ice. For climbers on the mountain, fresh running water is available after the sun has been up a while to melt the snow, but it is cut off in the late afternoon when cold air has overcome the heat of the sun. Below the snow the slopes are covered with great blocks of black basalt rock, some as large as village houses.
Over the years various groups have explored Ararat in the hopes of finding remains of Noah's Ark. Both Josephus in about 70 A.D. and Marco Polo about 1300 A.D. mention its existence on the mountain, but their reports are based on others' accounts. Josephus remarks that its remains are on display for all to see without need of an organised exploration. In more recent years many groups have hunted for it there. The possibility that ancient fables are historical fact is intriguing, and each new discovery of truth in previously discredited records gives additional strength to continuing the search for archaeological confirmation.
However, the problems of establishing exactly what the biblical record in this case means are serious ones that need to be settled even before one accepts this particular high mountain as the right place to look for the ark. In itself even that ignores the possibility that Noah and his family used up the ark in bits and pieces to build their new homes, a fate that has destroyed many other famous structures in the Near East since.
The story of Noah's ark, as it is told in the Bible, is a reworking of an earlier Babylonian myth recorded in the Gilgamesh Epic. The hero of the earlier version is one Utnapishtim, the favorite of Ea, the god of wisdom. It seems probable that the Babylonian story was based on an unusually devastating flood in the Euphrates (Firat) River basin, and that the ark in it grounded on the slopes of one of the Zagros mountains. The biblical word that we read as "Ararat" could as well be read "Urartu"; the text has merely "rrt" and the proper vowels must be supplied.
Urartu was the name of a historical kingdom, but the word also meant "a land far away" and "a place in the north." So, while Buyuk Agri Dagi is a spectacular mountain and not a difficult one to climb for those experienced in high altitude exercise, it still seems less than likely that Noah's Ark will be found there. That doubt does not detract from the continuing interest in it, nor from the important achievements of archaeologists in deepening our understanding of the Old Testament.
The stunning Nasir al-Mulk Mosque hides a gorgeous secret between the walls of its fairly traditional exterior—stepping inside is like walking into a kaleidoscope of colors. Every day, the rays of the early morning sun shine through its colorful stained-glass windows, transforming the halls into a dazzling wonderland of rich hues, patterns, and light that play on the floor of the mosque.
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(February 16, 2016)
I woke up early on my first morning in Kashan, Iran. Walked down to the hotel receptionist and asked for the key to the rooftop of the hotel. My request was gladly fulfilled by the kind receptionist and I went to the hotel rooftop even the weather was super cold to shoot images of the Kashan city during early morning/sunrise and this is one of the results.
Kashan (Persian: کاشان, also Romanized as Kāshān; also known as Kachan)[1] is a city in and the capital of Kashan County, in the province of Isfahan, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 248,789, in 67,464 families.[2]
The etymology of the city name comes from the Kasian, the original inhabitants of the city, whose remains are found at Tapeh Sialk dating back 9,000 years; later this was changed to "Kashian", hence the town name. Between the 12th and the 14th centuries Kashan was an important centre for the production of high quality pottery and tiles. In modern Persian, the word for a tile (kashi) comes from the name of the town.
Kashan is cited in the neighbourhood of two of highest peaks of Karkas chain, Mount Gargash to the southwest of Kashan (the home of Iran national observatory, the largest astronomical telescope of Iran) and Mount Ardehaal in the west of Kashan, also known as "Damavand of Kashan" and the highest peak of Ardehaal mountains (end part of Karkas chain in central Iran).
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The Daroudzan Dam is seen in this shot taken some 1,425 km south-southeast of Tbilisi on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, Qatar, to Tbilisi, Georgia. Located some 75 km north-northwest of Shiraz, in Fars Province, Iran, the dam was completed in 1974 and provides flood control, water for crops, drinking water, and hydroelectric power.
Historical Bazaar in Isfahan. One of the oldest and largest bazaars in the Middle East, the first mentions of which date back to the reign of the Seljuk and Safavid dynasties. The longest covered bazaar in the world. It is a two-kilometer street connecting the old city with the new one.
Iran. October 2024
Smoking water pipe is very popular among all Iranians. They just feel free to smoke in everywhere and every occasion.
I shot this picture in Bushehr. Contrary to our prejudge about Iran, this woman was comfortable about enjoying a waterpipe alone in the street.
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The Karun River providess the best fishing opportunities in Iran, before flows into the Shatt Al Arab River, which forms the border between Iran and Iraq.
Country: Iran
Location: Simin Dasht
Train: Train 218 from Teheran to Sari
Schnellzug 218 hat gerade Simin Dasht verlassen und fährt mit fast einer Stunde Verspätung auf Firuzkhu zu. Die Landschaft am ersten November präsentiert sich schon in herbstlichen Farben. Dazu passt die bunte Garnitur des Schnellzuges. Unter anderem befinden sich Dänische N-Wagen im Zugverband.
Bespannt wird der Zug durch eine GT26 der Iranischen Staatsbahn.
Many Iranian roundabouts have decorations of some kind. At night they seem like fairground attractions.
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TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 18: Iranian supporters of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi demonstrate on June 18, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. Thousands of people have continued to protest in the streets of Tehran today with expectations of an even larger protest tomorrow as a day of mourning is planned for the eight people killed in Monday's protests. Iran has banned foreign media from covering rallies in the country and Iran's Guardian Council reportedly said that they would recount some of the votes in the presidential election that critics say was unfairly won by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinehjad. (Photo by Getty Images)
Photo material from Iran has become extraordinarily difficult to obtain, with journalists either thrown out of the country or prohibited from doing their job.