Welcome to Iran the home of majestic
Architectural masterpieces like the sheikh Lotfollah Mosque and the Bolston palace
Although having its roots in ancient times the country itself has a very recent history
only becoming an iSlamic republic in the year
1979 the Land Where Iran is
located was formerly known as
Persia and once a dominating world power during the times of cyrus the [great]
Thanks for tuning in once again to FTD facts. My name is Leroy, Kenton, and we're exploring iran in this episode
So let's begin this episode with some basic facts the official name of the country is the islamic
Republic of Iran and as I mentioned earlier it became an iSlamic republic in the year 1979
This is one day monarchy was overthrown and religious clerics assumed the political power under supreme leader
Ayatollah Khomeini the official language in Iran is persian
Also known as farsi at the time of filming this [episode] the population of Iran is
Estimated to be 80 million seven [hundred] and ninety six thousand and Thirty eight people
Iran Currently is [the] world eighteen most Populous country and
comprising a land area of 1 million
640
8195 Square Kilometers
It's the second largest country in the middle east and the 17th largest country [in] the world
Iran is located in West Asia and it borders the
Caspian [Sea] in [the] North and the persian gulf and the gulf of Oman in the South Iran is bordered by the Country's
Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Iraq Pakistan turkey and turkmenistan now before we discover some [of] the more
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This flag was adopted in the year 1980 and it has three equal horizontal
Bags of Green white and red the Green is the color of Islam and represents growth white symbolizes?
Honesty and peace and the Red stands for bravery as well as it represents all of the [marver]
Now when you take a look in the center white band there's a stylized version of the word allah as well as the phrase La
Ilaha
[illa-Allah] meaning, there's no deity
But [God], it's more specifically also translated as there is no, God
but allah
It's also written in the [shape] of a to lift as well as along the inner edges of the green and red stripes
We see the phrase allahu akbar Written 22 times, and that means God is great
now in terms of the marriage culture of the round this is pretty interesting because traditional Iranian Marriages can be so
expensive the government often comes in and provides
funding for weddings
this is to help reduce the [cost] and
Encourage young Iranian to get married and just to give you a little bit of history behind that in the late nineteen nine
Because of the rise of financial cost for wedding it
Led Mohammad Khatami the fifth president [of] Iran to establish a program that promoted marriage among
[University] student as well as promoting a more traditional
Old-fashioned not so elegant type of wedding initially the government
Distributed half ounce gold coins to couples that were eligible for the funding but this policy completely backfired
after the number of divorces started to
Skyrocket many of the young couples that were being encouraged to get married in fact weren't ready for marriage
There's also, mass weddings where couples can get married free of charge
This is because many organizations [offer] funding solutions for lower-income
Deranian families because I mean when it comes to dealing with the
expenses about Jihad Va or in other words a dowry things can get really expensive and
just to give you a little bit more insight a [brightfamily] is expected to provide a
Substantially high dowry often times as dollar [rings] is drawn up in a contractual agreement
before the wedding ceremonies
Fathers of course want their daughters [to] [have] all the good things that money can buy as well [as] a home with the latest gadgets
And technologies, so of course they're going to send the dowry real high however many critics
Have said that this dowry system contributes a lot to people
Mental Depression
Especially among young iranians that are of marriage age they say the stress is just too much
But I'd love to hear your thoughts [any] iranians watching this what are your thoughts in the dowry system. Let me know down below
Again, we're not here to bash anyone's culture
This is FTD fact
we like to talk about the various aspects of every country in place that we dive into
Just so that we can have a better understanding
[of] exactly where people are coming from often [times] are really quick to say oh that is bad. That's bad [that] should never happen
We don't take time [to] examine other people's culture and hear exactly where they're coming from and understand their perspective
Hey guys
Let me know down below your thoughts on this now Iran is one of the few
countries in the world where a couple can have a
Temporary marriage yeah, we're touching a little bit more on the marriage culture found it very fascinating
I think hey literally meaning a pleasure marriage are permitted under Sharia law in certain places now since you are talking about
Relationships, let's cut real quick on the topic of homosexuality
While homosexual relationships are banned in iran
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Decreed that
Transsexuals are allowed to have sex change operations in Iran since
2008 Iran has conducted more sex change operation than any other country in the world
Second only to thailand [in] fact the government offers financial help for people that want this type of surgery
now looking a little bit more into the
history of Iran the region now called Iran used to be occupied by the medes and the persians in
1500 Bc
But this was until the persian king cyrus the great
Actually overthrew the median Empire and he became the ruler of the ik imited
Empire ruled by the persian that lasted from
550 Bc to 330 BC. The history of the persian people also have very religious significance
According to the ancient Hebrew Scriptures written by the prophet, Isaiah of ancient Israel
God actually mentioned cyrus would conquer other nation and according to scholars
This was a hundred and fifty years before the time of cyrus the great
According to ISaiah 45 verse 1 it [says] thus says the lord to his anointed to cyrus
whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of [kings] [to]
Open doors before him that gates may not be closed
When we also know that you're on [ian's] are known for their woven rug everybody loves those persian [rugs]
But did you know that when creating these rugs many Iranian weavers make a mistake?
Intentionally and this is to show their belief that only God is perfect
Interesting to note that after oil the second-largest expert commodity that Iran had is
Rugs as we keep looking into history
We can continuously see just how advanced the persian people were since ancient times
People use a water supply system called [aconite]
What the canucks did was collect underground water and move them through?
Tunnels to places where people needed water the connaught
Technology is known to have been developed in iran by the persian people around
1000 BC and it spread from there
canals are basically a series of vertical shafts similar to wells that are connected by
sloping tunnels and these cannot effectively
Delivered large amounts of water from underground up to the surface without the use of any pump
Now let's that's real quick on persian [cats] persian cats are one of the world's oldest breeds of cats
They have their history in the high plateaus of Iran and their long silky fur protected them [from] cold weather
Italian traders brought the cats to Europe in the 17th century
And that's where they became an exotic status symbol now for one of the most
Important things in the world right now
oil the persian gulf holds 60 percent of the whole world's oil reserves, Iran alone has reserves of
125 billion barrels of oil and that's [10%] of [the] world's total reserves
Iran comes nearly 4 million barrels of oil a day
So we made it to the end of another episode of [FTV] facts
This is just a little bit of the history of Iran
There's so much to dig up cuz they go way back
We definitely would love to do a part 2 of this because there's so much history so much culture so much
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One deal the next video. My name is Leroy Kenton. Thanks for joining me on this journey through iran. We just scratched the surface
Because every stone that [you] turn [over] there hidden gems in the country of iran a land filled with beautiful [people] beautiful
Fashion a rich history and a land that has some amazing things that are often overlooked
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