Iranian History · Persian Culture · Learn Farsi What Is 14 Mordad? Iran’s Constitutional Revolution and the Role of Tabriz 14 Mordad is remembered as a turning point in modern Iranian history: the day associated with the Constitutional Decree, the birth of parliamentary government in Iran, and the long struggle

تاریخ علم ایران · مدرسه دانا زکریای رازی که بود؟ زندگی، آثار و مهم‌ترین دستاوردهای پدر پزشکی ایران زکریای رازی یکی از برجسته‌ترین پزشکان، دانشمندان و اندیشمندان ایرانی است؛ شخصیتی که آثار و پژوهش‌های او قرن‌ها بر پزشکی، داروشناسی و شناخت بیماری‌ها تأثیر گذاشت. اما زکریای رازی دقیقاً که بود،

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