Traditionally, poetry was Iran’s most valued cultural export. But, since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the country has caught the imagination of the world with its cinema.
Abu Rayhan al-Biruni was an icon of Islamic Civilization who explored various religions, beliefs, rituals, customs, philosophies and sciences to build perspectives on human growth throughout history.
Iranians observe August 27 as the ‘Day of Pharmacy’ to pay tribute to Abu Bakr Mohammad ibn Zakariya Al-Razi, one of the greatest Iranian physicians, mathematicians, philosophers and alchemists.
Ibn Sina, an Iranian genius known in the West as Avicenna, was an eminent philosopher, physician, mathematician, astronomer and scholar, widely recognized as the “father of modern medicine”.