Isfahan

Isfahan , from its ancient designation Aspadana and later Spahan in middle Persian, rendered in English as Ispahan, is a major city in isfahan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. It is located 406 kilometres (252 miles) south of Tehran and it's the capital of Isfahan Province. Isfahan has a population of approximately 1.5 million, making it the third-largest city in Iran, after Mashhad and Tehran, and the second-largest metropolitan area.

• Isfahan without the river has no future.
  • Conference for revival of Zayande roud

• Isfahan, half the world.
  • New York Times

• Esfahan is a multiethnic city where Muslims, Jews and Christians cohabit peacefully.
  • Bangkok Post

• The cities of Baghdad and Isfahan were at the heart of the Islamic civilization.
  • Elaheh Kheirandish , Baghdad and Isfahan

• The city is mainly known abroad as the site of Iran's premier nuclear research facility. What once was a sleepy town has emerged as the country's third largest metropolis.
  • Smithsonian magazine

• All over Isfahan are murals of an angry Khomeini glaring down from the clouds.