During your tour to Iran, it will be a fascinating experience to take a trip to Alamut in order to be personally familiar with the kind of terrain and location where these people stayed in. It helps you learn and remember why assassins had chosen this site to lead their resistance movement against the foreign Seljuk invaders. A Word about Assassins As a sub-branch of Shiite Muslims, Ismailis, known as Assassins in the Western world, used to have several fortresses as their residence and strongholds in some hard-reaching areas of Iran since Seljuk period. The pioneer of this school of thought whose name is always associated with Ismailis, Hassan-e-Sabbah, was living in this fortress until he died a natural death. Taking a trip to Alamut fortress will provide you with an opportunity to get acquainted with ... read more

The Persian word "bazaar" is different from a shopping center in English. When you visit Iran, you will see so many different things in an Iranian bazaar that you may wonder what type of a place it is. Actually, bazaar in Iran doesn't refer to a place where people merely go for shopping. It's a commercial and cultural community which can influence various aspects of life in society like politics, economics, religion, etc. When you are in Iran, make sure you spend some time exploring the bazaar and observe different corners of it. Then, you'll see there are so many different people from all walks of life in there. Various Guilds in Iranian Bazaars Merchants, distributors, retailers, etc: A lot of commodities are bought from other cities or countries by merchants, who aren't necessarily selling them ... read more