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زنجان | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 36°40′N48°29′E / 36.667°N 48.483°ECoordinates: 36°40′N48°29′E / 36.667°N 48.483°E | |
Country | Iran |
Region | 3 |
Province | Zanjan |
County | Zanjan |
Bakhsh | Central |
Government | |
• Mayor | Masihollah Maasoumi |
• Parliament | Waqfchi & Ahmadi |
Elevation | 1,638 m (5,374 ft) |
Population | |
• Urban | 430,871 [1] |
• Rank | 20th in Iran |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRST) |
Website | www.Zanjan.ir |
Zanjan (Persian: زنجان, pronounced [zænˈdʒɒːn](listen);[2]Azerbaijani: زنگان) is the capital of Zanjan Province in Iranian Azerbaijan. It lies 298 km (185 mi) north-west of Tehran on the main highway to Tabriz and Turkey and approximately 125 km (78 mi) from the Caspian Sea. The city is located about 20 kilometers south of the Qaflankuh Mountain Range. At the 2016 census, its population was 521,302 which is the 20th largest city in Iran. The population of Zanjan consists mostly of Iranian Azeris who can also speak the Azerbaijani language.[3] Zanjan is 21733 square kilometers.
Zanjan is known for its beautiful handcrafts such as knives, traditional sandals, called charoogh, and malileh, a handcraft made with silver wires. Zanjani artists make many things like various decorative dishes and their special covers as well as silver jewelry. In ancient times, Zanjan was known for its stainless and sharp knives. But this tradition is gradually becoming extinct by introduction of Chinese-made knives into the market which are far cheaper, more abundant and less artistic[citation needed]. Many villagers today are traditional carpet weavers, perhaps Zanjan's most popular handcraft. Zanjan's population boasts the highest level of happiness among the people of 30 other provinces in Iran, according to a detailed survey conducted by Isna.[4]
- 3Main sights in the city of Zanjan
- 4Industries
History[edit]
Drawing by Eugène Flandin
Hamdollah Mostowfi, the Iranian traveler and historian, in his book claims that Zanjan was built by Ardashir I, the first king of the Sassanid Empire and named as 'Shahin'.[5] One important moment in the history of the city was in 1851 when the city became a center for the suppressed Babi religious movement, along with Neyriz and a fortress known as Shaykh Tabarsi. The forces of the central government captured the Babi fort in Zanjan after a long siege on the orders of Grand Vizier (Prime Minister of Iran) Amir Kabir and killed or expelled the Bab's followers.[6] According to Bosworth, who quotes Hamdollah Mostowfi, the inhabitants during the Ilkhanid era spoke 'pure Pahlawi', a Median or northern form of Persian.[7]
Climate[edit]
Zanjan has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classificationBSk) with hot, dry summers and cold, moist winters, often with snowfall. Precipitation is very low, and mostly falls between October and May.
Climate data for Zanjan | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 32.0 (89.6) | 38.0 (100.4) | 40.0 (104.0) | 39.4 (102.9) | 35.0 (95.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 18.0 (64.4) | 40.0 (104.0) |
Average high °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 4.3 (39.7) | 10.3 (50.5) | 17.0 (62.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 28.8 (83.8) | 32.2 (90.0) | 31.6 (88.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 20.4 (68.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 5.5 (41.9) | 18.0 (64.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −3 (27) | −0.8 (30.6) | 4.9 (40.8) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.4 (61.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 25.2 (77.4) | 24.4 (75.9) | 20.3 (68.5) | 13.5 (56.3) | 6.8 (44.2) | 0.4 (32.7) | 11.73 (53.12) |
Average low °C (°F) | −8.1 (17.4) | −6.4 (20.5) | −1.2 (29.8) | 3.7 (38.7) | 7.6 (45.7) | 11.2 (52.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 14.2 (57.6) | 9.9 (49.8) | 5.5 (41.9) | 0.7 (33.3) | −4.4 (24.1) | 4.0 (39.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 33.5 (1.32) | 30.0 (1.18) | 45.7 (1.80) | 56.5 (2.22) | 46.2 (1.82) | 7.3 (0.29) | 4.6 (0.18) | 3.4 (0.13) | 4.2 (0.17) | 26.0 (1.02) | 28.8 (1.13) | 29.2 (1.15) | 315.4 (12.41) |
Average precipitation days | 10.7 | 9.4 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 9.6 | 88.8 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 69 | 61 | 54 | 49 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 53 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 150.1 | 139.3 | 172.5 | 213.3 | 267.2 | 328.9 | 334.5 | 317.3 | 295.8 | 229.3 | 164.7 | 137.0 | 2,749.9 |
Source: NOAA (1961–1990)[8] |
Main sights in the city of Zanjan[edit]
Soltaniyeh Dome
Zanjan bazaar[edit]
Zanjan's bazaar is a public marketplace that started in Agha Mohammadkhan Ghajar-era in 1784 CE, and completed in 1792 CE during the Fath-Ali Shah-era.[9] Mosques and a bath were added later. This bazaar has 940 shops, which consist of two defined parts, namely Bazaar-e Bala (upper bazaar) and Bazaar-e Paieen (lower bazaar).[9] Vendors are organized by their professions and commodities.[9]
Jameh Mosque of Zanjan[edit]
The central mosque of Zanjan is also known as the Seyyed Mosque (Masjid-e-Seyyed), this was constructed in 1826 during the Qajar-era, by one of Fath-Ali Shah's sons.[10] This mosque was built in the old area of the city and it's the religious center of Zajan.
Saltmen museum at Zolfaghari House[edit]
It's built on Imam Street. This building holds six naturally preserved human remains called saltmen or “namaki”, which had been discovered in 1993 in the Chehrabad salt mines. These remains are originally from Achaemenian-era.
Tofighi’s building[edit]
Tofighi's building is related to last parts of Qajar-era and Pahlavi-era. It's built on Imam Street. It was a house of the greatest man of Zanjan that was mayor of city. This building has 2 floors and consists of a symmetrical form.
Match company (3 stars match company)[edit]
Match company is related to Pahlavi's era and located on Safa street. It has a beautiful head.[clarification needed] It is the second company of city and constructed before the second world war by Mahmud Shalchi. It has an exclusive brick chimney.
Dadamaan Hotel Zanjan[edit]
The old abbey was constructed 200 years ago in the area of Enghelab square which is the most central and oldest part of Zanjan. It initially served as a caravanserai and then for approx. 80 years it was the house of one of Zanjan's scholars, Sheikh Jalal Ashabi.
It had been uninhabited for 20 years after the passing of the Seikh from 1997. It began to be renovated in 2017 and now serves as a traditional hotel.
Sangi Caravanserai[edit]
The Sangi Caravanserai (stone caravanserai) is an ancient roadside inn, constructed in Safavi-era and was converted into a restaurant in the 1990s.[11][12] It's a single story stone building that has four iwans (porches) and a ceiling that is arcuate.
Rakhtshooy Khaneh Edifice[edit]
A historical wash-house and Iranian national heritage site, that is currently being used as Zanjan anthropological museum.
Industries[edit]
•Lead
•Zinc
•Pasteurized milk
•Chemical productions
•Weaving
•Cotton
•Food productions
•Transformator
•Electrical productions[clarification needed]
Handicrafts[edit]
The most famous handicrafts are knives, charuq (a local style of women's shoes, similar to clodhopper shoes),[13]filigree and gilding. Gilding is the one important art for decoration the books and calligraphies. Other handicrafts include coppersmithing, rug weaving and carpet weaving (including Kilm and Jajim style).[13]
Colleges and universities[edit]
Zanjan is also home to several universities such as:
Sports[edit]
Zanjan is known for having one of the best indoor sport climbing walls in the Middle East, located in Enghelab sports complex. The facility also includes standard speed climbing walls. The city's football team is Shahrdari Zanjan F.C., who play in the 2nd Division.
Notable people from the city of Zanjan[edit]
For a complete list see: Category:People from Zanjan, Iran
Listed alphabetically by last name.
- Reza Mirkarimi, is a contemporary film writer, director, and producer.
- Yousef Sobouti, is a contemporary Iranian theoretical physicist.
- Mehdi Sohrabi, is an Iranian professional racing cyclist.
- Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani, was an Iranian politician and cleric.
- Haj-mirbahaeddin Zanjani, was an Iranian nobleman.
- Mirza Abutaleb Zanjani, was an Iranian jurist and Shia scholar.
- Syed Meeran Hussain Zanjani, Persian Sufi saint who went to Lahore, India (now in Pakistan) to preach Islam; Died 1042 CE. His shrine is at Chah Meeran area of Lahore city.
- Mirza Abutaleb Zanjani, was an Iranian jurist and Shia scholar.
- Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani, was an Iranian politician and cleric.
- Haj-mirbahaeddin Zanjani, was an Iranian nobleman.
- Yousef Sobouti, is a contemporary Iranian theoretical physicist.
- Mehdi Sohrabi, is an Iranian professional racing cyclist.
Photo gallery[edit]
- Archaeology museum of Zanjan
- Bazaar of Zanjan
- Rakhtshur khaneh, (traditional laundry house of Qajar era, Zanjan's Museum of Anthropology)
- Soltaniyeh's tiles (interior designs)
Sister cities[edit]
- Trabzon, Turkey[14]
- Malacca, Malaysia[14]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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Largest cities or towns in Iran | |||||||||
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Rank | Name | Province | Pop. | Rank | Name | Province | Pop. | ||
Tehran Mashhad | 1 | Tehran | Tehran | 8,693,706 | 11 | Rasht | Gilan | 679,995 | Isfahan Karaj |
2 | Mashhad | Razavi Khorasan | 3,001,184 | 12 | Zahedan | Sistan and Baluchestan | 587,730 | ||
3 | Isfahan | Isfahan | 1,961,260 | 13 | Hamadan | Hamadan | 554,406 | ||
4 | Karaj | Alborz | 1,592,492 | 14 | Kerman | Kerman | 537,718 | ||
5 | Shiraz | Fars | 1,565,572 | 15 | Yazd | Yazd | 529,673 | ||
6 | Tabriz | East Azarbaijan | 1,558,693 | 16 | Ardabil | Ardabil | 529,374 | ||
7 | Qom | Qom | 1,201,158 | 17 | Bandar Abbas | Hormozgan | 526,648 | ||
8 | Ahwaz | Khuzestan | 1,184,788 | 18 | Arak | Markazi | 520,944 | ||
9 | Kermanshah | Kermanshah | 946,651 | 19 | Eslamshahr | Tehran | 448,129 | ||
10 | Urmia | West Azarbaijan | 736,224 | 20 | Zanjan | Zanjan | 430,871 |
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Zanjani in the Islamic Revolutionary Court, November 2015 | |
Born | 12 March 1974 (age 45)[1] Tehran, Iran |
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Nationality | Iranian |
Occupation | Businessman |
Criminal status | Awaiting execution |
Criminal charge | Spreading corruption on earth |
Penalty | Death penalty |
Arrested | |
Date apprehended | 2013 |
Imprisoned at | Evin Prison |
Babak Morteza Zanjani (Persian: بابک مرتضی زنجانی, born 21 March 1974)[2] is an Iranian billionaire and business magnate. He was the managing director of the UAE-based Sorinet Group, one of Iran's largest business conglomerates.[3] In late 2013, he was arrested and accused of withholding $2.7 billion of government money owned by the Ministry of Petroleum, in his attempts to facilitate Iran's oil revenue hindered by the sanctions against Iran. He was convicted of corruption, sentenced to death and is currently awaiting execution.
Several commentators have stated that Zanjani is perhaps a “fall guy” for corruption scandals in Iran.[4]
Sorinet Group[edit]
Sorinet Group (Persian: گروه شرکتهای سورینت) is an Iranian business conglomerate. The company is one of Iran's largest business conglomerates. Sorinet businesses include cosmetics, finance and banking, hospitality, commercial aviation, infrastructure, building material, information technology and international real estate development. It operates in countries including Iran, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Tajikistan, Malaysia, China. He also owned Qeshm Airlines and Rah Ahan Sorinet F.C. in Iran.[5]
In 2013, Zanjani stated that his net worth was $13.5 billion.[6]
EU sanctions against Iran[edit]
Zanjani was named in the restrictive measures against Iran in December 2012 by the EU council on the grounds of 'assisting designated entities to violate the provisions of the EU regulation on Iran and is providing financial support to the government of Iran'.[7] Zanjani was claimed to be 'a key facilitator for Iranian oil deals and transferring oil-related money'.[8] He denied the accusation, declining any ties with the Iranian government and calling the Europeans' decision 'a mistake'.[9]
The EUsanctions against Iran describe Zanjani as 'a key facilitator for Iranian oil deals and transferring oil related money' and accuses First Islamic Bank of being used to channel Iranian oil-related payments.[10] Zanjani said the complex nature of his companies' transactions, involving large sums, might have misled EU authorities. Zanjani's companies are or may be involved in the Labuan Iran oil smuggling on the eastern coast of Malaysia. Labuan has been serving as a drop-off spot for Iranian crude.
Alleged dual nationality[edit]
In January 2013, an Iranian news website, Baztab, reported that Zanjani holds a Danish passport in addition to his Iranian one, a claim which was later denied by Zanjani. He called the passport's copy 'fake', saying in an interview with the news website of Rahahan F.C., his football team: 'This story [the copy of my passport] is too badly fabricated that they even put my picture on the passport without a tie. However, it is obligatory to tie a necktie to take pictures for European passports,' which is not true.[11]
Arrest and conviction[edit]
On 30 December 2013, Zanjani was arrested by Iranian police for his alleged role in the corruption scandal in Turkey, in which he was accused of embezzling more than €2.7 billion.[12][13] Some days later, a spokesman from the National Bank of Tajikistan denied any cooperation between Zanjani and the bank and claimed all documents presented by Zanjani about their two-way communications were fake.[14] He was tried in an Islamic Revolutionary Court. On 6 March 2016, he was convicted and sentenced to death for embezzlement and 'spreading corruption on earth'.[15][16] In December 2016, the Supreme Court of Iran confirmed the sentence.[17]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl1893.aspx
- ^https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl1893.aspx
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- Sune Engel Rasmussen (14 March 2016). 'How Babak Zanjani Went From Iran's Top Sanctions Buster to Dead Billionaire Walking'. Newsweek. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
Zanjani serves as a fall guy for the current government’s attempt, at least in public, to break with the cronyism of the Ahmadinejad era.
- Hamid Dabashi (10 March 2016). 'Babak Zanjani and the complicity of Iran'. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
The full exposure of such corruptions scandalises not only the crook who engaged in such financial atrocities, but those who enabled him and are now using him as 'the fall guy'.
- Michael Theodoulou (11 January 2014). 'Downfall of Iran's billionaire sanctions-buster'. The National. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
Scott Lucas, an Iran specialist at Birmingham University in England, suspects that Mr Zanjani will become the “fall guy” for corruption scandals involving powerful figures and institutions during the Ahmadinejad era. “More senior figures are likely to escape unscathed, provided Mr Zanjani pays the price,” Mr Lucas said.
- Sune Engel Rasmussen (14 March 2016). 'How Babak Zanjani Went From Iran's Top Sanctions Buster to Dead Billionaire Walking'. Newsweek. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^'Zanjani to Rahahan footballers: Raise your self-confidence'. Rah Ahan Sorinet F.C. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^Erdbrink, Thomas (5 October 2013). 'To This Tycoon, Iran Sanctions Were Like Gold'. News (in English). NY Times. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^'Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1264/2012 of 21 December 2012'. Official Journal of the European Union. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^Barbara Lewis (23 December 2012). 'Tougher EU sanctions against Iran come into force'. Reuters. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^Humeyra Pamuk (23 December 2012). 'Iranian businessman denies EU sanctions-busting accusation'. Reuters. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^'Businessman sees upside of sanctions'. Radio Zamaneh. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^'Zanjani's comments on the recent allegations and accusations'. Rahahan F.C. 6 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.Cite uses deprecated parameter
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- ^Tajik National Bank Denies Link With Iranian BusinessmanRadio Free Europe
- ^'Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death for embezzlement'. Reuters. The Guardian. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^'Iran billionaire sentenced to death'. BBC. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-billionaire-sentence/irans-supreme-court-upholds-tycoons-death-sentence-for-graft-idUSKBN13S09P
External links[edit]
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