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Mushroom Cup Mushroom cups are filled with vitamins and minerals. Mushroom cups are a per-fect appetizer or a starter but its nutrition values prove to be more than a starter. Mushroom cup is consider a Grade A food. It contains very high amounts of vitamin B6 and vitamin B12.

Ingredient:1 lb (454g) Mushrooms1/2 bunch Parsley (1 oz / 30g)6 oz (170g) Mozzarella Cheese2 Garlic ClovesPreparations:1- Mince the parsley.2- Clean and remove stems from the mushrooms.Directions:1- Mash garlic cloves into a bowl.2- Add minced parsley and mozzarella cheese to the bowl.3- Mix the ingredients thoroughly.4- Fill the mushrooms with the cheese mix-ture.5- Preheat oven to 350º F (177º C), bake the mushrooms for 15 minutes.

Boeing Co. said it has signed a new, $3 billion deal with Iran’s Aseman Airlines to supply 30 737 MAX aircraft to the carrier, the first major sale by a U.S. company to Iran under new President Donald Trump, AP reported. The new agreement comes on top of the $16.6 billion sale Boe-ing previously made in Iran following the landmark nuclear deal struck with Tehran under the Obama administration. Trump long has criticized the nuclear deal.Boeing said the deal also includes purchase rights for an additional 30 737 MAX aircraft for Aseman, which flies domestic and international routes.

Boeing Signs new $3 Billion Deal with Iran’sAseman Airlines

hehel Sotoun Built as a pleas-ure pavilion and reception hall, using the Achaemenid-

inspired talar style, this beautifully proportioned palace is entered via an elegant terrace that perfectly bridges the transition between the Persian love of gardens and interior splendor. The 20 slender, ribbed wooden pil-lars of the palace rise to a superb wooden ceiling with crossbeams and exquisite inlay work. Chehel Sotoun means ‘40 pillars’ – the number re-flected in the long pool in front of the palace.The only surviving palace on the royal precinct that stretched between Naqsh-e Jahan (Imam) Sq. and Cha-har Bagh Abbasi St, this Safavid-era complex is reputed to date from 1614; an inscription uncovered in 1949, however, says it was complet-ed in 1647 under the watch of Shah Abbas II. Either way, the palace on this site today was rebuilt after a fire in 1706. The Great Hall (Throne Hall) is a gem, richly decorated with frescoes,

miniatures and ceramics. The upper walls are dominated by historical

frescoes on a grand scale, sumptu-ously portraying court life and some of the great battles of the Safavid era – the two middle frescoes (Nos 114 and 115) date from the Qajar period but the other four are original. From right to left, above the entrance door, the armies of Shah Ismail do battle with the Uzbeks; Nader Shah battles Sultan Mohammed (astride a white elephant) on an Indian battleground; and Shah Abbas II welcomes King Nader Khan of Turkestan with musi-cians and dancing girls. On the wall opposite the door, also from right to left, Shah Abbas I pre-side over an ostentatious banquet; Shah Ismail battles the janissaries (infantrymen) of Sultan Selim; and Shah Tahmasp receives Humayun, the Indian prince who fled to Persia in 1543. These extraordinary works survived the 18th-century invasion by the Afghans, who whitewashed the paintings to show their disap-proval of such extravagance. Other items, including Sa-favid forebear Safi od-Din’s hat, are kept in a small museum.

The palace’s garden, Bagh-e Che-hel Sotoun, is an excellent example of the classic Persian garden form and was recently added to UN-ESCO’s World Heritage list. An an-cient fallen pine resting on a plinth, gives a sense of the great age of the garden. The polished noses of the lions on the standing water spouts at the head of the decorative pool hint at this being a favorite spot for a photograph of the garden’s perfect symmetry. Art students have set up a calico shop at the gar-den’s entrance sell-ing Iran’s popular printed fabric.

Chehel Sotoun: A Pavilion in the Middle of a Park

avam House (also widely called “Narenjestan-e Qavam”) is a traditional and historical house in Shiraz, south of Iran. The place has been

named “Narenjestan-e Qavam” because of a lot of Orange trees, planted in its garden. Narenjestan building has been constructed by artisans of Shiraz over 3,500 square meters of land with total foundation area of 940 square meters in two northern and south-ern wings. The southern wing was special to servants and included two porticos with inlaid wooden columns and rooms decorated with beautiful plaster work. The northern wing has two stories and includes a portico with two stone columns flanked by inlaid doors and windows and including a wooden roof with mirror work along with paintings and is among architectural feats of Qajar era.Mirror hall is in the middle and sur-

rounded by rooms on right and left in a symmetrical way. Floor of porticos are covered with white and blue tiles in a beautiful manner and attractive plaster work has covered walls of the porticos. The main entrance of the garden opens toward south along the main axis of the building and into an octagonal corridor. Its façade is decorated with bricks. There is a tablet of marble stone on top of the entrance on which Quranic verses have been written along with poems of Asu-deh Shirazi about founder of the garden and date of its construction. On both sides of the lower part of the entrance you can see two Qajar soldiers hold-ing their rifles. The entrance door is made of wood and has been inlaid. Ceiling of the octagonal corri-dor is decorated with bricks and tiles and is shaped like stars.

Qavam House: Traditional, Historical House inShiraz

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Spring Blossoms in Qazvin

pring has brought beautiful blossoms to the gardens of Qazvin despite relatively cold weather Iran is experiencing in general. S

Sandstorm Bares Ancient City in Kerman

eavy sandstorm in the city of Fahraj, Ker-man province, led to the emergence of a large part of an ancient city in Negin desert.

Pieces of pottery, bones and brick walls are seen in the ancient area.

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Kariz Underground City in Kish Island

he Iranian Kish Island in the Persian Gulf is not known for its history or its architecture. Kariz underground city has been built about

2500 years ago by the inhabitants of Harireh city. This structure was built to collect, purify, and store water for the inhabitants of the island.

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Photo & News

Golden Eagle tourist train

in Irangroup of foreign tourists arrived in the southern province of Fars on Thursday with the Golden Eagle

Luxury Train.The train is also called the ‘Train of Iran Jewelry and Silk Road’. Deputy Head of provincial Cultural Herit-age, Handicrafts and Tourism Department Moayyed Mohsen-Nejad told IRNA that the train and its 47 foreign tourists were welcomed upon arrival in the province.The tourists who are from European, American and Asian states visited vari-ous historical sites such as Takht-e Jam-shid (Persepolis), Pasargad and Naqsh-e Rostam during their day-long stay in the province.Over the past three years, the Golden Eagle has brought tourists from different countries to Iran.

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