Shiraz

Shiraz is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which is historically known by the exonym Persia proper. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 people, and its built-up area with Sadra was home to almost 1,800,000 inhabitants. A census in 2021 showed an increase in the city's population to 1,995,500 people. Shiraz is located in southwestern Iran on the () seasonal river. The city has a moderate climate and has been a regional trade center for over a thousand years.

1910 pogram carried out by Muslims against Jews in Iran

8th-century Umayyad provincial governor

Arts festival in Iran

Qara Qoyunlu prince and governor (died 1466)

Iranian mosque deadly explosion (2008)

Airline in Iran