In another pretty provocative (after last month’s demand for ‘bombing Iran’ by Alan J. Kuperman) and, I suppose intentionally meant, alarming New York Times op-ed William J. Broad assumes that, over the years, Iran had largely expanded a tunnel system, thus enabling the regime in Tehran to fortify its (allegedly clandestine) nuclear program and hide [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Esfahan’
Tunnels
Posted in Iran, tagged Esfahan, tunnels, uranium enrichment on January 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Polygons
Posted in Academics, Art, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Science, tagged Abu’l-Wafā’ al-Būzjāni, Alpay Özdural, aperiodic tiling, Arthur L. Loeb, decagon, Esfahan, golden gnomon, golden ratio, golden triangle, Islamic Pentagonal Seal, Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Masjed-e Jomeh, Omar Khayyam, Penrose tiling, Pentagon, phi, polygon, Roger Penrose, Sayyid Mahmud-e Naqash, swastika, Wasma’a K. Chorbachi on June 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“He who knows not and knows not that he knows not, shun him. And he who knows not and knows that he knows not, awaken him. And he who knows and knows that he knows, follow him.” Arabic saying The swastika has nowadays a bad reputation but it has of course not been invented by [...]
Abstract Art
Posted in Art, Iran, Islam, Science, tagged Emil Makovicky, Esfahan, girih tiles, Gonbad-e Qabud, Maraghah, Masjed-e Jomeh, Paul J. Steinhardt, Penrose tiling, Peter J. Lu on April 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
For some time, the Gonbad-e Qabud in Maraghah in Western Iran has attracted considerable attention. Maraghah is a small city east of Daryacheh Urmiyeh in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran. It lies about 100 km south of Tabriz close to the southeastern shores of the huge super-salty lake at the southern foot hills [...]
Decagonal Tesselations
Posted in Academics, Art, Iran, Islam, tagged Alpay Özdural, Darb-i Imam, decagonal, Emil Makovicky, Esfahan, girih tiles, Gunbad-i Kabud, Marāgha, Masjed-e Jomeh, Paul J. Steinhardt, Penrose tiling, pentagonal, Peter J. Lu, quasi-crystalline, Seljuq, western iwan on April 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The Great Seljuq Empire (1037-1194 CE) has been described as a period with stunning scientific and artistic achievements in particular in Iran. Their capital became Esfahan in central Iran under Malikshah I (d. 1092). Among the many Seljuq monuments found in Iran, Esfahan’s Great Mosque, or Masjed-e Jomeh, is probably the most remarkable. The Great [...]
No New Concern?
Posted in Iran, NPT, tagged Additional Protocol, Arak, Esfahan, Fuel Enrichment Plant, Fuel Manufacturing Plant, Green Salt Project, IAEA, IR-40, MKO, Natanz on February 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Of course, the old ones were repeated. In the latest report on Iran of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which had been published yesterday, it is once more concluded that, “[r]egrettably, as a result of the continued lack of cooperation by Iran in connection with the remaining issues which give rise to concerns [...]
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