Dasht-e Kavir

Kashan: desert city of rose-water and atmospheric places

The ancient city of Kashan, which sits where Iran’s vast desert, Dasht-e Kavir, begins, has long been famed for its traditional rose-water destination…

By Afshin Majlesi

Rig-e Jenn: the bizarre land of elves!

Whoever named it Rig-e Jenn, may have been deeply troubled by ghosts and the devil there in the heart of the Iranian plateau.