Ahvaz – capital city of the western province of Khuzestan and near the Iran–Iraq border
Ghazvin – a major city in northern Iran
Golab-Darreh – a town north of Tehran, in the Alborz mountain range
Kermanshah – the capital city of Kermanshah province in western Iran
Mashad – a city in north-eastern Iran and near the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan; considered holy as the site of the Shrine of Imam Reza
Mount Damavand – the highest peak of the Alborz mountain range, north of Tehran
Qum – a city south-west of Tehran and the centre for Shi’a Islam scholarship. Considered holy as the site of the Fatima al-Massoumeh Shrine
Rezaieh – a city in north-western Iran and the capital of West Azerbaijan province
Shemiran – northern suburb of Tehran
Tabriz – the capital city of East Azerbaijan province in northern Iran
Zahedan – the capital city of Sistan and Baluchestan province, near the border with Pakistan and Afghanistan