Description:Iran, or Persia as it was formerly known, has been a melting pot of civilizations for millenia. The Islamic revolution in 1979 and subsequent events led to a long estrangement with most western nations but early in 2016 the Lauscanne Accord Agreement and then national elections resulting in far more liberal representation in Iran’s Parliament have boosted the country’s relevance and greatly increased its attractiveness to both “travellers and traders”—aka tourists and business people—alike.