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11 October 2014

Iranian zhurkhane champion Amir Hussein Tuhsiri trains with bow-shaped iron weight in 30 kilo, Esfahan, Iran Iran is a diverse country, consisting of many different religious and ethnic groups that are unified through a shared Persian language and culture. Population increased dramatically during the later half of the 20th century, reaching about 75 million by 2011. More than half of Iran's population is under 35 years old.

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11 October 2014

Iranian zhurkhane champion Amir Hussein Tuhsiri do pahlevani exercises in zurkhaneh, Esfahan, Iran Iran is a diverse country, consisting of many different religious and ethnic groups that are unified through a shared Persian language and culture. Population increased dramatically during the later half of the 20th century, reaching about 75 million by 2011. More than half of Iran's population is under 35 years old.

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11 October 2014

Koshti pahlevani and zoorkhanei rituals is the name inscribed by UNESCO for varzesh-e pahlavani or varzesh-e bastani, a traditional Iranian system of athletics originally used to train warriors, and fuses elements of pre-Islamic Persian culture with the spirituality of Shia Islam and Sufism. It combines martial arts, calisthenics, strength training and music, recognized by UNESCO as among the world's longest-running forms of such training.

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