Building of Imamzadeh Seyed Morteza
A set of newly constructed apartments located 5 km north of Kashmar to the graves and tomb of Seyyed Mortaza, the brother of Imamzadeh Seyyed Hamza and Ali ibn Musa Ali Reza
. According to the ancient kharch, he was martyred and buried in the same place by the Umayyads in the second century AD
Today, this sacred hill with an approximate area of 1,800 square meters has a main building consisting of a tiled entrance with a double entrance on the Avivan side and a dome of turquoise painted on it. The current building was built in 1399 AH by Mr. Badieh Khayr, engineer Fath
.This place is visited every day by Seyyed Morteza's pilgrims
damghan is the capital of Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 57,331, in 15,849 families. It is situated 342 kilometres (213 mi) east of Tehran on the high-road to Mashad, at an elevation of 1,250 m (4,101 ft). It is one of the oldest cities on the Iranian plateau, stretching back 7000 years, and boasts many sites of historic interest. The oldest of these is Tappeh Hessar, lying to the southeast of the city, which holds the ruins of a castle dating from the Sassanid period
The Islamic Republic of Iran has marked the 34th anniversary of a failed US military operation on Iranian soil that was launched in an attempt to release former US embassy staff held in Tehran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution
On Friday, hundreds of Iranians from the city of Tabas and other neighboring cities gathered at a mosque for an annual commemoration ceremony. A number of Iranian officials, including Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, were also among the participants
On April 25, 1980, the United States launched a covert military operation, known as Operation Eagle Claw, in an attempt to airlift the US embassy staff held in the Iranian capital, Tehran
However, a sandstorm hit and brought down the group of US military aircraft in the Tabas Desert, killing eight American servicemen and resulting in the abortion of the mission. Inspections showed a helicopter crashed into a C-130 Hercules transport plane as five other choppers were stranded in the storm
The units involved in the operation were from the US Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps
The Tabas incident occurred during the administration of former US President Jimmy Carter, and many believe it played a major role in Carter’s defeat in the 1980 presidential election in the US
Iran commemorates the event every year as a symbol of the failure of US plots against the Islamic Republic
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The complex is one of the tourism centers in Iran and has been described as "the heart of the Shia Iran" with 12 million Iranian and non-Iranian Shias visiting the shrine each year, according to a 2007 estimate. The complex is managed by Astan Quds Razavi Foundation currently headed by a prominent Iranian cleric, Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi
The shrine itself covers an area of 267,079m2 while the seven courtyards which surround it cover an area of 331,578m2 - )totaling 598,657 m2 (6,443,890 sq ft
.Every year the ceremony of Dust Clearing is celebrated in the Imam Reza shrine
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