The most striking of the ruins of Persepolis, Persian city to the South of Iran burned after the conquest of Alexander the great, is the absence of images of type violent in what remains of its stone walls. The insets show soldiers who do not wage war, covered weapons: in sum, emblems that suggest a very humane past, groups of individuals from different nationalities gathered peacefully. In an era renowned for its barbarism, it would seem that Persepolis was a settlement and cosmopolitan character and, for many modern Iranians, the ruins are a stunning reminder of what they were and did their ancestors. The country’s historical record dates back to 2500 years and culminates in the current Islamic Republic of Iran, which arose in 1979 after a revolution inspired largely by conservative clerics who ousted the Shah, who was supported by the West. It is quite possibly the first constitutional theocracy of the modern world and, at the same time, a great experiment: is it possible to go to a country effectively with religious which impose an extreme version of islam on a soggy people of a rich past as the Persian? Although it was an empire, Persia also it is considered, to some extent, as one of the most glorious and benevolent ancient civilizations and, therefore, I was wondering how identified was the people with the appearance of its history that illustrate the existing friezes. It is complex to define Iranian identity, it is a paradox that coexist Persian, Islamic and Western elements. However, there is a Persian identity that has nothing to do with islam and that, in turn, merged with Islamic culture. In addition, I wanted to do a story on the Iranians that, at least in part, to retain a link with their Persian roots. Does anything remain vestiges of nature as lover of life (and of the wine, love, poetry and singing), Persian, entreverados in the plot of abstinence, prayer and fatalism that we usually associate with islam? If you want to know more about carpets enter in original author and source of the Article