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 Traditions and customs

In Iran, people worship on Friday. Iranians fast from when the sun rises to when it sets during the month of Ramadan.

Islam regulates the day with 5 calls to prayer announced from the minaret of the mosque by the muezzin.
Muslims eat with the right hand because the left hand is impure.

 To read, see, listen

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books 'The Rubaiyat' by Omar Khayyam.
'The Rose Garden' by Saadi.
'Mémoirs' by Farah Pahlavi.
movies 'A Moment of Innocence' by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1997.
Films by director Abbas Kiarostami.
music 'Iran: percussions' by Madjid Khaladj.