Cultural Insights from Iran's Villages

In Upper Dizbad, they throw a piece of wood into all their ponds and pools.

Why? Because when butterflies and

bees want to drink water, they won't drown. In Upper Dizbad,

they give an award for the best smile every year.

They say if you smile beautifully,

you haven't just made yourself feel good,

you've made everyone who sees you feel good too. Where is Dizbad?

Dizbad is between Nishapur and Mashhad.

People should know that if Iran has remained Iran over these 5,800 years,

it is because of such a culture, traces of which still exist. In your very

own province of Isfahan, do you know we have a city where no murder

has occurred for 411 years? Unparalleled in Iran, the Middle East, Asia,

and as far as I've searched, even in the world. I have never seen a city

where no murder has occurred for 411 years.

This city is located at the headwaters of Zayandeh Rud,

on the border between Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Lorestan, and Isfahan,

At an altitude of 2,550 meters, where we have our best oak habitat.

Where, if the viewers of this program search for Pounezar Waterfall,

one of Iran's most beautiful waterfalls, they won't believe that this is in Isfahan

province, in Iran.

Nature smiles upon the people. What is the name of that city? Fereydunshahr.

Fereydunshahr of Isfahan. This is our land. These are the children of

Abolhassan Kharaqani. Those who say," Feed whoever enters this house,

and do not ask of their faith." These are the children of Sohrab Sepehri.

I saw a nomadic woman there,

where they have the highest water per capita,

I saw her painstakingly carrying a gallon of water to wash her dishes and clothes.

I said," Why do you trouble

yourself so much, ma'am?" With all this water and spring, just go wash next to it.

She gave me an answer that made me truly ashamed. He said," Mr. Engineer,

this much water is enough for me.

Who knows, maybe further down a bird wants to drink.

Why should I pollute the water?"

Sohrab is from this very province of Isfahan, from Kashan.

He says: " The people upstream did not muddy the water.

Let us not muddy the water either. May their springs keep bubbling,

their cows yielding plenty of milk."

Where does Sohrab get such a culture from? This culture is thousands of years old.

The idea that we prioritize blessing over profit. In that same Dizbad- e Bala,

only one murder has occurred in the last 100 years. In Gozir in Hormozgan,

the same thing— no murder has occurred at all.