Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh

Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh (Persian: آستانه اشرفيه)[a] is a city in the Central District of Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as the capital of both the county and the district.

[2] Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh is a major peanut, rice, silk, and fragrant medicinal herbs producing city.

The mausoleum of Seyed Jalal od-Din Ashraf, brother of Imam Reza, as well as the tomb of Mohammad Moin, the Iranian lexicographer and compiler of Persian Dictionary, are located here.

The main highway connecting the eastern and western parts of the province passes through Astaneh, over a c. 1-kilometre-long bridge.

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