Shahrud, Iran

Additionally, they advocate for the activation of their international airport, which currently remains non-operational due to a lack of available aircraft.

Archeological excavations in different parts of Shahrud Plain indicate the existence of villages in this area during 7-5 millennium BC.

Its pre-Islamic history is not clear, but according to some historians, it was built during Shapur II period (310-379 CE).

The town was visited by Nasser Khosrow Qubadiani, the Iranian poet of the 12th century, and mentioned by him as the center of the Qomis province.

Although absent from earlier historical sources, Shahrud has become an important town since the 19th century because of its location on the road from Tehran east to Khorasan.

[6] A road runs from Shahrud across the Alborz mountains to the Caspian coastal plains in the north; it is accessible throughout winter.

Shahrud's geographical characteristics are varied, with cloud forests in the north and from the south it meets the central desert of Iran.