Jondi Shapur
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Jondi Shapur was the first ever Persian academic city. Located in the southern province of Khuzestan, it was a major academic town at the time of the Sassanid dynasty. As Islam entered Iran, many of the city's scholarly texts were translated from the Pahlavi language into Arabic, presenting the Iranian knowledge to the Arab world.
In June 2005, American archaeologists from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and Iranian experts began excavations at the 3 square kilometre ancient site. [1]
In October 2005, locals appealed to the President of Iran to protect the site from local agriculture and illegal digging, citing its archaeological importance as well as its importance to "national and identity issues:" IranMania
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