Editing Tafresh (section)

== Learning and culture ==
[[File:قلمزنی تفرش.jpg|thumb|right|Tafresh is famous for its [[Toreutics|artistic metalworking]]]]
[[File:Inside Ab anbar Bolur Tafresh - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|The ceiling inside the drinking water reservoir [[Ab anbar]]-e Bolur in Tafresh.]]
Despite its small size, Tafresh is known in Iran for being the cradle of science, literature, culture and art, as well as a land of mountains and plains, springs and waterfalls.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tafresh: City of Science, Literature and Tourism |url=http://www.ion.ir/news/237998/ |website=Iran Online |access-date=8 January 2019 |language=fa}}</ref>

Tafresh has provided Iran with many notable figures such as poets, ministers, statesmen, scientists and [[Calligraphy|calligraphers]], especially from [[Qajar dynasty|Qajar]] times and onwards. The Qajar statesmen [[Amir Kabir]] and [[Ghaem Magham Farahani|Ghasem Magham Farahani]] hailed from the [[Tafresh County|Tafresh Province]]. The strong tradition of learning reassured the early establishment of [[Modern Schools]] in the early 20th century.

Famous scientists from Tafresh include [[Mahmoud Hessaby]], the father of [[modern physics]] in Iran,<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Mahmoud Hessaby |url=http://www.iranchamber.com/personalities/mhessaby/mhessaby.php |website=Iran Chamber Society |publisher=Iran Chamber Society |access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref> [[Ahmad Parsa]], the father of Iranian [[botanics]], [[Abbas Sahab]], the father of [[cartography]] in Iran,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Firooznia |first1=Firouz |title=SAḤĀB, ʿAbbās |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/sahab-abbas |website=Encyclopaedia Iranica |publisher=Encyclopaedia Iranica |access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref> [[Mohammad Gharib]], the father of [[pediatrics]] in Iran, and Abdolkarim Gharib, the father of [[modern geology]] in Iran.

For this reason Tafresh has received the nickname "City of Iran's Fathers" (Shahr-e pedarān-e Irān). The city has preserved its position as an important Iranian scientific and literary center in the 21st century due to its [[University|modern universities]].

The village of [[Delaram, Markazi|Delaram]], with a population today of about 250 people, is famous as the "Village of physicians" (Dehkade-ye pezeshkān) since it has produced more than 175 physicians.<ref>{{cite news |title=175 physicians and professors in Delaram, a village of 250 inhabitants |url=https://www.farsnews.ir/news/13950129000935/5-پزشک-و-پروفسور-در-روستای-250-نفره-دلارام |access-date=7 January 2019 |agency=Fars News |publisher=Fars News |date=18 April 2016 |language=fa}}</ref>