Tafresh

Tafresh (in Persian: تفرش) is a city in Markazi "Central" Province of Iran, 222 km southwest of Tehran, located amidst high mountains. Tafresh is an old city and formed a Zoroastrian stronghold for many years.Tafresh provided Iran with many notable figures such as ministers, statesmen, scientists, calligraphers etc. Professor Mahmoud Hessaby, the father of modern physics in Iran, Ahmad Parsa, the father of Iranian botanics, Abbas Sahab, the father of Iranian geography and Abdolkarim Qarib, the father of Iran's geology, were all Tafreshi. Because of this, Tafresh has received the nickname "City of Iran's Fathers".
See more at Wikipedia.org...