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Imagine a giant standing in the skies of Iran, its head crowned with eternal snow — Mount Damavand. Damavand is not just the highest peak of Iran. It is the guardian of myths, the ancient volcano of the East, and a symbol of resistance, patience, and rebirth. In Persian legends, Damavand is the place where evil was chained forever. Long ago ruled a tyrant named Zahhak. From his shoulders grew serpents, and they demanded the brains of young men to survive. He drowned the world in fear and blood. But one day a hero rose— not a prince, not a knight— an ironworker named Kaveh. Zahhak had taken Kaveh’s sons one by one. When they came for the last, Kaveh refused to bow. He tore his leather blacksmith apron and raised it above his head as a banner of revolt— the Kaviani Flag, a symbol born not in palaces, but among the people. The people gathered around him, and with the help of Fereydun, Zahhak was defeated. They did not kill him. Fereydun chained him and dragged him to the highest mountain of the world—Damavand— and buried the serpent-king deep inside its fiery heart. Since then, Iranians say: If Damavand sleeps, the world is safe. If it awakens, evil will rise once more. Damavand became both: 🔸 a prison for darkness 🔸 and a symbol of hope. In Persian poetry, it is the mountain where snow becomes a crown, where the wind moves freer than any ruler. The great poet Malek-o-Shoara Bahar calls upon Damavand, begging it to roar once more against tyrants, like it did when it swallowed Zahhak. Those who have climbed Damavand say: Above the clouds, you hear nothing— only your heartbeat. As if the mountain itself is listening to your secrets. And that is why Iranians still believe: Whoever can withstand the winds of Damavand can withstand anything in life.

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