Ario Barzan

  • CountryIran
  • Town:Yasuj
  • Rider(s):Ario Barzan

    (died 330 BC) was a Persian satrap and military commander, who led the last stand of the Persian army at the Battle of the Persian Gate against Alexander the Great in 330 BC. Yasuj is the place where Alexander the Great stormed the Persian Gates and fought himself a way into the Persian heartland.

  • Sculptor(s):Unknown
Description:

Unknown to date is the outcome of a dispute in 2011 about the removal of the statue as it was considered ‘an insult to the Imam’s name’. 

photographer unknown

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