Sorkheh ( fa, سرخه, also

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d as Surkheh; in sqo, سور ''Sūr''; literally "the red one") is a city in and the capital of

Sorkheh County Sorkheh County ( fa, شهرستان سرخه) is located in Semnan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Sorkheh. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Semnan County Semnan County ( fa, شهرستان سمنان) ...

, in Semnan Province,

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 9,062, in 2,686 families. Sorkhei, a Semnani Persian dialect and language, is still spoken by some of its inhabitants.

Notable people

Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...

(born 1948), 7th

President of Iran The president of Iran ( fa, رئیس‌جمهور ایران, Rayis Jomhur-e Irān) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The president is the second highest-ranking official of Iran after the Supreme Leader. The president ...

* Sahebeh Rouhani (born 1954), Iran's first lady (

's wife) * Hossein Fereydoun (born 1957), Iranian politician. *

Ali Asqar Peyvandi Ali Asqar Peyvandi ( fa, علی اصغر پیوندی) born 1962- Sorkheh, is an Iranian physician, politician and university professor. He was the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society between 2017 and 2019 when he was forced to resign before ...

(born 1962), Iranian physician and politician. * Ruhollah Isari (born 1992), Futsal player.

References

Cities in Semnan Province Populated places in Sorkheh County {{Sorkheh-geo-stub