Rasht

Rasht is the capital of the province of Gilan. Also known as the “city of rain”, it had 639,951 inhabitants according to the census of October 24, 2011 and is the most populous city in Iran.
Rasht is the largest city on the Iranian coast of the Caspian Sea. It is a major commercial center between the Caucasus, Russia and Iran through the port of Bandar-e Anzali. Rasht is also a major tourist center, we can name the village of Masouleh in the adjacent mountains and the beaches of the Caspian.
Historically, Rasht was an important transportation and trade hub that connected Iran with Russia and the rest of Europe, and because of this, it was known as the “Gateway to Europe”. history dates back to the 13th century Rather to the Safavid era when Rasht was an important center of silk trade with many textile workshops.
The name Rasht most likely comes from the verb reshtan, weaving. Rasht had one of the first industrial factories already in the last quarter of the 19th century like towns like Tabriz and Tehran and renowned in areas such as fishing, caviar production, construction of Caspian pipelines and textiles. During the 20th century, until the mid-1970s, Rasht and were the third largest industrial city in Iran in terms of number of workers and productivity per capital. It largely lost its cultural and industrial status after the 1970s.