Iran
Fars province
['plovdiv', 'mower county', 'casciana terme', 'imperia', 'kpk', 'jelgava municipality', 'arapiraca', 'mays landing', 'awa district', 'doesburg', 'niagara county', 'arbat', 'soroca district', 'ireland', 'murchison', 'cantabrian', 'zabul province', 'gmina zarzecze', 'torcegno', 'pest county', 'xingtang county', 'baflo', 'nkangala district municipality', 'wielgie', 'mb', 'doetinchem', 'laurenzana', 'berry islands', 'hingoli district', 'cacadu', 'midlands province', 'matanzas province', 'kalmar', 'balilihan', 'leikanger', 'rajkot district', 'huddinge', 'twenterand', 'jefferson city', 'granada', 'zabrze', 'khartoum state', 'guernsey', 'ghor', 'western sovereign base area', 'zambezia province', 'indian river county', 'codigoro', 'gingin', 'yuxi', 'north jeolla', 'semboku', 'daikundi', 'canton valais', 'todd county', 'stanislaus county', 'bacolod city', 'spratly islands', 'senigallia', 'gayo lues regency', 'county sligo', 'potiguar', 'cloppenburg district', 'sera district', 'buonconvento', 'mafeteng district', 'hlohovec district', 'gipuzkoa', 'zandvoort', 'jijel', 'borgo maggiore', 'le robert', 'pavia', 'cordillera region', 'rio grande do sul', 'cabonne shire', 'tehama counties', 'yongjia', 'haparanda municipality', 'putnam county', 'amur oblast', 'singleton', 'ceccano', 'river gee county', 'garrett county', 'kansu', 'svelvik', 'cnmi', 'quistello', 'fedje', 'loei province', 'gedo', 'cividale del friuli', 'glenorchy', 'parbhani', 'jujuy province', 'gmina kleczew', 'antwerp province', 'nicollet county']
Sufi Observing Competition
Sufi Observing Competition is an international competition and like Messier marathon, but more difficult with various subjects. Since 2006, Astronomical Society of Iran – Amateur Committee (ASIAC) holds an international observing competition in the memory of Azophi. The first competition was held in 2006 in the north of Semnan Province and the 2nd SUFI observing competition was held in summer of 2008 in Ladiz near Zahedan. More than 100 observers from Iran and Iraq participated in this event. Third Sufi Competition was held in Pasargadae, Fars province of Iran, at the enclosure of the historical tomb of Cyrus the Great on 17–20 August 2009. More than 120 amateur astronomers participated in this competition which held in 2 class of individuals and groups. Closing ceremony of 3rd Sufi Competition was held in Persepolis historical site splendidly which is in the list of UNESCO world heritage site. Babak Amin Tafreshi, Pouria Nazemi, Kazem Kookaram and Mohammad H. Almasi are Iranian amateur astronomers who designed and manage this competition in their country until today.