an old wall with three gates. Shahrud Museum: Dating from the later Qajar and early Pahlavi periods, originally belonging to the Shahrud Municipality and already located in the center of the town, this two-storied structure with brick facing was transformed into the present museum in 1988 after a series of major repair and renovation works. It houses both archaeological and ethnological sections. Notable people Bayazid Bastami, (9th century) Sufi Abol-Hassan Kharaqani, (963-1033) Sufi Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq, (d.818 CE) historical personality Kourosh Yaghmaei, (born 1946) singer Mohammad Farhadi, (born 1949) politician Ali Farhadi, (born 1950) the first president of Shahrood University Ahmad Jalali, (born 1949) scholar Davoud Mirbagheri, (born 1958) film director Touka Neyestani, (born 1960) cartoonist Danial Hakimi, (born 1963) actor Zohreh Akhyani, (born 1964) MeK member and politician Anahita Nemati, (born 1977) actress Laleh Eftekhari, (born 1959) politician Abolfazl Fateh, politician Davood Mirbaqeri Director Higher education Islamic Azad University of Shahrood Shahrood University of Medical Sciences Shahrood University of Technology References External links Daily News Of Shahrood Populated places in Shahrud County Cities in Semnan Province