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Article review: Kharraqan towers
The introduction is short and insufficiently addresses the topic.

There are only two sources in the reference. Sources from recent time frame (within a decade) will be helpful in solidifying the discussion of the topic.

The only subsection the topic has is 21st century damage from earthquake. Can there be additional issues related to the topic for further discussion?

Possible edits
Under the section "21st century," there could be an update on what's been happening to the towers following the damage caused by the earthquake (2002). Is it an abandoned site at this point? Was there any attempt at reconstructing the towers? The article says "They were in a good state of preservation" prior to the earthquake. Does this suggest there was a conscious effort to preserve the architecture?

[From "Kharraqan Towers" in Wikipedia]
The Kharraqan towers are mausoleums located on the plains in northern Iran, near Qazvin. One of the twin towers was built in 1067, and the other one was subsequently constructed in 1093.

The brick structures stand 15 mtall and 4 mwide. The surface of both mausolea demonstrates extensive use of geometry. Inside the older mausoleum there is a lamp and paintings. (what kind of paintings? what kind of lamp? Any information on the objects placed within the structures/how the structures looked like from inside?)

The eastern tower dates from 1067–68, while the western tower dates from 1093. Both towers appear to be the work of the architect, Muhammad bin Makki al-Zanjani. (disputable; at least one was by the architect) It is believed that the occupant of the eastern tower was Abu Sa'id Bijar and the occupant of the western tower was Abu Mansur Iltayti. (who are they? why did they decide to build the mausoleums? what was the social circumstances at the time the towers were built? were the two the ones who actually commissioned the works?)

These towers are remnant examples of architecture that existed during the Seljuk period of medieval Persia. (how are they examples? do they conform to the general characteristics demonstrated as Seljuk architecture?)

Discovery of the structure
The site was discovered prior to 2004 (at minimum). It was also mentioned in the text dating from 1970s.

Stylistic characteristics
The twin towers have octagonal

Kharraqan towers research
General lack of study on the particular architecture. Some surveys and articles briefly discuss the Kharraqan towers, but there indeed is no source (found so far) solely dedicated to the subject.

From email thread with Dr. Mulder, Michael Falcetano, and Nader, it seems it'll be difficult to find independent studies on the towers. Few topics for research based on the series of emails:

Search terms
alternative spellings to Kharraqan: kharraghan, kharagan

terms related to mausoleum/tomb: qubba, maqam; these two have their own articles on Wiki

Persian domes, Seljuk domes, Seljuk architecture

Thoughts on outline
A section on why there is lack of information will be interesting (but how can one write about it with lack of information?)