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Half a million mourners attend Great Husseiniya of Zanjan

Half a million mourners attend Great Husseiniya of Zanjan

TEHRAN – Some half a million mourners from Iran and other countries have gathered in the Great Husseiniya of Zanjan to comme...

Iranian films line up for Moscow documentary festival

Iranian films line up for Moscow documentary festival

TEHRAN – Six Iranian films will compete in the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival – Doker.

Iran tourism: Minaee Heritage House the first narrative-museum of Tehran

Iran tourism: Minaee Heritage House the first narrative-museum of Tehran

Minaee Heritage House is a Qajar-era building whose construction goes back to 150 years ago. It is known by the name of its last o...

Traces of Bronze Age smelting workshops discovered in southern Iran

Traces of Bronze Age smelting workshops discovered in southern Iran

TEHRAN – Archaeologists have found new traces of metal smelting workshops, estimated to date from the Bronze Age, in the Sha...

Tourism minister promises to help restore flood-hit Yazd

Tourism minister promises to help restore flood-hit Yazd

TEHRAN—Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Minister Ezzatollah Zarghami has pledged to facilitate the restoration of...

In Takht-e Soleyman, where inner peace meets outer beauty

In Takht-e Soleyman, where inner peace meets outer beauty

TEHRAN—Nested in a lonely bowl of mountains, ringed by 1500-year-old walls in northwest Iran, the UNESCO-listed Takht-e Sole...

Shahr-e Yeri to embrace special archaeological base, tourism minister says

Shahr-e Yeri to embrace special archaeological base, tourism minister says

TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister on Monday said a special archaeological base will be constructed in Shahr-e Yeri, a unique...

Award-winning Esfahak village to be demarcated

Award-winning Esfahak village to be demarcated

TEHRAN – Cultural heritage authorities are set to define legal boundaries for Esfahak village, which is situated in Tabas co...

Iran seeks to retrieve illegally-exported artwork sold at Christie’s

Iran seeks to retrieve illegally-exported artwork sold at Christie’s

TEHRAN – An official in charge of Iran’s historical-cultural properties said on Saturday that Iran seeks to retrieve a...

Museum of handmade dolls inaugurated in Fars

Museum of handmade dolls inaugurated in Fars

TEHRAN – A museum dedicated to handmade dolls was officially inaugurated on Thursday in the city of Evaz, southern Fars prov...