TEHRAN – Tabriz is a big but relaxed city, filled with hospitable people and a UNESCO-listed bazaar to explore. It is the perfect introduction to Iran for sightseers crossing over the border from Armenia, or through the Gurbulak Bazargan border from Turkey. Downtown Tabriz is very walkable and the people are also extremely friendly, something […]

TEHRAN – A number of historical manuscripts, books, and documents are being rehabilitated in Borujerd, western Lorestan province, the provincial tourism chief has said. “Documents and books of historical significance are in the process of being restored in the first phase,” Seyyed Amin Qasemi announced on Tuesday. The documents are being restored by an experienced […]

TEHRAN – A house of handicrafts is set to be inaugurated in the ancient city of Bam, which is famed for its magnificent UNESCO-registered adobe citadel. “A house of handicrafts will be inaugurated in Bam to help develop and promote various fields of handicrafts and to train new crafters,” Kerman province’s deputy tourism chief said […]

TEHRAN –A selection of 12 moveable properties in Khuzestan province has recently been inscribed on the national heritage list. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts announced the inscriptions on Sunday in a letter to the governor-general of the southwestern province, CHTN reported. Inscriptions, petroglyphs, statues, traditional costumes, and stone seals were among the […]

Tehran – An open-air museum will be established on the premises of the ca. 7,000-year-old Qoli Darvish Hill, which is situated in the north-central Qom province. “The first phase of the project involves building an access road and installing metal grating fences along the route of visitors to the Iron Age site,” deputy provincial tourism […]

TEHRAN –A total of 13 historical moveable properties in Zanjan province have recently been inscribed on the national heritage list. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts announced the inscriptions on Saturday in a letter to the governor-general of the northwestern province, CHTN reported. Historical coins, gravestones, work tools, and wooden shrines were among […]

TEHRAN – The ancient hill of the historical, cultural, and recreational site of Cheshmeh-Ali, which is situated south of the Iranian capital, is planned to be preserved and reorganized, Tehran’s deputy tourism chief has announced. A budget of two billion rials (about $47,000 at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) has been […]

TEHRAN –A total of 19 historical moveable properties in Khorasan Razavi province, have recently been inscribed on the national heritage list. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts announced the inscriptions on Wednesday in a letter to the governor-general of the northeastern province, CHTN reported. Ancient potteries, historical Quran manuscripts, wooden doors, tiles, and […]

TEHRAN – The Department of Environment (DOE) has developed public programs for post-coronavirus environmental education, with the cooperation of non-governmental organizations and environmental activists. A few decades ago, the fever of industrial development had spread around the world, no matter what harm caused to the environment, but with the emerging air pollution, accumulation of waste, […]

TEHRAN –A total of eight new cultural elements, which are practiced in the northwestern province of Qazvin, have been inscribed on the national intangible cultural heritage list. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts on Saturday announced the inscriptions in an official document it submitted to the governor-general of the province, CHTN reported. The […]

TEHRAN – Marquetry is termed “Mo’araq” in Persian, which literally means “an object with veins”. In terms of handicrafts, Mo’araq is a form of art in which colorful pieces of wood are cut and arranged next to each other on a wooden or polyester background. A variety of woods are used to make marquetry, from […]

TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan on Monday inaugurated 28 cultural heritage-and-tourism-related projects in Fars during his visit to the southern Iranian province. The projects worth 7.3 trillion rials (about $173 million at the official rate of 42000 rials) include hotels, apartment hotels, traditional restaurants, agritourism unites, museums, eco-lodge units, and rural guesthouses, and […]