According to a statement by the Department of Public Relations of the Holy Defense Garden-Museum, Ruhollah Hosseinzadeh, the CEO of the company specializing in the development of Iran tourism and world Tourism, said Monday that “The first training and briefing session for foreign exhibitions with the participation of more than 120 active travel agencies active in the […]
The 10th day of Ordibehesht – the second month on the Iranian calendar – has been designated as the Persian Gulf National Day to commemorate not only the historical victory of the Iranian forces against the trespassers in the southern waters but also to remind all that the true name of the Persian Gulf will remain so forever. The […]
Rakhshandeh Etesami who is known as Parvin Etesami is the most famous female poet in Iran was born on March 17, 1907, in Tabriz. She was the daughter of Yousef Etesami Ashtiani (Etesam-al-Molk), a contemporary Iranian writer and translator and Akhtar al-Muluk Etesami. Parvin was the last child in the family and had three older brothers, Abul-Hassan, […]
Nezami Ganjavi whose formal name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī a 12th-century Persian Muslim poet is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature. He brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic and his heritage is widely appreciated and shared by Iran, Afghanistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Kurdistan region and Tajikistan. As […]
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – Iranian historical houses constitute a significant part of the architectural heritage of the country both qualitatively and quantitatively. As an outstanding building in Gorgan historic texture, Baqeri house is almost 150 years old, which is considered a valuable exemplar of local residential architecture. The house is located between Nalbandan and Sarcheshmeh […]
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – On the second anniversary of the Martyrdom of Lt. General Qassem Soleimani and Iraq’s Second-in-Command of Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a ceremony of commemoration was held in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The commemoration ceremony was held in Sarajevo on Friday in the presence of the families of the […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a statement on the eve of the second anniversary of the martyrdom of former Iran’s IRGC Quds Force Commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Martyr Soleimani always played a role in line with the principled policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran and helped […]
TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) – Conference on the History of Iran’s Foreign Relations was held on Monday in the presence of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian at Center for Political and International Studies of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
TEHRAN – A centuries-old rock-carved inscription has recently been discovered in Marvdasht plain, which is home to the UNESCO-registered sites of Persepolis and Pasargadae as well as tens of other magnificent structures, in southern Fars province. The inscription bears Middle Persian (or Pahlavi) script and it is carved in the face of a giant rock […]
TEHRAN –An exhibition of unseen photos of Hegmataneh is currently underway in the historical site in the west-central Iranian province of Hamedan. The exhibition includes more than 50 pictures taken from different vantage points of Hegmataneh by photographers who have achieved top rankings in various competitions, the director of the historical site said on Monday. […]
TEHRAN – Rey tourism directorate is set to organize a photo exhibition, which features people, monuments, and landscapes of the ancient Iranian city during the 19th-century. “The exhibit will showcase a selection of 30 photographs and paintings of Cheshmeh-Ali, Tughrul Tower, Borj-e Khamoushan (Tower of Silence), and the holy shrines of Shah Abdol Azim and […]
TEHRAN – Centuries-old Silver Bowl of Rashi has recently been returned to Rasht Archaeological Museum Gilan province after almost three decades, the provincial tourism chief has announced. The silver bowl was discovered during the early 1990s excavations at the Rashi Rudbar archaeological site in the northern province, Masoud Hallajpur said on Wednesday. The historical relic […]
