Rostam Ghasemi said that he held meetings with his Iraqi counterpart and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and President Barham Salih on Sunday to discuss the Shalamcheh-Basra railway project According to the minister, finally, two sides signed an MoU on the implementation of the 32km Basra- Shalamcheh railway. He further said that according to one of the MoU’s […]

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 – Tourism is the most important component of rural development in north-central Semnan province, Semnan’s Governor has announced. In the province, tourism is considered an important priority of rural development, with villages being encouraged to utilize their existing resources, CHTN quoted Seyyed Mohammadreza Hashemi as saying on Saturday. Villages in the province can have […]

TEHRAN – Food accounts for one-third of tourist spending so it lays the ground to develop the food tourism market in Iran. “Approximately one-third of tourists’ expenditure is paid on food, therefore, food is an essential part of tourism and a main source of revenue,” an official with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and […]

TEHRAN – Iranian cabinet has approved plans to develop sustainable tourism in the northern and northwest forests of the country as well as the Zagros region, and on the northern and southern coastlines with a particular focus on the Makran coasts. The decision was made during a cabinet meeting on Sunday headed by President Ebrahim […]

TEHRAN – Over 50 artists, musicians, chefs, and craftspeople showed off their indigenous skills for a host of visitors and sightseers during a cultural night held in Qeshm Island on Friday. People who were natives of Riku village put on show indigenous handicrafts and dishes; staged live performances; and held various workshops at a cultural […]

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Sunday that his ministry is fully ready to facilitate foreign investment in Iran’s free trade zones, ISNA reported. Amir Abdollahian made the remarks in a meeting with Saeed Mohammad, advisor to the president and secretary of Free Trade, Industrial and Special Economic Zones. Deputy Foreign Minister […]

TEHRAN – Five agritourism farms will come on stream in the lush and fertile regions of East Azarbaijan province, northwest Iran. “They would be the first-ever agritourism farms to be inaugurated near the cities of Tabriz, Maragheh, Marand, and Jolfa,” the deputy provincial tourism chief said on Tuesday. “East Azarbaijan enjoys diverse agricultural products which […]

TEHRAN – A total of 2007 beds is expected to be added to the hospitality sector of West Azarbaijan province, the provincial tourism chief has said. Currently, 41 tourism-related projects including hotels, apartment hotels, eco-lodges, and tourist complexes are underway across the northwestern province, Jalil Jabbari announced on Sunday. The province will increase its accommodation […]

TEHRAN – A total of four tourism-related projects are scheduled to be inaugurated in Iran’s central Qom province on the occasion of the Government Week (August 24-30), the provincial tourism chief has said. A guest house, a tourist complex, and two vast traditional restaurants will come on stream across the province, Alireza Arjmandi announced on […]

TEHRAN- Iran’s outgoing transport minister said that about 10,000 kilometers of railway projects are currently under study. Pointing out that the length of the country’s railway network has reached 14,000 kilometers, Mohammad Eslami said, “Eight rail lines in three provinces will be connected to the country’s railway network. The projects for connecting Kordestan, Ardebil, and […]

TEHRAN- The head of Iran’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization (RMTO) announced that 3,500 kilometers of roads in the country’s rural regions will be asphalted under the framework of “Abrar Plan” by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2022). Dariyush Amani said that according to the mentioned plan, projects with a […]