Photos: Iran’s biggest aquarium tunnel opens in Anzali port
IRNA | Mojtaba Mohammadi: The largest aquarium tunnel of Iran has been opened in the port city of Anzali in Gilan province,…
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Photos: Gavkhouni Saltmarsh
ISNA | Morteza Zangane: Gavkhouni is a wetland and saltmarsh located in the Iranian Plateau in central Iran. The majority of the…
Spanish tourists getting more interested in visiting Iran: Official
IFP – An official with Spain’s Tourism Ministry says the number of Spanish tourists visiting Iran has hit 10,000 each year, adding…
Photos: Lari House in Yazd: A luxury residence for Qajar Aristocrats
Karnaval.ir: The Lari House in Iran’s central city of Yazd has a unique desert architecture that makes it a truly exceptional place…
Tabriz Bazaar world’s largest roofed traditional market
Press TV – The Grand Bazaar of Tabriz in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz is known as the largest roofed Bazaar…
Photos: Iran’s National Museum of Graphic Arts; A timeless treasure
Tehran Picture Agency | Vahid Sheikhi: The National Museum of Graphic Arts is a treasure in the northeast of the Iranian capital…
Photos: Pre-historic rock arts of Teymareh mountain
Tasnim | Mostafa Gholamnejad: Teymareh is an ancient region with thousands of pre-historic petroglyphs located in the middle of Isfahan, Markazi and…
Account of flame still burning after over 1,500 years
Iran Daily – Yazd fire temple (Atashkadeh in Persian), also known as Bahram fire temple, is a sacred site among Iranian Zoroastrians’…
Pistachio stew; Delicious dish popular in Damghan
IFP – The Iranian city of Damghan is well-known for its high-quality pistachios, so it would not be strange to see one…
Photos: Fandoqloo forest: A scenic natural beauty in Northwestern Iran
Karnaval.ir: The Fandoqloo forest which lies next to vast mayweed fields is one of the most beautiful jungles and tourist attractions of…
Tahdig: A yummy, globally popular part of Persian cuisine
IFP – Tahdig is a delicious part of some Iranian foods which is popular both inside the country and in other parts…
Photos: Hunting scenes on tiles of Tehran’s Golestan Palace
IRNA | Motaza Amin Asar Ameli: The Golestan Palace, a famous world heritage site in Tehran, is home to a series of…
Limits of 9000-year-old enclosure determined in Shahroud
IRNA – The 9000-year-old Emadeddin enclosure which is the seventh site of the Neolithic period enjoying the oldest culture of village dwelling…
750-year-old pulpit found in ancient Iranian village
IFP – A minbar, the Islamic type of pulpit, which dates back to 750 years ago, has been unearthed, repaired, and unveiled…
Photos: Iran’s Lalejin; The pottery capital of the world
Fars | Behzad Alipour: Lalejin, a city in the northwest of Iran’s Hamadan province, is known as the world’s capital of pottery,…
Doimaj; Traditional Iranian snack for summer time
IFP – Doimaj, also known as Dogmaj, is a common traditional snack which people in some Iranian provinces eat during the warm…
Photos: Shekardasht summer pastures
Tasnim | Erfan Kouchari: Shekardasht is one of the most beautiful and unique parts of Talesh County in Iran’s Northern Gilan Province.…
Photos: Larzaneh village
Fereidoon Ghorbani: Larzaneh is a picturesque village in mountainous areas of Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran. This region’s cold climate makes the…
Ancient site belonging to 5th millennium BCE discovered in Southern Iran
IFP – A historical site belonging to the fifth millennium BCE has been discovered in a port city in Bushehr province, southern…
Photos: Poppy flower plains
ISNA | Pouria Pakizeh: Poppy Flower or Mourning Tulip is a red plant that grows by itself and has four petals. In…
Photos: Nostalgic sounds, songs reverberate through Tabriz Museum of Sound
Nasr | Aydin Tabrizi: The “Museum of Sound” is one of the dozens of museums in the Iranian city of Tabriz. The…
Photos: Chehel Sotoun Edifice
ISNA | Azam Dadashi: Chehel Sotoun, also known as Kolah Farangi, is the only remnant of royal palaces built by the Safavid…
Photos: Pourashraf Castle: A fantastic ancient monument in Western Iran
IRNA | Morteza Amin Asar Ameli: The historical Pourashraf Castle is the jewel of a mansion nestled in an idyllic village in…
Photos: Ancient Iranians used stone Lions to guard their graves
Tasnim | Aziz Babanejad: The city of Aligoudarz in Lorestan Province is home to an ancient cemetery where stone lion busts are…
Photos: Local games festival held in Iran’s Gilan province
IRNA | Amin Jafari Parsa: Gilan province in northern Iran recently hosted a festival of local games, which brought the villagers and…
Photos: Nomadic life in Iran’s Western region of Hamedan
Tasnim | Abdolrahman Rafati: Iran has a nomad population of 1.2 million, which is declining as they gradually stop living as nomads…
Photos: Fekri Mansion in Bandar Lengeh
Tasnim | Hossein Tahavori: The historic Fekri house is a hot tourist attraction in Iran’s Bandar Lengeh, a port city in southern…
Number of tourists visiting Iran’s Yazd province up 11%
IFP – The number of tourists visiting the historical city of Yazd in central Iran has considerably increased, a senior tourism official…
Photos: Dabir ol-Molk house
Tehran Picture Agency | Sanaz Daryaee: Dabir ol-Molk House is one of the most beautiful historical buildings in Tehran, the capital of…
Photos: Strawberry festival; Rural party to celebrate good harvest
IRNA – The sixth edition of the Strawberry Festival was recently held in Golestan province in northeastern Iran, giving the farmers and…
Iranian gardens, imaginative symbols of paradise on earth
Press TV – Iranian gardens have for nearly 6,000 years combined the beauty of nature with the aesthetic qualities of art and…
Photos: Kalat: Ancient, scenic Iranian city with royal history
Mehr | Rasoil Azizi: Kalat is a beautiful city in the heart of mountains in the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi.…
Lorestan’s Shami Kebab; Fairly sour, extremely delicious
IFP – Shami Kebab is one of the original dishes of Khorramabad in Lorestan Province in western Iran. It has many fans…
Iranian windcatchers: Taming harsh climate for natural ventilation
Press TV – Iranians have managed to tame the hostile conditions of arid climate and extremely warm regions for thousands of years…
Photos: Kacha village
Tasnim | Mohammad Ranjbar: Kacha is a village in Sangar District in Gilan province, northern Iran. The village is located 20 km…
Several reasons to visit Iran
IRNA – When you think about Iran, chances are the things that come to mind are negative. However, once you open your…
Photos: Iranian villager turns his house into popular Hotel Museum
Mehr – A construction worker from a village in Iran’s Semnan Province hosts tourists from all over the country at his local…
Photos: Bahmanshir river
ISNA | Aghil Naeiminezhad: Bahmanshir River is a beautiful body of water in the city of Abadan located in Iran’s south-western province…
Photos: Bam Citadel
Mehr | Mohsen Ranjabpoor: The Arg-e Bam or Bam Citadel is the largest adobe building in the world, located in Bam, a…
Photos: Spring snow covers tulip garden in Iran’s Karaj
Mehr | Aref Fathiakbari: The recent heavy snow has covered the tulip flowers exhibited in a festival underway in the city of…