The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced that Iran welcomed nearly 1.4 million foreign tourists in the first three months of 2024, marking a 60 percent increase compared to the same period last year.

IRNA | Rasoul Shojei: The historical house of Brigadier General Amini Sedehi is located in Foroushan neighborhood of Khomeini-Shahr, Isfahan province, central Iran. The mansion includes several houses, a court, a bathhouse and a Hussainiya religious mourning place. Its exterior view is undeniably similar to the mansion of Eram Garden in Shiraz. It ...

Tehran Times - What is the state of Iran's tourism? Fortunately, Iran took an early hit with Coronavirus. Officials took immediate measures to lighten the strain on society. The mandatory quarantine in Iran was helpful in hindering the outbreak. In March 2020, WHO and a couple of international institutes made a visit to Iran in order to conduct a technical ...

ISNA | Mohammad Qajar: Farmers of Golidagh District, located in Maraveh Tappeh County of Golestan Province, use hundreds of hectares of their farmlands to grow sunflowers. Sunflowers are annual plants that grow to a height of three meters. Golidagh is a mountainous region in which sunflowers grow very well due to ideal conditions. As a result, most ...

ISNA | Mohammad Ghajar: Torkaman Sahra Plain, located in two provinces of Golestan and North Khorasan, is nearly 400 square kilometers in extent. The Plain has stretched from the coasts of the Caspian Sea in Bandar-e Torkaman City and Turkmenistan is located in north of it. Mud volcanos, mountain heights, valleys, constructed wetlands, natural dams,...

ISNA | Morteza Zangane: In the hot days of summer and difficulties caused by the coronavirus, people of Isfahan visit Naqsh-e Jahan Square in the evening in order to have fun and get some rest. Although the dangers of the new coronavirus still threaten people, the peaceful atmosphere of Naqsh-e Jahan Square attracts them to visit there. However, people ...

IRNA | Abed Mirmasoumi: Shir Qaleh or the Castle of Lions is located on the top of a mountain in central Iran. Shir Qaleh, also known as the Castle of Sheikh Cheshmeh-Sar, is situated near a namesake valley in Shahmirzad, a tourist resort 20 km north of Semnan. One needs to climb a mountain to reach the castle, which has an irregular design because ...

MNA | Mehdi Bakhshi: With an area of 12,000 square metres, the Grand Mosque of Qom is one of the largest religious, historical buildings in Iran. The Grand Mosque of Qom has been built beside the holy shrine of Fatimah al-Masumah (AS) upon the order of Grand Ayatollah Alavi Boroujerdi, the late Iranian religious authority. As an excellent example of ...

MNA | Pantea Nikzad: Located in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Ardal and Mashayekh is a temperate mountainous region with magnificent sceneries. Ardal, the land of roaring waters and stunning mountains, is a summer residence of Bakhtiari tribe. The main vegetation of this area is oak forests.    ...

MNA | Pantea Nikzad: Khoda-Afarin mountain pass is one of the most dangerous ones crossed by Iranian nomads in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in the countrys south-west. Khoda-Afarin means Created by God in Persian. Its a dangerous, hard-to-pass route navigated by nomads in Gazestan region. Khoda-Afarin is in fact a bridge, a natural passage made ...

MNA | Mohammad Dashti: With its temperate climate and unique nature, Zomorrod waterfall in Gilan province, northern Iran, has the potential to become a top tourist attraction. Zomorrod waterfall is located 45 km north of Talesh, and nine km from the Bazaar of Hawiq town, Gilan province. It welcomes tourists and climbers from all over Iran in all seasons....

Tehran Picture Agency | Hamid Reza Darajati: Dating back to the 19th century, the House of Imam Jomeh the Imam of Friday prayers is a gem in the heart of Tehran. The House of Imam Jomeh is located in Nasser Khosrow Street, near Imam Khomeini Square of Tehran in Oudlajan, an aristocratic neighbourhood of distant past. An exquisite building of Qajar ...

Bloomberg | Pico Iyer: Reading and writing about Iran could not prepare Pico Iyer for the warm, modern society that greeted him. Our burly driver in the baseball cap kept his eyes on the roadas my unfailingly suave guide, Ali, chatted away. Wed barely left the holy metropolis of Mashhad, in northeastern Iran,...

YJC | Vahid Momenzadeh: The flower garden of Isfahan can be a new experience for the tourists who mainly come to see the historical attractions of the city. The Flower Garden is located in Bozorgmehr square in the southeastern part of Isfahan. Established on the banks of Zayandeh Rud during the 90s, it has been attracting tourists and local visitors ...

Mizan | Mohammad Mohsenzadeh: Hoz-e Soltan Salt Lake is located 40km north of central Iranian city of Qom, 85km south of Tehran. The lake is also an epicenter of a relatively rich fauna. Locals say, it is a suitable place for breeding a kind of shrimp, called Artemia. Shour, Ghara-Chai and Varamin are amongst rivers that discharge into the lake. The ...

KARNAVAL.IR: Located in central Iran, Fin Garden is well-known not only for its beautiful architecture, but also an important historical event. Fin Garden, located in Kashan, Isfahan Province, is a historical Persian garden containing Kashans Fin Bath, where Amir Kabir, the Qajar chancellor, was murdered by an assassin sent by King Nasereddin Shah ...

IRNA | Reza Zare: A full-glass suspension bridge has become operational in northwestern Iran. The bridge which is part of a tourist resort in the city of Hir, Ardabil province, is built on a river and comes as a major attraction to visitors. The tourist spot has been established to boost and develop tourism in the area.     ...

YJC | Faezeh Kaboli: Mother Nature certainly appreciates the opportunity provided by the coronavirus pandemic in this beautiful spring season, as weeks of lockdown protected it from human damages. The travel bans and home quarantine orders amidst the coronavirus pandemic significantly reduced air pollution; as the carbon monoxide levels, produced mainly ...

IRNA Visit to Iran's Soltaniyeh Dome, the world's biggest brick dome in northwest of Iranian capital- is available for tourists as of today. The tourists should follow health protocols and social distancing rules to take visits, head of the World Heritage of Soltaniyeh Mir-Mousa Aniran told IRNA on Saturday. The official said that the 735-year-...

ISNA | Mohammad Mahroumi: Zahhak Castle is perched on a hillside near Hashtroud, northwest Iran. The lonely castle served as a military stronghold during the Parthian era (247 BC 224 CE). In the Persian legend, Zahhak is the name of an Arab king who conquered and ruled over ancient Iran. The story is recounted in the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), written ...