IRNA| Mohsen Bakhshandeh: The Iranian city of Mashhad has been selected as the cultural capital of the Islamic world in 2017. The city is home to the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam. Officials plan to increase the number of religious tourists to almost six million in the next two years.    ...

IRNA Deputy Director General of Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Amina al-Hajri, said on Tuesday that civilization and history of Mashad caused election of the city as cultural capital of the Islamic world. Hajri made the remarks on the sidelines of inauguration ceremony for Mashad Event as cultural capital of the ...

IRNA 'Mashad 2017' ceremonies, kicked off officially in Mashad, the Cultural Capital of the Islamic world on Tuesday at the Imam Reza (AS) shrine in this northeastern Iranian province. The ceremonies started with participation of over 250 political and cultural figures from 51 world countries as well as Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance ...

IRNA Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi-Amiri says that Mashhad 2017, the Cultural Capital of the Islamic world in 2017, aims to boost interactions with the World of Islam. Salehi-Amiri made the remarks in a meeting here with the visiting Minister of Information, Culture, Tourism and Sports of Zanzibar Ali Juma. Culture minister,...

Tehran, Nov 11, IRNA As per a ratification of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) in Baku Summit in 2010, Mashad will be introduced as the second cultural capital of Islamic world in 2017. Deputy minister of culture and Islamic guidance for development and resources affairs Ali Asghar Karandish told the 21st Press ...