ISNA | Hadi Zand: The Marble Palace, built between 1934 and 1937, is one of the historic buildings and royal residences in Tehran, built on the orders of Reza Shah by French engineer Joseph Leon and Iranian architect Fat'hollah Firdaws. The Palace will soon be open to the public and serve as a museum.    ...

Press TV - A century-old palace known for its pure Iranian architecture is set to open to the public after more than 40 years of closure. A group of journalists were allowed to The Marble Palace in downtown Tehran on Sunday with a reinstated owner of the facility saying it will become a museum to attract tourists in two weeks time. The palace,...

Tasnim A senior official at Irans Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) urged the countrys administration to not sell a previous residence of Reza Shah Pahlavi on the African island-state of Mauritius. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Farhad Nazari pointed to the Foreign Ministrys plan to sell Valery Palace in Mauritius,...

Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday, April 24, and picked headlines from 19 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Almost all papers today covered the remarks made by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about Tehrans reaction to Washingtons ...

IFP - A mummified body found in Shahr-e Rey in southern Tehran is assumed to be the body of the ex-king of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi. During the implementation of a construction plan in the western part of the holy shrine of Abdol Azim Hassani in Shahr-e Rey, a mummified body was found in the same place as the ruined tomb of Reza Shah was located ...