Tehran
Azadi Tower

Azadi Tower celebrates 49th anniversary

The Azadi Tower is a landmark monument located in Iran’s capital, Tehran. The tower was built according to the architecture of the Achaemenid and Sasanian eras, as well as Islamic ...
British Museum

British Museum to repatriate ancient tiles smuggled into UK in a suitcase

The British Museum is to help repatriate six glazed tiles from a medieval memorial complex on the edge of Samarkand, which were brought into Heathrow in a suitcase. The man ...
Persepolis

Human Face Carved in High Relief Unearthed in Persepolis

A stone carving showing a human face in bas-relief has been newly discovered at the historical site of Persepolis in southern Iran. The discovery was made during the fourth stage ...
Iran Tourism

Iran Tourism Losses Hit $490m

The outbreak of coronavirus has caused 120 trillion rials ($490 million) in losses to Iran’s tourism industry to date, says Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ali Asghar Mounesan. ...
Lake Urmia

Over $1b spent so far to revitalize Lake Urmia

Since the beginning of the Lake Urmia Restoration Program in October 2013, a total of 4.6 trillion rials (more than $1 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) has ...
storks

Zarivar Lake hosting flocks of storks once again

storks Zarivar Lake, a major tourist attraction in western Iran, is hosting again thousands of storks that wing their ways to make their nests around the lake’s mountainous areas, however, ...
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