Category: 1. Iran

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Imam Reza (AS) is the eighth Imam of the Shia, and his shrine in Mashhad is one of the most important religious sites in Iran and the wider Shia Muslim world. The annual mourning event draws millions,…

TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts said on Saturday that the northern province of Gilan has the capacity to generate revenues on par with oil if investment in tourism infrastructure is prioritized.

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Hamedan is not only the first capital of early Iranian dynasties but also the birthplace of great intellectual and cultural figures like Avicenna (Bu Ali Sina), whose philosophical legacy continues to…

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Iran now ranks as the world’s third most-affected country by land subsidence, a senior official from the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development warned, citing alarming levels of groundwater depletion across the country.

Iran has seen a 48% increase in foreign tourist arrivals this year, signaling strong growth in the country’s tourism sector, Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Seyyed Reza Salehi Amiri said on Saturday.

At least Majid and Massoud Shamaeizadeh are easy enough to tell apart by their voices. The twin brothers, though, are a different story. Not only do they share many same features, but on the day of the interview, they even wore the same shirt and…

Trump had raised expectations on Monday by saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky had agreed to meet face-to-face — but on Friday he compared the two men to “oil and vinegar.”

Russian Foreign…

Figures reviewed by the outlets indicate that, as of May 2025 – 19 months into Israel’s war on Gaza – Israeli military intelligence had listed 8,900 fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) as confirmed or “probably”…