Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington to discuss an end to the more than three-year war in Ukraine, hours after Trump’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska ended…
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Iran tourism gems to be highlighted in five intl. fairs
TEHRAN–The CEO of Touring and Automobile Club of the Islamic Republic of Iran (TACI) emphasized that one of the missions assigned by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts to TACI is to hold Iranian tourism and handicraft…
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Five countryside destinations for traveling in summer
TEHRAN– Summer always invites you to a short but profound journey into the hidden beauties of Iran.
This land, with its lesser-seen treasures, from ancient caves that hold the secrets of history to desert valleys and cool countryside destinations…
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FM Araghchi emphasizes enhancing Iran-Russia ties
He made the remarks in a meeting with Iran’s new Consul General to Russia’s Astrakhan Ahmad Heidarian, held in Tehran on Saturday, stressing the importance of ties between Tehran and Moscow.
The foreign minister emphasized the need to…
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Fars province, cradle of the Achaemenid Empire, seeks tourism rise
TEHRAN – Iran’s Fars province, home to ancient Achaemenid sites including Persepolis and Pasargadae, recorded 7.4 million tourist visits last year, officials said, as the government steps up efforts to position the region as a leading…
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Mashhad is to host over 6.5 million pilgrims, governor-general says
TEHRAN – Mashhad, Iran’s holiest city, is expected to host between 6.5 million and 7 million pilgrims during the last ten days of the Islamic lunar month of Safar, the governor-general of Khorasan Razavi province said.
Gholamhossein Mozaffari,…
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Air defense fully ready to defend Islamic Iran: commander
Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard made the remarks on an inspection visit to the Fordow-Qom Air Defense Group (Hazrat Masoumeh (AS)) on Saturday.
He visited different parts of the defense unit.
During the visit, the commander of the Khatam…
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Iranian influencers highlight India’s heritage at Tehran event
TEHRAN – “Iran and India share a timeless heritage, reflected in Bihar’s ancient sites,” the Indian ambassador to Iran said at a recent cultural gathering in Tehran.
The “Meet and Greet” event brought together Iranian cultural…
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A hundred Hiroshimas | Nuclear Weapons
Hind Hassan examines the prospect of a new nuclear arms race, the companies helping to fuel it, and the dangers it poses.
Eighty years after the first and only time nuclear weapons have been used – the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in…
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Indonesia: Selling a Colonial War | Documentary
“Framing” the image of Dutch colonial history: For decades, the Netherlands maintained its own narrative about its colonial past, notably over the 1945-1949 war in Indonesia, euphemistically called “police actions”. In reality, it was a…
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