Iran will play host to the International Food Festival in August with presence of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states, head of the Coordination Committee of the Festival said Wednesday.
UNESCO on Friday designated Iran’s vast Hyrcanian Forest as a World Heritage site, making it the second such Iranian natural site after Lut Desert, which was granted the tag in 2016.
The ruined Gabri fort, which is said to date from Sassanid era, will be turned into an outdoor museum, an official with the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization said on Tuesday.
Tirgan (Jashn-e Tirgan) is a time-honored Iranian festival usually observed as a rain festival. Tiragan, along with Nowruz, Yalda Night and Mehregan are amongst feasts widely celebrated in the ancient land.
Tabriz enjoys historical backgrounds to be turned into a child-friendly city, Iraj Shahin Baher, the mayor of the northwestern Iranian city, said on Friday.
The Cabinet approved no visa policy for Chinese tourists visiting Iran, deputy head of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Organization announced.
For millennia, Iranian gardens have combined the beauty of nature with the aesthetic qualities of art and architecture to create a symbolic representation of paradise on Earth.
Last November, the Islamic Republic started a pilot project in a select of its airports, issuing electronic visas (without any entry or exit stamps) for those traveling to the country, in a bid to facilitate tourist inflow and to cope with sanctions recently reimposed by the U.S.
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