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2021-10-24 17:29

Qom holds potential to become medical tourism destination

TEHRAN – Medical tourism is planned to be facilitated and promoted in the central province of Qom after the coronavirus crisis is over, the provincial tourism chief has announced.

2021-10-24 17:28

Iran reopens borders to foreign tourists

TEHRAN –The Islamic Republic of Iran reopened its borders to foreign tourists as of October 23, the deputy tourism minister has announced.

2021-10-20 17:20

Loans granted to support handicrafts businesses in Bandar-e Torkaman

TEHRAN – The Iranian government has granted 2.4 billion rials (about $57,000 at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) in loans to support handicrafts businesses across Bandar-e Torkaman, the northern province of Golestan.

2021-10-20 17:20

Discover Ibn Babawayh cemetery in southern Tehran

TEHRAN – Ibn Babawayh is a vast historical cemetery located in Rey, southern Tehran, in which many Iranian figures have been laid to rest.

2021-10-20 17:18

Iran tourism still holds its own despite virus restrictions, official says

TEHRAN – Iran's tourism industry has made every effort to stand on its own two feet despite the considerable damage caused by the virus pandemic.

2021-10-19 22:02

Nomadic art of giant tents revived in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad

TEHRAN - The nomadic art of making Siah-Chador (giant “black tents”), which was once on the verge of oblivion in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, has been revived in various counties of the western Iranian province.

2021-10-19 22:02

People participate in restoration of 8,000 historical monuments

TEHRAN – People have participated in the restoration of some 8,000 historical monuments [and relics] over the past couple of years, a senior advisor to Iran’s tourism minister has said.

2021-10-18 17:14

Qajar-era bathhouse to turn into creative center for handicrafts

TEHRAN –Hammam-e Haj Shahbaz Khan, a Qajar-era (1789–1925) public bathhouse in the western province of Kermanshah is planned to be repurposed into a creative center for handicrafts, the provincial tourism chief has said.

2021-10-18 17:13

Ancient “city of the mouthless” protected, renovated

TEHRAN – Shahr-e Yeri, a unique archaeological site in northwest Iran, has been protected and renovated through a variety of measures taken during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year 1400 (started March 21).

2021-10-18 17:12

Iranian hotels ready to welcome foreign tourists

TEHRAN –Iranian hotels are ready to receive foreign tourists as the issuance of tourist visas and the flow of foreign tourists from land and air borders will be resumed this month.

2021-10-17 18:52

Qeshm’s tourist arrivals up 20 percent y/y

TEHRAN – Qeshm Island recorded over 2.8 million visitors during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21).

2021-10-17 18:13

Tourism projects to create 11,000 jobs in Khorasan Razavi

TEHRAN – Over 11,000 job opportunities are estimated to be generated by implementing 245 tourism-related projects across the northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, the deputy provincial tourism chief has announced.

2021-10-17 18:11

Mazandaran holds potential to become intl. tourist destination

TEHRAN – The northern province of Mazandaran has considerable potential to attract vacationers from around the world and become an international tourist destination.

2021-10-16 19:03

U.S. to lift ban on vaccinated travelers from Iran, other countries

TEHRAN – The United States is set to lift its COVID-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated visitors from Iran and several other countries, putting an end to historic restrictions that had barred much of the world from entering the country for as long as 21 months.

2021-10-16 18:30

$470,000 allocated to reinforce, restore ancient Belad Shapur

TEHRAN - The ancient town of Belad Shapur in the southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province has seen many measures taken to reinforce and reorganize its historical monuments, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.

2021-10-16 18:22

Relics discovered from Austrian salt mine to go on show in Iran

TEHRAN - A collection of historical objects and tools, discovered from Austria’s Hallein Salt Mine, also known as Salzbergwerk Dürrnberg, will go on display at Iranian museums in Tehran and Zanjan.

2021-10-15 18:20

Qeshm Island to hold cultural nights in Tehran

TEHRAN - Clusters of tourism insiders, artisans, and artists who are natives of Qeshm will stage cultural nights in Tehran to put the spotlight on the southern Iranian island.

2021-10-15 18:18

Persepolis, a manifestation of great Iranian art, president says

TEHRAN - Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday said the UNESCO-registered Persepolis is an epitome of the great Persian art.

2021-10-15 18:17

Pasargadae is a symbol of human civilization, tourism minister says

TEHRAN- The UNESCO-registered Pasargadae is a symbol of human civilization in ancient Iran, tourism minister Ezzatollah Zarghami has announced.

2021-10-13 18:30

Forgotten craft of weaving Gabbeh revived in Hamedan

TEHRAN – The art of weaving Gabbeh, a handicraft field that was quite obsolete in Qahavand, has been revived in the deprived and rural areas of the ancient county, which is situated in the west-central Hamedan province, the deputy provincial tourism chief has announced.

Tall-e Bakun and its prominent role study of early Iranian art

2021-10-13 18:09

Tall-e Bakun and its prominent role in study of early Iranian art

TEHRAN – Tall-e Bakun is a prehistorical twin site situated in the fertile Marvdasht plain of Fars province, near the UNESCO-designated Persepolis, the Achaemenid ceremonial capital.

2021-10-12 18:12

Iran national handicrafts exhibit canceled amid COVID uncertainty

TEHRAN – The 35th national handicrafts exhibition of Iran has been canceled due to ongoing uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021-10-12 18:02

Field survey traces Neanderthal remains in western Iran

TEHRAN – An archaeological survey has commenced on the Bawa Yawan shelter and its surroundings hoped to shed new light on Neanderthal life in western Iran.

2021-10-12 18:00

Culinary, handicrafts exhibit underway at Jameh Mosque of Saveh

TEHRAN - The 12th-century Jameh Mosque of Saveh is hosting an exhibition of a wide variety of local dishes as well as traditional arts and handicrafts, Saveh’s tourism chief has announced.

2021-10-11 17:20

Zoroastrian Towers of Silence: abandoned, enigmatic but touristic

TEHRAN - The enigmatic Zoroastrian Towers of Silence are set on two lonely, barren hilltops on the southern outskirts of Yazd in central Iran.

2021-10-11 17:19

Private sector invests $523 m in North Khorasan’s tourism

TEHRAN – The private sector has invested 22 trillion rials (some $523 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) in the tourism sector of the northeastern province of North Khorasan during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21).

2021-10-11 17:14