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  • Iran’s recent UNESCO label was a combined effort of archaeology and cultural diplomacy

    By Afshin Majlesi

    Iran’s recent UNESCO label was a combined effort of archaeology and cultural diplomacy

    TEHRAN – Iran’s latest addition to the UNESCO World Heritage list highlights a successful blend of archaeology and cultural diplomacy, which helps promote the nation’s rich historical and cultural legacy, officials said on Monday.

  • ‘I will never regret coming’: solo female traveler reflects amid Israel’s strikes on Iran

    ‘I will never regret coming’: solo female traveler reflects amid Israel’s strikes on Iran

    TEHRAN - When 24-year-old Taiwanese traveler Ariel Kang Chengxuan went to bed on June 12 in Isfahan, Iran, she had no idea she was about to wake up in the midst of all-out war.

  • University of Michigan professor congratulates Iran on UNESCO designation of Paleolithic caves

    University of Michigan professor congratulates Iran on UNESCO designation of Paleolithic caves

    TEHRAN - Professor John D. Speth, a distinguished anthropologist and emeritus faculty member at the University of Michigan, has warmly congratulated the recent inscription of the Paleolithic caves of Iran’s Khorramabad Valley on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

  • Iran’s recent UNESCO label was a combined effort of archaeology and cultural diplomacy

    By Afshin Majlesi

    Iran’s recent UNESCO label was a combined effort of archaeology and cultural diplomacy

    TEHRAN – Iran’s latest addition to the UNESCO World Heritage list highlights a successful blend of archaeology and cultural diplomacy, which helps promote the nation’s rich historical and cultural legacy, officials said on Monday.

  • Reviving indigenous culture, one of advantages of eco-tourism resorts, minister

    Reviving indigenous culture, one of advantages of eco-tourism resorts, minister

    TEHRAN—Cultural Heritage Minister Reza Salehi-Amiri emphasized the strategic importance of eco-tourism resorts and considered them to be a concrete example of realizing the goal of public participation set by the Government.

  • 11,000 tourists visit ancient Hasanlu Hill

    11,000 tourists visit ancient Hasanlu Hill

    TEHRAN—About 11,000 tourists visited ancient Hasanlu Hill and the museum of identified relics in this hill, West Azarbaijan province, during the current Iranian year that started March 21, said Hassan Shiri, director of the ancient site.

  • Atlas of West Azarbaijan handwoven carpets is to be prepared

    Atlas of West Azarbaijan handwoven carpets is to be prepared

    TEHRAN—Javad Vaqari, a senior official of West Azarbaijan province, said currently the required data for preparing the cluster and atlas of West Azerbaijan carpets is being collected, adding that it will be prepared in visual form and in two languages, which will have a great role in introducing West Azerbaijan carpets.

  • Echoes of the past: gold rhyton in the form of a winged lion

    Echoes of the past: gold rhyton in the form of a winged lion

    TEHRAN - Drinking vessels of varied designs flourished throughout the Near East from the 1st millennium BCE well into the Islamic era.

  • Storm shows another part of Fahraj Spice Road

    Storm shows another part of Fahraj Spice Road

    TEHRAN—Storm showed another part of Fahraj Spice Road. The Spice Road was one of Iran’s first ancient routes for trading spice to various parts of the world. It was connected to Silk Road. Some parts of it were exposed in the late 1990s due to a severe storm.

  • Tourism, one of Iran's soft power tools in international interactions

    Tourism, one of Iran's soft power tools in international interactions

    TEHRAN—The Secretary of the Cabinet Seyyed Kamel Taqavi-Nejad said today, tourism is not only an industry but is one of the effective tools for Iran’s economic and cultural diplomacy.

  • 224 Hamedani Mookebs render services to Arbaeen pilgrims

    224 Hamedani Mookebs render services to Arbaeen pilgrims

    TEHRAN—Reza Mousavi, a senior official of Hamedan province, said 224 Mookebs (service centers with a religious nature where Shia Muslims come together and conduct religious rituals during Arbaeen) have been launched across the province to render services to the pilgrims during Arbaeen.

  • University of Michigan professor congratulates Iran on UNESCO designation of Paleolithic caves

    University of Michigan professor congratulates Iran on UNESCO designation of Paleolithic caves

    TEHRAN - Professor John D. Speth, a distinguished anthropologist and emeritus faculty member at the University of Michigan, has warmly congratulated the recent inscription of the Paleolithic caves of Iran’s Khorramabad Valley on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

  • ‘I will never regret coming’: solo female traveler reflects amid Israel’s strikes on Iran

    ‘I will never regret coming’: solo female traveler reflects amid Israel’s strikes on Iran

    TEHRAN - When 24-year-old Taiwanese traveler Ariel Kang Chengxuan went to bed on June 12 in Isfahan, Iran, she had no idea she was about to wake up in the midst of all-out war.

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