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2020-08-05 22:00
Four archaeological hills being demarcated in Miandoab
TEHRAN – Teams of Iranian archaeologists have commenced separate surveys to demarcate four archaeological hills situated in Miandoab county, northwestern West Azarbaijan province.
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2020-08-03 18:00
Iran, Azerbaijan discuss broadening ties
TEHRAN - In phone talks on Monday, Iran's presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi and Azeri Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev called for closer economic and trade cooperation as the COVID-19 outbreak has caused hurdles.
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2020-07-17 20:41
Iran says ready to mediate between Azerbaijan and Armenia
TEHRAN – Iran announced on Thursday that that it is ready to mediate between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the wake of deadly border clashes between the two countries.
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2020-07-15 17:26
Iran invites Azerbaijan, Armenia to exercise restraint
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has voiced Tehran’s readiness to help soothe the tensions between two of its northern neighbors, namely Azerbaijan and Armenia, which have been caught in a deadly clash.
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2020-06-05 20:19
Coronavirus: Iran preparing to reopen doors to foreign travelers
TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism ministry has forecast that the country will start hosting foreign travelers as of mid-summer with the priority given to travelers from the neighboring countries.
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2020-04-15 18:19
Persian novel “Deceased of the Green Garden” published in Azerbaijan
TEHRAN – Iranian writer Mohammadreza Bairami’s novel “The Deceased of the Green Garden” has been published in Azerbaijan.
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2020-03-07 16:16
Iran, Azerbaijan discuss trade ties amid COVID-19 outbreak
In a telephone conversation on Friday, the officials conferred on the negative impacts of the outbreak of the new virus on Iran-Azerbaijan trade ties and exchanged views on ways to tackle the issue
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2020-02-25 19:06
Azeri, UAE airlines continue flights to Iran despite coronavirus
TEHRAN – Azerbaijan’s low-cost airline Buta Airways and its Dubai-based counterpart Flydubai have announced they will continue flights to and from Iran despite the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the region.
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2020-02-16 19:05
Tehran conference seeks to boost Iran-Azerbaijan tourism ties
TEHRAN – Iran and Azerbaijan held a professional conference in Tehran on Saturday, during which high-level tourism officials, hoteliers, airline directors, and chief tour operators explored avenues to broaden tourism ties between the two neighbors.
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2020-02-08 18:07
Iran second most popular destination for Azeri tourists
TEHRAN – Iran was named the second most popular destination for Azerbaijani tourists in 2019, according to data collected from travel agencies.
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2020-01-21 18:44
Free-of-charge Tabriz-Jolfa passenger train launched
TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways on Tuesday launched a new rail service between Tabriz and Jolfa in a month-long pilot scheme to promote traveling between the two northwestern cities.
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2019-12-31 10:21
Find out why medical tourism is to be big business in Iran
Nowadays, medical tourism is considered as a booming industry on the global scene as some 20 to 24 million patients are traveling for medical treatments annually. Estimates on market size vary but the Patients Without Borders publishing group puts its value at around €60 to €80 billion worldwide.
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2019-12-30 19:23
Coastal, forest tourism development plan being prepared
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts is preparing a comprehensive plan for developing tourism around coastal areas and forests in the country.
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2019-12-27 18:21
Iran celebrates Hyrcanian Forests becoming World Heritage
TEHRAN – Iran on Thursday held a ceremony to officially celebrate Hyrcanian Forests for being designated as a World Heritage site. Experts say that parts of the woodland date back some 50 million years.
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2019-12-15 21:05
Iranian arrivals in Georgia plunge 34.5% in October
TEHRAN - Iranian arrivals in Georgia has decreased 34.5 percent in October from a year earlier, according to data compiled by the National Statistics Office of Georgia.
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2019-12-14 20:47
Iran seeking to win four joint UNESCO tags in 2020
TEHRAN – Iran is seeking to secure four world heritage status jointly with other countries in 2020.
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2019-12-14 18:32
Azerbaijani airline to launch Mashhad-Baku flights
TEHRAN – An Azerbaijani airline is slated to launch flights from the capital city of Baku to the Iranian city of Mashhad on Monday.
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2019-12-13 18:12
Gilan province selected to start Iran’s comprehensive tourism plan
TEHRAN – The northern province of Gilan has been selected as the first province to start the country’s comprehensive tourism plan, which is to be developed under the auspices of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
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2019-12-10 21:15
President Rouhani invited to Hyrcanian Forest World Heritage celebration
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has been invited to attend a ceremony to celebrate registration of Hyrcanian Forest as a UNESCO World Heritage.
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2019-12-06 18:49
Azerbaijan willing to receive more tourists from Iran
TEHRAN – The Republic of Azerbaijan intends to receive more arrivals from Iran so as to attain a balance in tourist exchange rate between the two neighbors.
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2019-12-04 19:08
Tehran, Baku to deepen defense, security cooperation
TEHRAN - Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, and visiting Azeri Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev on Wednesday vowed to do their best to deepen Tehran-Baku relations, especially in defense and security fields.
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2019-11-29 18:48
Iran’s prehistoric Hyrcanian Forest still unknown to many
TEHRAN – Iran’s UNESCO-registered Hyrcanian Forest (also known as Caspian Forest), dating back some 50 million years, is a unique place that is still unknown to many.
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2019-11-27 18:17
Nakhchivan to lift visa requirements for Iranian travelers
TEHRAN – The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is to waive visa requirements for tourists from Iran.
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2019-11-23 18:32
Baku biennial displays works by Iranian artist Hamid Aminifar
TEHRAN – A collection of calligraphic paintings by Iranian artist Hamid Aminifar is on display during the 6th International Biennial of Contemporary Art Aluminum in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, Turkish daily Yeniçag has announced.
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2019-11-11 18:16
Foreign ambassadors, diplomats invited to tribes festival
TEHRAN – A number of foreign ambassadors, diplomats, as well as cultural and economic attaches have been invited to attend a regional nomadic festival, which opens today in Iran’s northern Golestan province.
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2019-11-10 18:32
Iranian on round-the-globe camelback journey hoping to save the animal from extinction
TEHRAN – Mohammad Amiri-Roudan, an Iranian traveler and athlete, who has commenced a journey across the globe on camelback, aims to draw worldwide attention to the Iranian Bactrian camel, which he says, is on the verge of extinction.
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2019-08-12 20:02
Border traffic on the rise between Iran, Azerbaijan
TEHRAN – Traffic of passengers between Iran and Azerbaijan at Bileh Savar border crossing has increased by 23 percent in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21) from a year earlier, a local official has said.
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2019-08-05 20:44
Top Iranian official in Baku to pave ground for trilateral Sochi summit
TEHRAN – Mahmoud Vaezi, the Iranian president’s chief of staff, has visited Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to prepare grounds for next week’s trilateral Russia-Azerbaijan-Iran summit that is set to be held in the Russian city of Sochi in the current month.
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2019-08-05 12:19
Astana group insists there is no military solution to Syria crisis
TEHRAN - Iran, Russia and Turkey - guarantors of the Syrian peace process – have issued a joint statement insisting that “there could be no military solution to the Syrian conflict”.
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2019-07-03 19:39
Iran joins UNESCO World Heritage Committee session in Baku
TEHRAN – A delegation from Iran arrived in the Azerbaijani capital Baku late on Monday to attend the 43rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
