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2023-05-26 17:22
Isfahan village holds festival dedicated to pink roses
TEHRAN – A 10-day folk festival dedicated to pink roses is currently underway in Mohammadieh village of Isfahan province.
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2023-05-19 21:00
Soothing touch of petals: babies embrace ancient ritual
TEHRAN – On Thursday evening, some 100 babies from ten Iranian provinces went through an ancient ritual of being soaked in rose petals.
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2023-05-12 18:29
A haven for the senses: Tehran hosts rosewater festival
TEHRAN – An annual Golab-Giri festival, which is dedicated to pink roses, is currently underway near Lake Chitgar, western Tehran.
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2023-05-12 18:28
Ancient Iranian relics on show at Matsuoka Museum
TEHRAN – A selection of ancient Iranian relics – handcrafted between the 9th and the 13th centuries – have been put on show at the Matsuoka Museum of Art.
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2023-05-08 21:00
50,000 sightseers visit UNESCO-designated garden in two days
TEHRAN – On May 4 and 5, over 50,000 sightseers paid visits to the UNESCO-registered Fin Garden situated near the oasis city of Kashan on the margins of the central Iranian desert.
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2023-05-07 18:29
By Afshin Majlesi
Blossoming beauty: rosewater festival is a place to be
Once again, joyous celebrations of roses take center stage in Kashan and many other Iranian villages and towns where rosewater production is at its peak.
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2023-04-26 21:06
Isfahan museums register 215,000 visits during Eid al-Fitr holidays
TEHRAN – Cultural heritage museums and sites in Isfahan province have registered some 215,000 visits during the Eid al-Fitr holidays on April 22 and 23.
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2023-04-07 20:00
Historical cisterns in Kashan to undergo restoration
TEHRAN – Tourism directorate of Kashan plans to restore a number of the historical Ab-Anbars (cisterns) across the ancient city, a local tourism official has said.
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2023-04-04 19:17
Iran hopes to win UNESCO recognition for rosewater festivals
TEHRAN – Iran eyes a UNESCO World Heritage tag for its rosewater festivals, which are known as Golab-Giri by the locals.
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2023-04-03 18:25
Persepolis ranks Iran’s most visited World Heritage site
TEHRAN – Persepolis, which was once the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330 BC), has been crowned Iran’s most popular UNESCO site this Noruz, according to an annual ranking by the ministry of cultural heritage and tourism.
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2023-03-15 18:42
Sialk hills, the story of 7,500-year-old ziggurat
TEHRAN - Date back to around 6000–5500 BC, the Sialk hills were hidden by farmland until a flood did so; no one else was aware of it.
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2023-03-13 21:00
3,400 ecolodge units ready to host Noruz travelers
TEHRAN – A total of 3,400 authorized ecolodge units are ready to host travelers during the Noruz holidays, which officially starts on March 21, a tourism official has said.
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2023-02-26 22:41
Kashan’s centuries-old bazaar preserved traditional textiles over time, expert says
TEHRAN – The historical bazaar of Kashan, an oasis city in Iran’s Isfahan province, has played a major role in keeping traditional textiles alive through history, a handicrafts expert has said.
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2023-02-15 18:59
Kashan: desert city of rose-water and atmospheric places
TEHRAN – The ancient city of Kashan, which sits where Iran’s vast desert, Dasht-e Kavir, begins, has long been famed for its traditional rose-water destinations, atmospheric places, and hospitable people.
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2023-02-08 23:34
Iran registers three million foreign arrivals in nine months
TEHRAN – Iran recorded more than three million foreign tourist arrivals in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (1401, which started on March 21), the deputy tourism minister has said.
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2023-02-08 23:27
Some $1m allocated for national observatory
TEHRAN – A total of 390 billion rials (about $1 million) has been earmarked by the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year for the Iranian National Observatory project.
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2023-01-02 20:11
By Afshin Majlesi
2023: ten top places to visit in Iran
TEHRAN - A new year means a fresh perspective. When planning trips across Iran in 2023, you may consider this formula liberally.
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2022-12-11 19:01
Kashan holds potential to become ultimate travel destination
TEHRAN – Kashan has enormous potential to become an ultimate travel destination if attractions of the ancient oasis city are promoted effectively, Kashan’s governor said on Saturday.
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2022-10-29 18:08
On a road trip in Iran, mosques everywhere
TEHRAN—Rolling countryside, thousands of domed structures flanked by brick minarets make recurring scenes of mosques straight ahead on a drive through Iran.
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2022-10-24 19:56
Kashan; a delightful ancient city on the edge of harsh desert
TEHRAN—The ancient city of Kashan is famed for atmospheric spaces, rosewater, textiles, rugs, delicious dishes, and its hospitable people.
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2022-10-14 17:58
For people of Mashhad-e Ardehal, observing Qalishuyan is a blend of ritual and culture
TEHRAN—On an autumn morning, earlier this month, hundreds of the locals from Mashhad-e Ardehal and its surroundings came together in Khaveh to observe a time-honored religious ritual.
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2022-10-12 18:58
By Afshin Majlesi
From Ahvaz to Mashhad, here are top Iranian cities that should be on your radar
TEHRAN - It might not be on everyone’s travel radar, but Iran has a well-worn tourist circuit, famed for its history, magnificent architecture, and its warm, hospitable people.
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2022-09-13 18:23
Tehran, Kashan to host Japan Culture Month
TEHRAN – Tehran and the central Iranian city of Kashan will be playing host to a month-long Japanese cultural festival entitled “Japan Culture Month”.
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2022-09-10 18:16
5,500-year-old workshop for stone tools unearthed in central Iran
TEHRAN—Archaeologists in central Iran have discovered the ruins of an early workshop for stone tools, which is estimated to date some 5,500 years.
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2022-09-07 18:43
Archaeologists in Iran unearth 5,700-year-old skeleton of baby buried in wall foundation
TEHRAN - Archaeologists excavating Sialk hills in central Iran, recently made a macabre discovery: a 5,700-year-old wall foundation containing the skeleton of a baby.
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2022-09-02 18:10
Kashan to hold cultural week in Dushanbe
TEHRAN–Iran’s ancient city of Kashan is preparing to hold a cultural week in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.
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2022-08-27 19:09
Archaeologists have excavated 5,000-year-old home in heart of Iran
TEHRAN—During their excavations in the Sialk hills, archaeologists have recently uncovered the ruins of a home, which according to preliminary estimates dates at least 5,000 years.
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2022-08-19 17:51
Muharram rituals in Kashan attended by 130 foreign travelers
TEHRAN —More than 130 foreign travelers attended mourning ceremonies in the tourist city of Kashan, Isfahan province’s tourism chief said on Thursday.
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2022-08-17 19:44
Archaeologists tasked to reconsider Sialk Hills boundary
TEHRAN– A team of cultural heritage experts and archaeologists has been tasked with conducting extensive field research to verify the legal boundary of the magnificent Sialk Mound in central Iran.
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2022-08-02 21:02
Niasar’s Chahar-Taq exemplar of Sassanid architecture, tourism official says
TEHRAN—A tourism official has said Niasar’s Chahar-Taq, which is an ancient square-shaped brick room surmounted by a domed roof, is an exemplar of fine architecture in the time of Sassanids.
