Mohammadreza Kargar

member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

2021-10-08 17:56

Iranian museums welcome cooperation with other SCO members

TEHRAN – Iran encourages cooperation between museums of member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Mohammadreza Kargar, the director of museums and historical properties at Iran’s tourism ministry has announced.

2021-05-26 17:53

Museum of Turkmen arts inaugurated

TEHRAN – A cultural heritage museum dedicated to traditional arts of Turkmen tribes has been inaugurated in Gonbad-e Kavus in the northern Golestan province.

2021-04-11 20:02

Tehran palace complexes named most-visited during new year holiday

TEHRAN – The three historical palace complexes of Sa’dabad, Golestan, and Niavaran were named the most-visited “cultural heritage museums and sites” in Iran during the two-week New Year (Noruz) holidays, which ended on April 2, the museum director has said.

2021-04-03 21:09

Noruz visits to Iranian museums falls by one-fifth due to virus

TEHRAN – Visits to Iranian museums fell by one-fifth during the recent Iranian New Year (Noruz) holidays (March 19-April 2) in comparison to the same period two years ago, when the new coronavirus was not yet an issue.

2021-03-03 20:30

Iran’s 1000th museum to open to public within year

TEHRAN - Iran’s 1000th cultural heritage museum will be inaugurated in the next Iranian calendar year, which begins on March 21, the director of museums and historical properties at the tourism ministry announced on Wednesday.

2020-10-19 16:36

Tehran museums extend closures for third consecutive week over COVID-19

TEHRAN – Museums and historical sites in Tehran province will remain closed for the third consecutive week as the province is in the high-risk “red” zone due to the coronavirus pandemic.

2020-09-23 20:26

Iranian museums to offer free admission on World Tourism Day

TEHRAN – The entry to all museums and historical sites affiliated with the Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Ministry will be free on Sunday on the occasion of the World Tourism Day, Mohammadreza Kargar, the tourism ministry’s director of museums and historical properties said on Wednesday.

2020-08-03 21:00

Museums lose 90% of revenues in wake of coronavirus outbreak

TEHRAN- Iranian museums have lost 90 percent of their revenues due to the consecutive closures caused by the global coronavirus pandemic, Mohammadreza Kargar, the tourism ministry’s director of museums and historical properties, has said.

2020-02-23 20:57

Iran museums, historical sites shut down amid fears of virus outbreak

TEHRAN – Iran has temporarily closed cultural heritage museums and historical sites in 15 provinces in a preventive measure amid fears of coronavirus outbreak.

Oriental Institute director Christopher Woods (2nd L), director general of Iranian museums Mohammadreza Kargar (3rd L), and deputy tourism minister Mohammad-Hassan Talebian (4th L) address a press conference on Achaemenid clay tablets at the National Museum of Iran, Tehran, October 2, 2019.

2019-10-05 18:55

We revealed how Achaemenids ruled Persia: Oriental Institute expert

TEHRAN – Years of deciphering and studying Achaemenid cuneiform clay tablets, which have been on loan from Iran to the Oriental Institute, has yielded valuable information about the Persian Empire, how it organized and how it ruled, a professor emeritus at the Institute has said.