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2022-03-01 21:00
Authorities consider launching museum dedicated to Tehran
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts seeks to launch a special museum dedicated to Tehran province.
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2022-01-03 21:00
Illegal digger arrested in Rey
TEHRAN – A person illegally searching antiquities in the city of Rey, southern Tehran, has been arrested by the local police.
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2021-12-12 20:29
19th-century photos of Rey people, attractions to go on show
TEHRAN – Rey tourism directorate is set to organize a photo exhibition, which features people, monuments, and landscapes of the ancient Iranian city during the 19th-century.
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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.
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2021-08-02 17:42
Cheshmeh-Ali’s ancient hill to be preserved
TEHRAN – The ancient hill of the historical, cultural, and recreational site of Cheshmeh-Ali, which is situated south of the Iranian capital, is planned to be preserved and reorganized, Tehran’s deputy tourism chief has announced.
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2021-06-21 19:30
Sightseeing tours of Rey arranged for summertime
TEHRAN – The tourism directorate of Rey has arranged a summer festival, which includes various crafts workshops and special sightseeing tours of the ancient Iranian city, which is situated in southern Tehran.
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2021-06-14 18:40
Ancient architectural vestiges accidentally unearthed near Tughrul Tower
TEHRAN – Some ancient architectural vestiges have accidentally been unearthed near the 12th-century Tughrul Tower in southern Tehran.
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2021-06-06 16:54
Handmade glasswork to go on show in Rey
TEHRAN- An exhibition of handmade glasswork will start in the city of Rey, Tehran province, on Thursday.
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2021-06-01 17:29
An attempt to revive Cheshmeh-Ali, other ancient sites in Rey
TEHRAN – Following years of getting through the paperwork, Rey Municipality is to ratify a development plan which will pave the way for extra care and maintenance of Cheshmeh-Ali and some other historical sites across the ancient Iranian city.
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2021-05-02 18:11
Sassanid-era citadel to turn into cultural heritage base
TEHRAN – Qale Iraj, a gigantic mudbrick citadel dating back to Sassanid period (224–651) in southern Tehran, is set to be turned into a national cultural heritage base.
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2021-04-28 21:39
Experts clean famed bas-relief in southern Tehran
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts has cleaned the well-known 19th-century bas-relief, which is carved on a rock face in Cheshmeh-Ali, southern Tehran.
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2021-03-14 22:33
Rey historical sites, premises being cleaned prior to Iranian new year
TEHRAN – A cleaning project has been commenced on various historical sites and tourist destinations which are scattered across the ancient town of Rey; now attached to the Iranian capital.
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2021-03-05 22:40
Cheshmeh-Ali gains natural heritage status
TEHRAN – The historical, cultural, and recreational site of Cheshmeh-Ali, which is situated south of the Iranian capital, has been named a natural heritage amidst hopes to safeguard it for the next generations.
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2021-02-03 19:30
Rey’s first hotel inaugurated
TEHRAN-The first-ever hotel in the city of Rey, southeast of Tehran, was inaugurated on Tuesday on the occasion of Ten-Day Dawn (Jan. 31- Feb. 10, marking the victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution), ISNA reported.
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2021-01-17 20:30
Landscaping, clean-up project completed on ancient fortress in Rey
TEHRAN-A landscaping and clean-up project has been recently completed on the ancient fortress of Rashkan in the historical city of Rey, which is situated south of Tehran province.
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2020-12-27 19:47
Tehran’s City Theater Complex to be demarcated
TEHRAN – Tehran’s City Theater Complex, which is widely considered as the sole professional center of theater in Iran, is scheduled to be demarcated by the end of the current Iranian calendar year 1399 (March 2022).
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2020-12-15 21:37
Qajar-era bas-relief in Rey to be restored, preserved
TEHRAN –The 19th-century rock-carved bas-relief in Cheshmeh-Ali, a historical and recreational spot located in the south of Tehran and north of Rey, is planned to be restored and preserved within a comprehensive project.
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2020-12-07 23:12
Photo exhibit to resonate traditional glasswork
TEHRAN –An online photo exhibit of traditional glasswork made by crafters in the city of Rey will be held on Thursday, Rey’s cultural heritage department director has said.
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2020-11-16 23:36
Webinar to explore ancient life, arts and architecture in Rey
TEHRAN – A scientific webinar will be held with the aim of exploring the history, human life, arts, and architecture of Rey, which is one of the oldest cities in the central Iranian plateau with some 8,000 years of human settlements.
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2020-11-03 18:04
Rey’s autumn exhibition of handicrafts being held online
TEHRAN – The autumn exhibition of handicrafts in the city of Rey, southeast of Tehran, is being held virtually, Rey’s cultural heritage department director has announced.
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2020-10-09 17:11
Historical steam train ‘Mashin Doodi’ back on track in Tehran
TEHRAN- Mashin Doodi, the first train that was put into operation in Iran, has been put on show on its main railway in the city of Rey, southern Tehran.
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2020-09-29 21:30
Package tours start in Rey under strict health protocols
TEHRAN – On Monday, one-day package tours started in Rey under strict health protocols to mark the national tourism week, September 28 to October 3.
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2020-09-28 17:49
Over 200 programs to be held during Tehran week
TEHRAN – On the occasion of Tehran Week, October 3-9, more than 200 cultural programs and virtual seminars will be held in the capital with the theme of “School of Tehran”.
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2020-09-20 20:00
Sacred Defense Cinema Town holds potential to boost Rey’s tourism
TEHRAN – The Sacred Defense Cinema Town near the ancient city of Rey holds the potential to boost war tourism in the region, Rey’s cultural heritage department director Amir Mosayeb Rahimzadeh said on Sunday.
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2020-08-19 17:56
Rey to host online meeting on tazieh
TEHRAN- The ancient city of Rey will be hosting a virtual meeting on tazieh, Iranian passion play, on the occasion of the lunar month of Muharram (starting Friday) in which Shia Muslims commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS).
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2020-06-05 20:17
Tehran’s historical towers turn off lights in honor of Imam Khomeini
TEHRAN – Tehran’s historical towers turned off lights on June 2 and remained dark to commemorate the death anniversary of Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Revolution.
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2020-05-26 18:56
Waqf inscriptions of Rey’s historic bazaar to be restored
TEHRAN – Two religious endowment (waqf) inscriptions of the historic bazaar of the city of Rey, southeast of Tehran, will be restored in the near future.
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2020-05-16 19:30
Human life in Iran’s Rey is as old as 8,000 years: archaeologist
TEHRAN – Rey is considered to be the oldest city in the central Iranian plateau with a history of human settlement that stretches back in time for over 8,000 years, a senior Iranian archaeologist Qadir Afrovand has said.
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2020-05-10 21:44
Mashin Doodi’s railway to be restored
TEHRAN – Parts of Mashin Doodi railway, Iran’s first train which was discovered during a construction project in the city of Rey, southern Tehran in 2018, will be restored in the near future, a provincial tourism official has said.
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2020-05-05 23:49
Cheshmeh-Ali spring awaiting national heritage status
TEHRAN – Cheshmeh-Ali historical spring in the city of Rey, southern Tehran, is planned to be inscribed on the national heritage list, a provincial tourism official has said.
