cultural diplomacy

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  • Rural heritage, global meaning: Iran’s villages as beacons of cultural sustainability 2025-10-18 09:12

    By Seyed Reza Salehi Amiri, Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism

    Rural heritage, global meaning: Iran’s villages as beacons of cultural sustainability

    Today, as the UN Tourism Organization inscribed the three Iranian villages of Shafi’ Abad in Kerman, Kandolus in Mazandaran, and Sohaili on Qeshm Island among the Best Tourism Villages of the World 2025, a new chapter opened in the cultural diplomacy of our nation — a chapter in which rural life itself becomes a message to the world.

  • Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova 2025-06-11 21:28

    Olga Lyubimova, Russia's Minister of Culture, speaks exclusively to Tehran Times

    Bridging cultures: Russia, Iran reinforce ties through cultural diplomacy 

    TEHRAN – As Iran hosts the ongoing Russia’s Cultural Week, Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova is currently in Tehran to participate in the event. In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times, she discussed how this cultural celebration aims to deepen the ties and foster closer collaboration between Russia and Iran.

  • salehi 2025-06-08 17:15

    Iranophobia must be neutralized through cultural diplomacy: tourism minister

    TEHRAN--Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Reza Salehi-Amiri says that the U.S.-led project of Iranophobia must be effectively neutralized through a strategic approach rooted in cultural diplomacy, stressing Iran’s unparalleled civilizational heritage and its distinguished position in human history.

  • Iran calls for balanced tourism exchange with Turkey 2025-04-26 17:43

    Iran calls for balanced tourism exchange with Turkey

    TEHRAN - Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, has highlighted a significant imbalance in tourism exchanges between Iran and Turkey, calling for a strategic review of policies to achieve a more equitable flow of tourists between the two nations.

  • Salehi-Amiri: Sadi’s language, a means of cultural diplomacy 2025-04-20 18:01

    Salehi-Amiri: Sadi’s language, a means of cultural diplomacy

    TEHRAN - The culture and language of great Iranian poet Sadi Shirazi stems from identity of Iranians, said Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri on Saturday.

  • Anthony Shirley's portrait restored and unveiled at Ali Qapu Palace 2024-11-30 17:56

    Anthony Shirley's portrait restored and unveiled at Ali Qapu Palace

    TEHRAN - A historic wall painting depicting the English diplomat Sir Anthony Shirley (1565–1635) has been restored and returned to its original location at the centuries-old Ali Qapu Palace in Isfahan.

  • Indian ambassador hails Nowruz as a global celebration of cultural unity 2024-03-27 13:27

    Indian ambassador hails Nowruz as celebration of cultural unity

    TEHRAN - Indian ambassador to Iran, Rudra Gaurav Shresth, has admired Nowruz, the venerable Persian New Year celebration, as one of the most significant festivities worldwide.

  • Expert lauds Beijing’s exhibit of Persian arts as a beacon of soft diplomacy 2024-01-14 17:07

    Expert lauds Beijing’s exhibit of Persian arts as a beacon of soft diplomacy

    TEHRAN – On Sunday, Iranian cultural heritage expert Seyyed Mohammad Beheshti expressed his enthusiasm for arranging a loan exhibition of Persian treasures in China, calling it an impressive example of cultural diplomacy.

  • Relics recovered from France, UK on show at Tehran museum 2023-08-28 18:05

    Relics recovered from France, UK on show at Tehran museum

    TEHRAN – To mark a triumph of cultural diplomacy, the National Museum of Iran has put on show a number of smuggled relics recovered from France and the UK.