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Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Site `Persepolis’
For years in the course of the Achaemenid Period, Persepolis used to function as the administrative capital of Iranian Empire. By 330 BC, Alexander, the Macedonian, the Greek commander, attacked Iran and set Persepolis on fire. A major portion of the Achaemenid cultural and artistic heritage, including books, was destr ...
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Unesco’s World Heritage listed Iranian Works
Prince Bayasanghor’s Book of the Kings (Shāhnāme) Shāhnāme (“Iranian Book of Kings”) comprises a collection of epical poems by the great Iranian po ...
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Summer festival to highlight rural heritage in Gilan
Gilan province is to hold a summer festival, which turns the spotlight on rural heritage, traditions, arts and architecture in the northern province. ...
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Iranian gardens, imaginative symbols of paradise on earth ( Video )
Iranian gardens have for nearly 6,000 years combined the beauty of nature with the aesthetic qualities of art and architecture to create a symbolic re ...
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Study shows traveler safety in Iran matches Europe
A new report on global security has portrayed Iran as safe as much of western Europe for travelers in what could be an evidence that the country’s tou ...
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Tappe Sialk in central Iran, assumed birthplace of oldest civilization
Arghavan Shamsara : With a history of nearly over 8,000 years, Tappe Sialk prehistoric site in Iran’s central city of Kashan in Esfahan Province is b ...
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Tabriz Bazaar world’s largest roofed traditional market
By Arghavan Shamsara : The Grand Bazaar of Tabriz in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz is known as the largest roofed Bazaar in the world and th ...
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Old Caravansary Near Tehran Reopens to Public
As an ignored but high-potential province in terms of tourism, Alborz is gradually receiving officials’ attention in keeping with a drive to develop t ...
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Ardebil, a getaway from the scorching hot days
Maryam Qarehgozlou: The summer has set in for a few days now and the blazing, baking sun seems to be always shining in the cloudless sky and you could ...
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Tabriz Inaugurated as 2018 Islamic Tourism Capital
Tabriz 2018 was informally initiated on Thursday but the official ceremony is to be held on March 23 in the presence of the President Hassan Rouhani a ...