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Iran Hub of World’s Most Expensive SpiceSaffron is the world’s most expensive spice, used to give a golden yellow color to food and its distinct flavor. A National Geographic report surveyed the crocus fields of Iran, where more than 90% of the world’s saffron are produced. Saffron is known as the most valuable plant in the world and has been growing in Iran for thousands of y ...
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Artist’s Inner World on Display at Azad Art Gallery
‘What’s in Your Head?’ is the name of a solo exhibit by Iranian painter, video artist, filmmaker and photographer Samira Eskandarfar which is currentl ...
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Sepehri artwork breaks record at Tehran Auction
An untitled work from Sohrab Sepehri’s Tree Trunk series sold for 31 billion rials (over $800,000) at the Tehran Auction Friday evening, breaking a re ...
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Yazd inscribed as UNESCO heritage site
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added the historical texture of Yazd in central Iran to its list of worl ...
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Haddadi clinches gold at Asian Athletics Championship
Iranian discus thrower managed to claim his sixth Asian title by landing first at 2017 Asian Athletics Championship underway in India. With a seaso ...
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Plan to Increase Greenhouse Cultivation Area
The government plans to increase the area under greenhouse cultivation in Iran to 48,000 hectares within the next 10 years, a deputy agriculture minis ...
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Iran’s auto sector to rise GDP share by 70%
The share of Iran’s auto industry in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to rise by 70 percent in the current Iranian calendar yea ...
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Iran’s 2016 oil exports up over 77%: OPEC
Iran’s oil exports in 2016 reached 1.921 million barrels per day (bpd), a 77.6 percent rise compared to 2015, according to OPEC’s latest Annual Statis ...
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Iran Plans Direct Shipping Route to Qatar
Iran’s Valfajr Shipping Company is planning to establish a direct marine route from the Persian Gulf port of Bushehr to Qatar in the next two weeks. A ...
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Major book center opens in Tehran
A major center for publications named the Tehran Book Garden, covering an area of 110,000 square meters on Abbasabad Hills in the northeast of the cit ...