Iran in Pictures

New Year shoppers throng Grand Bazzar of Tehran in last-minute shopping sprees

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Iranians are getting ready to ring in the Persian New Year, Nowruz. Shopping centers, in particular, are seething with people, who are bustling around stores to buy the items they need.
Iran in Pictures

Iranians on shopping sprees as countdown to Persian New Year begins

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With the Persian New Year, Nowruz, just around the corner, Iranians go on shopping sprees and spend much time outdoors at bazaars and markets.
Incidents

107 people killed in road accidents in Iran over past three days

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Iranian traffic police say 107 Nowruz passengers have been killed in road crashes countrywide over the past three days. The commander of the Traffic Police Information and Control Center said the death toll is down compared to last year.
Nature and Wildlife

Iranian official: Lake Urmia’s water level drops

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An Iranian official with energy ministry says, a new survey shows Lake Urmia’s water, in western Iran, has considerably dropped compared to last year.
Cultural Heritage

Smuggled Iranian antiquities return home, displayed at Iran Natl. Museum

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Ancient pottery originally unearthed in the western Iranian region of Bookan, has been put on show at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran, after being returned home from Switzerland.
Custom

The rituals of Chaharshanbe Suri

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They say old timers believed that the ashes from Chaharshanbe Suri were ominous. Also, families whose loved ones were ill or who had a wish made a vow and cooked āsh.
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Chaharshanbe Suri and spoon-banging-Hamedan

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Chaharshanbe Suri is one of the most ancient and beautiful traditional festivals of Iran. This festival has been celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year since ancient times up until now. Chaharshanbe Suri is very popular among Iranians and is marked across the country.
Iran in Pictures

Nowruz Global Ritual held in western Iran

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A ceremony dubbed Nowruz Global Ritual has started in the tourism route of western Iran aimed at introducing the customs of this ancient occasion in the presence of different Iranian ethnic groups and guests from UNESCO in Hamadan as the capital of Iranian history and civilization.
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Iran’s Kurdish village welcomes spring

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Locals in the western Iranian village of Palangan, in Kurdistan Province have held their annual spring festival to mark the coming of the Persian New Year.
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Tehran holds ceremony celebrating Nowruz

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The Iranian capital Tehran has held a ceremony featuring traditional music and arts to celebrate Nowruz, a festival that marks the Persian New Year.
Healthcare

Iran receives 2.2mn doses of Astrazeneca shots donated by Germany

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Iran’s Customs Administration says a shipment of 2.2 million doses of Germany-donated Astrazeneca Covid-19 shots has entered the country.
Iran in Pictures

Nowruz traditions: Goldfish, guests at Haft Seen tables

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Nowruz is one of the most beautiful and lasting traditions of Iranians and ethnic Iranians, which is marked across the world. Nowruz rituals ranging from Haji Firuz, Chaharshanbe Suri and New Year house-cleaning to Haft Seen and visits to relatives’ houses and Sizdah Bedar have evolved over a span of thousands of years and are observed with slight differences at each corner of the Iranian lands.
Iran in Pictures

Nowruz Khani, a tradition marking arrival of spring in Guilan

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One of the traditional customs and rituals in Guilan Province is Nowruz Khani – or singing to mark Persian New Year, Nowruz.
Custom

Noruz Khani ancient tradition in Iran’s Mazandaran Province

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Noruz Khani is a traditional song that has been sung since ancient times in many Iranian cities since the middle of the Persian month of Esfand (around March 6).
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Pics: Iran villagers begin spring house cleaning before Nowruz

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With Nowruz or the Persian New Year just around the corner, Iranian villagers, like other compatriots, begin spring house cleaning, called Khooneh Tekooni in the Persian language, a national tradition marked by almost all Iranians every year prior to the turn of the season.
Food

Recipe for Tahchin

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Tahchin, which is usually served as a main dish, can be cooked with different fillings.
Tourism

Sa’adat, a historical school in Iran’s Bushehr

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The National Day of Bushehr coincides with the anniversary of the founding of Sa’adat School in the southern Iranian port city.
Nature and Wildlife

Single surviving W Siberian crane flying back home after spending winter in Iran

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The world’s sole surviving Western Siberian crane has started migrating back to its habitat after spending 115 days of the winter in Fereydoonkenar in the northern province of Mazandaran.
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Tabriz hosts giant colored eggs festival

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A park in the Iranian city of Tabriz is hosting a festival of large colored Nowruz eggs.
Tourism

Tajrish bustling in run up to Nowruz

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The Iranian New Year is fast approaching and the festive mood can be felt in the streets of the capital in the run up to Nowruz.
Nature and Wildlife

Red Beach of Hormuz Island in the Persian Gulf

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Hormuz Island spans an area of 42 square kilometers and is located in the Persian Gulf, 16 kilometers off the coasts of Bandar Abbas.
Nature and Wildlife

Iran tourism attractions: Beris, a port village in southeast

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Beris is a village 60 km east of Chabahar in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province.
Nature and Wildlife

Wives of foreign ambassadors in tree planting day ceremony

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The tree planting day ceremony was held on Sunday at the Center for Political and International Studies of Iran’s Foreign Ministry. The Iranian foreign minister’s wife, the families of the Foreign Ministry’s martyrs and the wives of foreign ambassadors residing in Tehran attended the event.
Energy

Leader calls for development of clean energies, protection of environment

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Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has called for the necessity of developing clean energy resources.
Tourism

President Raisi visits sole Iranian island of Caspian Sea

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During a trip to northern Golestan Province, President Ebrahim Raisi has paid a visit to the only island of the Caspian Sea’s Iranian coast, where a project is underway to promote ecotourism infrastructure.
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