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Water shortage in Iran has become so acute that people in some cities have held public prayer sessions for rain. Meanwhile, the photo of a man supplicating for rain has received more attention.  

An Iranian expert has been the first inventor in the world to develop quake-resistant easy-to-erect buildings made of light, inexpensive nano-materials.

The Iranian city of Tabriz, the capital of Islamic tourism in 2018, is to host a car rally attended by women from Muslim countries in the coming months.

Iranian artists are set to take part in the Gift Show 2018 in the Japanese capital Tokyo.

The Iranian government plans to adopt new measures to attract 20 million foreign tourists annually in the near future.

The people of Bushehr in southern Iran have gone into mourning for the victims of the Iranian oil tanker Sanchi in their own traditional way.

After registering three churches in the World Heritage List, Iran is trying to add other Armenian cathedrals like Isfahan's "Vank" to this list.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has attended Vienna Tourism Exhibition (Ferien Messe Wien) for the third consecutive year held in the Austrian capital on January 11 and 12.

The National Iranian Carpet Centre has participated for the first time in the Cologne International Interiors Show (imm), whose 69th edition opened on Monday, January 15.

In a recent discovery, archaeologists have found carvings on a 5,000-year-old stone in Iran’s central Isfahan province.

An Italian daily newspaper has described the historic city of Yazd in central Iran as one of the major cultural heritage sites registered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Iran is set to take part in Fitur Tourism Fair which is slated to be held from January 17 to 20 in the Spanish capital Madrid.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister says the nationals of 180 countries in the world can receive their visas in the southern Iranian island of Qeshm within just 20 minutes.

Sorkhroud wetland in Mazandaran province, northern Iran, is hosting migratory swans who arrive from cold regions in certain months of the year.

Tarikhaneh Mosque is an ancient site in the central Iranian city of Damghan. Initially a Zoroastrian temple, the monument was built more than two thousand years ago.

Iranian and Iraqi delegations have discussed ways to modernize the tourism systems, particularly medical tourism mechanisms, in their respective countries.

Piazoo, a traditional food usually made in the Iranian city of Zanjan, is yet another Persian dish that tastes good and is worth trying.

The Azmighan village in northeastern Iran is a marvel of nature and a unique tourist attraction.

An Iranian official says the country is prepared to help the Baghdad government preserve a number of historic sites in Iraq that used to be part of the Iranian territory before the 1975 border demarcation.

Delegations from Iran and Qatar have sat for talks in Kish Island over ways to boost tourism relations between the two sides in the southern Iranian island.

Iranian cultural heritage officials single out the “Tabriz 2018” as the most significant event in the country’s tourism sector this year.

A group of German archaeologists are expected to visit Iran for three weeks with the aim of getting more familiar with the country’s ancient culture.

A tourist rally is slated to be held in late February, 2018, along a 2,000-km route between two holy cities in Iran and Iraq.

Following the recent earthquake in Tehran, some real estate agencies in the Iranian capital are boasting of offering houses that are resistant to magnitude-9 quakes.

As the Turkish police tightened security in the countdown to New Year’s Eve one year after a gunman killed 39 people in Istanbul, the Iranian Embassy in Ankara warned nationals to avoid unnecessary trips to the country or stay away from crowded and insecure areas.