Homeland

An Iranian official says unauthorized accommodations housing Chinese tourists in Tehran have been temporarily shut down, but no lodgings have been sealed.

The city of Marivan in western Iranian province Kordestan has been blanketed by heavy snow in recent weeks.

Many tourists annually visit the beautiful salt dome and ponds located near the city of Qom in central Iran.

Jordan Burroughs, the well-known American freestyle wrestler, says he is “confident that if Trump ever visited Iran, he’d learn a lot about the people and come back to the US with a newfound appreciation for the Persians.”

The recent heavy rainfall in southern Iran have breathed a new life into several shrinking wetlands and lakes including Maharloo Lake, near Shiraz.

Gary Lewis, the United Nations resident coordinator in Iran, says the central Iranian city of Kashan, with a culture even richer than that of Isfahan, is one of the best places one can visit.

Every spring, migratory starlings head to Russia and end up in Aral Sea; however, they won’t arrive in there this year as they die on their way across Iran.

A young Iranian couple are traveling around Iran to visit deprived areas and collect donations for the poor using social media.

The famous architecture website Arch Daily has reviewed the geometry and materials used in Iranian architecture and its fantastic use of brick or adobe elements.

Tehran's tourism authority plans to launch the much-touted "hop-on hop-off" bus tours of the city before the two-week Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays start on March 21.

An Iranian lawmaker stated that to protect Iran’s environment and rare species, the government has to raise the public awareness on this subject.

The managing director of an Italian company has promised to repair Masoudieh Palace, one of the oldest mansions in Tehran, for free in case it is commissioned to repair and utilize a number of Iranian caravanserais.

Heavy snowfall and rainfall affected some 28 provinces, mainly in northern and western parts of Iran, on Monday with temperatures plunging to below zero.

The final round of a cable ski tournament was held in Kish Island, southern Iran, on Friday.

A huge number of desert tourists are visiting the Loot Desert in southeastern Iran.

Pir Shalyar is a three-day ancient ceremony held twice a year in Western Iran in mid-spring and mid-winter. Attending the mystic ceremony is of great significance, and many tourists from Iran and abroad make their way to the city each year.

While Iranian officials have decided to reciprocate Trump’s visa ban by prohibiting the Americans from entering the Islamic Republic, Iran’s tourism industry does not seem to be benefiting from such a move.

Iran’s Shiraz, the Youth Capital of OIC, hosted the opening ceremony of the “Shiraz - OIC Youth Capital 2017”, an important international programme serving development and unity of youth of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) geography.

A group of Iran’s top academicians have called on the administration in Tehran to respond to the new US entry ban on Iranian citizens with an innovative approach different from Washington’s discriminatory policies.

The executive director of the 10th edition of the Tehran International Tourism Exhibition said 21 countries will participate in the upcoming expo.

Iran has a very rich history with which the Indians can connect very well, said the Indian envoy to Iran in an exclusive interview, highlighting the cultural and historical ties between the two nations.

The Islamic Republic of Iran played host to the 17th International Convention of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Association (WFTGA) from January 28 to February 1, with 320 tourist guides visiting the beauties of the country.

Heartbreaking photos have emerged of starved lions and bears kept chained up by the ISIS terrorist group in the battle-torn Mosul, northern Iraq.

An Iranian family is leading a caravan that travels across the country to inform people about the lives of critically-endangered Asiatic cheetahs.

While US President Donald Trump has banned Iranian citizens from entering the US, the well-known home-sharing company Airbnb has lauded Iran’s beauty and Iranian people’s hospitality, pledging support for the travellers harmed by Trump’s visa ban.