The tradition of carrying torches on the eve of Ashura, the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, is annually observed in the Iranian city of Qom in commemoration of the fire that burned Imam Hussein's tent in Karbala tragedy.
The water inflow to the salt lake of Howz Soltan in Qom, central Iran, has increased this year due to the abundant spring rainfall, making the red-coloured lake almost full of water.
While Iranian people are being urged to stay at home to prevent furious spread of the novel coronavirus, two earthquakes in Qom and Bandar Abbas have made some reconsider their decision.
21 of the coronavirus patients have recovered and are discharged from the hospitals in the Iranian holy city of Qom, the hub of outbreak in the country.
The high amount of precipitation in central Iran this year has revived the desert lake of Howz-e Soltan located along the Qom-Saveh road in central Iran, doubling the area of its surface water compared with the previous year.
Iran’s Qom province has a wonderful scenery these days after record rainfall during this spring ended a water crisis that lasted almost a decade and led to drought and a sharp decline in underground water levels.
When the downpours increase at the beginning of spring, gorgeous poppy flowers bloom in a vast field located on Tehran-Qom highway, 25 kilometres to the holy city of Qom in central Iran.
Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran will overcome the sanctions the US has reinstated following its withdrawal from the nuclear deal and achieve an “unprecedented” victory.
The three-month closure of currency exchange offices in the holy city of Qom in central Iran has prompted many ordinary people and even foreign pilgrims to turn to the city’s streets to exchange their money and even earn a livelihood.
One of the attractions of the religious city of Qom in central Iran is the handicrafts. As the city is a pilgrimage destination, it can accommodate many Iranian and foreign travellers, and the handicrafts market in the heart of the city could be very thriving.
Each year in Ramadan Muslim people across the world mark the ‘Night of Destiny’ or ‘Laylat al-Qadr’ when the holy Qur’an was first revealed to the Muslim Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Qom Salt Rock, located 15 kilometres from the city of Qom in the southwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran, is one of the most beautiful natural attractions of Qom province.
Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, was so interested in the classes of one of his teachers that he turned down an offer by top British officials to go to the UK and teach philosophy classes there.
