Italian photographer Massimo Rumi spent a month travelling around the breathtaking ancient mosques and bazaars of Iran, and took stunning photos of Islamic buildings, which show how Persian architects used science and math in their works.
An Iranian artist from Isfahan, a city in central Iran and the birthplace of many visual artists, have drawn beautiful traditional patterns on ostrich eggs.
Each year when the cold seasons arrive, Iranian wetlands turn to a haven for migratory birds crossing the country. These guests stay in Iran until early March.
People in northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan are used to heavy snowfalls in late autumn and early winter. This year, a snowman festival has attracted many people in the provincial capital of Tabriz.
In the first days of winter, several Iranian provinces were covered with snow, and many schools were shut down in such provinces as Ardabil, East Azarbaijan, Zanjan, and Kordestan in Northwestern and Western Iran.
Kashan is a city in Isfahan Province, central Iran. With an approximate population of 300,000, the small city attracts thousands of Iranian and foreign tourists each year.
Gilan province, with mostly mountainous, green and forested areas, is located in the north of Iran and lies along the Caspian Sea. It is beautiful all year round, especially in autumn.
The St. Stepanos Monastery, located about 11 km northwest of Jolfa in East Azerbaijan Province, is the second most important Armenian monastery in Iran.
Zizi is a village lying 50 kilometres west of the city of Yasuj, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, in southwest of Iran where most people are farmers and sheep farmers.
These days, people in many cities of Iran are living in sub-zero temperature. The severe cold has frozen many fountains and waterfalls across the country, including the one in Hamadan, one of the coldest cities of Iran.
A bright shining supermoon illuminated the skies around the world on Monday evening, creating a stunning view owing to the moon's closest distance to planet Earth in the past seven decades.
Various Iranian news outlets have published photos of Iran’s beautiful nature in autumn. Here are photos of seven different regions collected from three sources.
Central Iranian city of Isfahan was selected as the cultural capital of Muslim world in 2006, and the capital of Iranian-Islamic culture and civilization in 2009. With a number of UNESCO World Heritage sites, it receives millions of Iranian and foreign tourists each year.
