An Iranian local official has taken a swipe at certain Arab governments, particularly the United Arab Emirates, for obstructing the efforts to inscribe windcatcher, a traditional Iranian architecture, in the UNESCO World Heritage list.
The House-Turned-Museum of Bazaar, which once used to be the house of Sultan Beigom Shojaee – the sister-in-law of the last Qajar King, Ahmad Shah – is one of the 1001 must-see libraries in the world.
Some plant fossils dating back to several million years ago have been found in north-west of Iran, says the Head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department of Meshginshahr in Ardabil province
The history of Zargari or the manufacturing of jewels in Iran’s historical city of Yazd dates back to two thousand years ago based on reliable evidence.
Kharg or Khark Island is an inhabited island with great economic significance in the Persian Gulf, southern Iran, home to natural, historical beauties.
After three stages of excavations, archaeologists have launched a final exploration mission to discover the lost temple of Laodicea in Iran’s western city of Nahavand in Hamadan province.
Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) says the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago is ready to deliver another batch of the remaining Achaemenid inscriptions in its possession to Iran.
Iran has unveiled an old manuscript of the holy Quran, which is attributed to Imam Ali, the first Shiite Imam, and considered one of the oldest and most complete manuscripts of the holy book.
Firefighters have managed to contain a fire that engulfed the grand bazaar of Tabriz, a world heritage site and the world’s largest covered bazaar, on Wednesday night.
Following the heavy rains across Iran during the past few weeks, water has started flowing again beneath the historical Barrage of Amir or Band-e-Amir, located in Marvdasht near the ruins of Persepolis in Fars province, after many years of drought.
The Solomon Prison or Demon Prison is a 100-metre cone-shaped hill with a horrible hole inside and a strange story, located in Iran’s West Azarbaijan province.
Golestan Palace is a magnificent structure in Tehran whose construction dates back to the Safavid era, about 440 years ago, but has been renovated for several times in the following centuries.
Dehdashti Mansion, also known as the Oil House, is said to be one of the first residential towers of Iran located in the centre of the southern city of Bushehr.
