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Nature and Wildlife

Harvesting spring-time chai (tea) plants in Iran’s north

IFP Editorial Staff -
It’s already mid-spring, and the chai (tea) farmers in Iran’s bountiful north are harvesting what is known as spring-time chai plants.
Food

Two Iranian dips classified among world’s 50 best: Taste Atlas

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Taste Atlas, a well-known encyclopedia of local food, traditional restaurants, and authentic recipes across the world has named Iranian ‘Kashke Bademjan’ and ‘Mast-o-Khiar’ on its list of the world’s 50 best dips.
Tourism

Tourist visits to Iran increased four times in 2022: Tourism body

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Figures released by the World Tourism Organization show a 315-percent rise in the number of tourist visits to Iran last year.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Saqalaksar in Iran’s littoral spells visitors

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Saqalaksar Village, 15 kilometers to the south of the Iranian city of Rasht, in Gilan Province, has a particular feature. An embankment dam in the village in northern Iran, has provided an exquisite tourist attraction, looking almost like a natural lake.
Handicrafts

Ikat, an 800-year-old art, in Iran’z Yazd

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Ikat (Daraee, Persian word for asset) is one of the beautiful and unique hand-woven fabrics produced in the Iranian city of Yazd. The industry is known as Ikat weaving. They make the fabric using natural silk and very beautiful geometric designs and pictures.
Culture

Iran’s Ferdowsi, poet of Book of Kings, commemorated in Tous

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Abolqassem Ferdowsi, the late tenth-century Persian poet who composed the great epic The Book of Kings, or Shahnameh, has been commemorated during an event at his tomb in the historical city of Tous, in northeastern Iran.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Behind the dam, an island

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Shahid Abbaspour Dam, or Karoun 1 Dam, is one of Iran’s biggest, built on the Karoun River in Khouzestan Province in southwestern Iran.
Tourism

Iran tourism: World’s largest fresh water spring in Marivan

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Marivan, a city in Iran’s western province of Kordestan, is home to the world’s largest fresh water spring.
Sport

Iran crowned champions at 2023 Asian Weightlifting

IFP Media Wire -
Iran's weightlifting team became champion at the 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in South Korea.
Society

Iranians celebrate national festival of twins in Zanjan

IFP Editorial Staff -
Large numbers of Iranian twins, triplets, and multiples gather in the city of Zanjan, northwest of the capital Tehran, to celebrate the national festival of twins.
Books

‘Future is readable’: Iran capital hosts 34th edition of Tehran Int. Book Fair

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The 34th edition of the annual Tehran International Book Fair opens doors to reading enthusiasts and book lovers in the Iranian capital, bringing together thousands of Iranian and foreign publishers.
Music

Iranian pop singer Hossein Zaman dies of cancer at 63

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iranian pop music singer Hossein Zaman loses his battle with cancer and dies at the age of 63.
Sport

Intl. Wrestling Tournament, Takhti Cup

IFP Editorial Staff -
The 43rd round of the Takhti Championships was held on Monday morning (May 8, 2023) in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Sport

Iran runners-up at IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s Asia

IFP Media Wire -
The Iranian women's ice hockey team won the vice-champion title of the 2023 Asian championships in Thailand after conceding defeat against the host.
Nature and Wildlife

Tehran International Exhibition of Flowers and Plants

IFP Editorial Staff -
Tehran International Exhibition of Flowers & Plants-19 kicked off on Saturday afternoon (May 6, 2023) in the Gofetgoo Garden in the Iranian capital.
Nature and Wildlife

Snow whitens Iranian town in spring

IFP Editorial Staff -
It is mid-spring in Iran and yet, this northern town in Mazandaran Province has turned white with snow. Savad-Kooh is a mountainous town abounding in wild flowers. Now covered in unexpected snow, the scenery is even more pleasing to the eye.
Sport

Racing all the way south

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Motoring enthusiasts and professionals are racing from the Caspian Sea in Iran’s north all the way to the Persian Gulf in the country’s south.
Nature and Wildlife

The season of tulips in western Iran

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The period between mid-March and mid-May is the perfect season for the growth of tulips, which emerge from the soil on the snow-bearing and rain-producing mountains of Iran’s western Ilam province.
Nature and Wildlife

Video shows two Asiatic cheetah cubs in Iran in good health

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A video clip has emerged showing two Asiatic cheetah cubs in Iran, named Azar and Touran, wrestling playfully and fidgeting around in good health.
Women

Two renowned Iranian actresses sued for not wearing head veil at public event

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A report says renowned Iranian actresses Fatemeh Mo’tamed-Ariya and Afsaneh Baygan face judicial action for not covering their hair at a public event, required under Iran's dress code.
Food

Iranian herbal dish Zeytoon Parvardeh goes global  

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A world food atlas has released a list of 100 herbal dishes, and has selected Zeytoon Parvardeh (marinated olive) of Iran’s Gilan Province as the best item on this list.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Nomadic migration festival

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The first festival of Shah Savan nomads was held on Friday evening (May 8, 2023) in the presence of Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Seyyed Ezzatullah Zarghami and ECO ambassadors in Jafarabad Moghan, Ardabil Province, northwestern Iran.
Tourism

Harvest of roses in north-central Iran

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Every spring, harvest of pink roses begins in May and goes until the end of the season in Iran’s north-central and central regions.
Sport

Iranian soccer player dies of cardiac arrest on football pitch 

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A young Iranian soccer player has died of cardiac arrest on a football pitch in the province of Mazandaran, northern Iran.
Nature and Wildlife

Spring nature of Chalus Mountains, northern Iran

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More than one month into the spring, forest trees are blossoming and leafing out in the heights of Chalus, in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran.
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