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The Iranian villages of Soheili, Kandolus, and Shafiabad have been officially recognized and added to the UN World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Best Tourism Villages Network during a ceremony held in Hangzhou, China.
The funeral ceremony of Saeed Mozaffari, renowned voice actor and dubbing director, was held on Friday morning at the Artists’ Section of Behesht Zahra Cemetery in Tehran.
Iranian feature film “In the Embrace of the Tree” has been named Best Feature Film at the 6th Muslim International Film Festival (MIFF), held in Toronto from October 10 to 13.
More than a decade after the competition, United World Wrestling (UWW) has officially declared Iran as the team champion of the 2015 World Freestyle Wrestling Championships, following the confirmation of doping violations by prominent Russian wrestler Abdusalom Gadisov.
Celebrated Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter Nasser Taghvai, best known for directing the classic television series My Uncle Napoleon, has passed away at the age of 84.
Mohammad Kasebi, a prominent Iranian film and television actor, has passed away at the age of 75 after a long illness, his daughter announced on Sunday.
The Iranian men's national weightlifting team claimed the team world championship title after eight years, bringing a significant honor to Iranian sports.
The Iranian women’s national volleyball team clinched their first major international title on Sunday, defeating host Uzbekistan 3–0 to become champions of the Central Asia Women’s Volleyball Championship.
Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri has described the ancient Persian festival of Mehregan as a manifestation of compassion, justice, and peaceful coexistence, calling it a reminder of humanity’s shared cultural wisdom.
Hossein Bajelvand claimed a gold medal in the men’s discus throw at the World Para Athletics Championships in India, marking Iran’s fourth gold medal of the tournament.
The 4,850-meter peak of Alam-Kuh, along with the surrounding Takht-e Soleyman heights, was blanketed in white as the first snowfall of the season touched the towering mountains on the third day of autumn.
Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Payam Ahmadi, who once drew attention for selling goods on the streets of Izeh, southern Iran, despite already holding a world medal, has once again reached the podium—this time with a silver medal at the 2025 World Championships in the 55kg category.
Farmers in Ghazavieh, a village in the central district of Karun County in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan Province, have begun harvesting dates from the area’s palm groves.
Iran has written a new chapter in wrestling history by winning both the freestyle and Greco-Roman world championships at the same time for the first time.
Funeral ceremonies were held on Friday for Samineh Baghcheban, a pioneering author and educator of deaf children, at the historic Baghcheban School for the Deaf in Tehran.
Iran has chosen the feature film Cause of Death: Unknown as its official submission to the 2026 Academy Awards, the Farabi Cinema Foundation announced on Tuesday.
Alaeddin Yassini, a veteran Iranian Kurdish musician and master of the daf, passed away on Thursday night at the age of 58, Iran’s Music Association announced.
The Farabi Cinema Foundation has announced the first shortlist of ten films under consideration to represent Iran at the 2026 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category.
Residents across Iran observed a rare astronomical spectacle on Sunday night, as the longest total lunar eclipse of the century cast a mesmerizing glow over the country’s skies.
The ancient site of Persepolis in southern Iran hosted a landmark cultural event, as the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra performed to mark its 100th anniversary.
The 82nd Venice International Film Festival concluded with the announcement of its award winners, where Iranian filmmaker Bahram Beyzaie’s classic Bashu, the Little Stranger received the prize for Best Restored Film in the festival’s Venice Classics section.
