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All the items and stories that focus on cultural and social issues in such fields as art, food, handicrafts, religion, customs and traditions, women, cultural heritage, book, lifestyle, and tourism.

Art

Marmar Palace, Iran’s Museum of Art

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Marmar Palace, is one of the historical palaces of Tehran and a major tourism attraction, which was built in 1934 on an order by the then Iranian ruler Reza Shah.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Natural tourist attractions of Qom

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The tourist natural sceneries of the Iranian city of Qom, in southern Tehran, include pristine and unique places in the heart of the desert of which many in Iran are not aware.
Food

Persian Haleem: A Yummy, Nutritious Meal for Fast-Breaking

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Haleem, a stew-like Middle Eastern dish, is a traditional and very nutritious meal.
Custom

The traditional ritual of Gargee’an in the month of Ramadan

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Gargee’an, or qarqee’an, is the name of a popular ritual among Arabs in Iran’s Khouzestan and Hormozgan, and in Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia (Ahsa and Qatif), and the United Arab Emirates.
Music

Iranian musician Keyhan Kalhor returns with new performances after Covid

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Keyhan Kalhor, Iranian music composer and the famous player of Persian string musical instruments, kamancheh and setar, is going to hold his international tour of concerts after a long time of inactivity due to the Covid pandemic.
Cinema

Iranian filmmaker to contest Cannes Film festival with “Leyla’s Brothers”

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The director of the Iranian movie “Just 6.5” will attend the Cannes Film festival’s competition section with his new film “Leyla’s Brothers”.
Religion

Exhibitions of handwritten copies of Quran in Shiraz tourist attractions

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During this year’s holy month of Ramadan, an exhibition has kicked off in the city of Shiraz that has put on display 40 handwritten copies of the Quran and prayers dating back to the 5th to 14th centuries in the Jahan Nama Garden Museum and Delgosha Garden Museum.
Handicrafts

Artifacts returned from France to Iran on display

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A collection of 29 historical objects of the period between five thousand years ago and the Islamic era was recently returned to Iran through the efforts of the Iranian cultural counsellor in France.
Food

Tomshi Bread; A Tasty Bread Made of Soil!

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Hormuz, an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf, is home to the only mountain in the world whose soil is edible and is used in making a delicious type of bread, The most important of which is Tomshi bread.
Tourism

Beautiful Iran: The wonderland of Chabahar, lost paradise

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Chabahar is Iran’s only oceanside port which sits off the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean. In the first description of Chabahar, it could be said that it is Iran’s lost paradise.
Tourism

Magnificent Iran; Khormiz castle in Yazd

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Khormiz is a very beautiful old castle in Mehriz, Yazd, which until a hundred years ago was the residence of the people of that area and protected them against the invaders.
Food

Shir berenj; Delicious Traditional Persian Pudding

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The Shir berenj Pudding is a nutritious food commonly served during the evening fast-breaking meals in the holy Islamic month of Ramadan.
Iran in Pictures

Symbolic polo game played in Isfahan’s iconic field

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Symbolic polo competitions have been held at Naqshe-Jahan, a major square in the central Iranian city of Isfahan to commemorate Nowruz, which marks the beginning of the Persian New Year.
Custom

Iranians observe Sizdah Be-dar, the Day of Nature

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Sizdah Be-dar is the last festival in the Nowruz festivities in Iran that come after Khaaneh Tekani, Charshanbe Suri, Tahvile Saal (beginning of the new year), Haft Seen and Nowruz family visits.
Music

Vocalist Ghorbani: Military service in IRGC behind ban on entry to US

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Iranian traditional vocalist Alireza Ghorbani , who was recently refused entry to the US for a sold-out performance, says his lawyers believe he may have been barred due to his mandatory military service in the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in 1990.
Local

Parachutists jump off Tehran’s Milad Tower to mark Islamic Republic Day

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Parachutists have jumped off Tehran’s Milad Tower, Iran’s tallest, to mark the anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Republic, which followed the ouster of the Pahlavi monarchy in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Cinema

Female Iranian filmmakers, actresses condemn ‘sexual violence’ in cinema

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Iranian female filmmakers and actresses have issued a statement to condemn what they have called violence against women in the country’s cinema.
Music

Iranian parliament speaker hails young man for his art

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Iran’s parliament speaker has praised an Iranian youth from southern Iran who sang a rural song at the TV reality show Asre Jadid (The New Age).
Tourism

Iran tourism: Halabeh, a pristine and beautiful region in Kermanshah

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Chalabeh is inside the Bistun Protected Area and is at the foothill of Perav Mountain in the city of Kermanshah in western Iran. 
Food

Kaak recipe: How to prepare the traditional cookies

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Kaak is one of the traditional and delicious cookies of Kermanshah that is made of very delicate layers and thin dough along with sugar, cinnamon, and cardamom.
Tourism

Nowruz mood in Isfahan’s historical Naqsh-e Jahan Square

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Naqsh-e Jahan Square is one of the main tourist attractions of Iran’s central city of Isfahan.
Custom

‘Carnival of Joy’ marks Nowruz across Iran’s Semnan Province

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A festive carnival, called the Carnival of Joy, has been travelling across Iran’s north-central province of Semnan, as Iranians are celebrating the start of spring and the Persian New Year.
Tourism

Rally of classic cars in Isfahan

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A classic car rally was held on Tuesday simultaneously with Nowruz from Isfahan’s Khaju Square to Chaharbagh Abbasi, and these cars were put on display after drawing up Chaharbagh.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Golestan Province in full spring bloom

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These days, every corner of the northern Iranian Province of Golestan is covered with pink, blue, purple, yellow and green blooms and scents of trees are everywhere in the air.
Custom

Nowruz in Kurdistan’s Poloureh Village

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Poloureh is a village in the Sarshiv area of Marivan County in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan.
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