Society and Culture

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.

Cultural Heritage

Once upon a time, Isfahan’s Naqshe Jahan Square

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Naqshe Jahan Square is one of the oldest squares in Isfahan and one of the most beautiful monuments registered in UNESCO.
Cultural Heritage

Iran Tourism Minister visits historical sites in Yazd

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Seyyed Ezzatollah Zarghami, Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism has visited the Qanat of Zarch in the Iranian province of Yazd.
Sport

Iran footballer Taremi second-best striker in Portuguese league

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Iranian footballer Mehdi Taremi was selected as the second-best striker in the first half of the Portuguese league after the striker of the Benfica football team.
Food

Famous delicacies of Ardabil Province

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When we hear Ardabil souvenirs and food, what comes to mind are the delicious Sabalan Honey, clotted cream and local butter, but this is only a small part of the diverse world of food souvenirs and handicrafts of Ardabil that you can buy during your trip to this province.
Books

Iranian poet, filmmaker dies of COVID-19 at 47

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Iranian poet, author and filmmaker Abtin Baktash has passed away at the age of 47 as a result of infection with COVID-19.
Sport

Iranian goalie nominated for best women goalkeeper of 2021

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Iran futsal goalkeeper Farzaneh Tavasoli has been shortlisted for the best women goalkeeper of the world in 2021.
Cinema

Iran actor Payman Maadi among Sundance 2022 jury members

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Iranian actor Payman Maadi has been selected as one of the jury members in the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in the US. The film festival will take place in hybrid format from Jan. 20 to 30.
Art

Color and light combination in dream palace

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A creative artist in the city of Saleh Abad, Hamadan Province, has used colorful pottery fragments to decorate the walls of a house turning it to a palace of light and color.
IFP Exclusive

Number of Persian language learners hits new record in Spain

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In Spain, more people are developing an interest in the Persian language, with the number of learners in the European country setting a new record this year.
Books

Iran leading lexicographer, translator Aryanpour dies at 92

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Mohammad-Reza Arbabi, head of Iran’s Association of Translators and Interpreters, announced the news on Wednesday.
Religion

Iranian VP: Religious minorities made great sacrifices during war

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The Iranian vice president for parliamentary affairs has praised the country’s Armenian minority for their role in defending Iran during Iraq’s imposed war.
Cultural Heritage

Mahyar historical caravanserai, artistic work rarely seen elsewhere

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Mahyar caravanserai is one of the excellent and prominent examples of Safavid architecture style, which is decorated with brickwork, plaster crown molding and tiling.
Books

Sanandaj becomes Iran’s book capital

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Sanandaj, the capital city of Kurdistan Province in western Iran has been selected as the seventh book capital of the country.
Custom

Tehran nights in run up to New Year

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With the New Year fast approaching, some of the neighborhoods of the Iranian capital Tehran are bustling with Christian citizens who are shopping for the festive season.
Custom

New Year celebrations in Isfahan’s Julfa neighborhood, Vank Cathedral

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Members of the Armenian community in the Julfa neighborhood of the Iranian city of Isfahan are celebrating the festive season ahead of the New Year.
IFP Exclusive

Street cleaner returns huge amount in lost cash

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A street cleaner in the Iranian city of Mashhad has returned one million Turkish liras in lost cash along with a 250 million rial check to their owner.
Cinema

Iran short movie wins best foreign film prize at US festival

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Iranian short film "A Poetess" has received the Best Foreign Film award from the jury in the California Women’s Film Festival.
IFP Exclusive

Masoud Kimiai paintings exhibit draws droves of visitors

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An exhibition displaying the paintings of the famous Iranian director Masoud Kimiai has triggered huge enthusiasm among visitors.
Custom

Yalda celebrated at Tehran brick kilns

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Volunteer groups have visited brick kilns in the southern suburbs of the capital Tehran to celebrate with children on the occasion of the last day of the autumn, known as Yalda Night.
Food

“Reshteh Polo”, Yalda Night’s dinner in old Tehran

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Perhaps many among the current residents of Tehran do not know that Reshteh Polo, or Persian noodle rice, has been a regular dinner for old residents of Tehran, who were both gastronomes and good-timers, but at the same time easygoing and frugal, on Yalda Night.
Custom

Welcoming Yalda 1400

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This year, we will celebrate Yalda Night after a very long period of coronavirus restrictions and social distancing.
Cultural Heritage

Tajrish Bazaar on the eve of Yalda Night

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Yalda Night is one of the most important Iranian customs and celebrations that's several thousand years old.
Custom

Yaldā Night with Covid

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In Iranian culture, Yaldā is a symbol of being together on the last night of autumn and a warm reminder of the beginning of the cold season: winter.
Art

Iran Calligraphy Heritage in Malek Musuem

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The 16th session of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris has recognized the “National Program to Safeguard Traditional Art of Calligraphy in Iran” as an intangible heritage.
Cultural Heritage

Old mansion and maritime museum side by side in Bushehr

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The Persian Gulf Sea and Maritime Museum was established at the Kolah Farangi Mansion of the southern Iranian port city of Bushehr in 2008.
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