the 20 of April is “Saadi’s Day” in IRAN. Many lovers of the great Persian poet Saadi gather at his grave in Shiraz and read his poetry. Saadi distinguished between the spiritual and the practical or mundane aspects of life. In his Bustan, for example, spiritual Saadi uses the mundane world as a spring board…
By David Sim: The lifting of sanctions on Iran as a result of its nuclear deal with world powers could result in a huge tourism boom. Iran made it on to the top destination lists of major publications such as The Financial Times and The Guardian in 2015 thanks to sights that include 2,500-year-old ruins…
The New York Times, By ELAINE GLUSAC FEB. 8, 2016- Tourism in Iran is already popular with Europeans. Iranian officials told The Associated Press last fall that about five million foreign travelers visited Iran in 2014, and that the country aims to attract 20 million tourists, spending $30 billion, by 2025. Among growth signs, Air…
The plane – an A330 – in Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA). It is carrying the French Transport Minister Alain Vidal as well as the CEOs of Air France and Boeing among others. This is the first Air France jet to land in Iran in eight years following a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and…
The opening ceremony of the 5th Symposium of World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies was held Sunday, with the participation of foreign guests and the unveiling of Professor Samii’s statue at Tehran Milad Tower International Conference Center. Photo: Mehr Related posts: Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi in Tehran to restore trade to pre-sanctions level…
Colored glass brightens a serene scene as a woman prays at Nasir al-Mulk mosque in Shiraz, Iran. Completed in 1888, the mosque is one of several in Shiraz, the economic center of southern Iran. Related posts: Persepolis Historical Complex hosts first intl. marathon Beginning of New Persian Year in Pasargadae, Persepolis Time lapse video: Historical…
Visit Iran – 79 reasons and places that will make Iran your next travel destination João Leitão: Iran is an amazing country. Do you have any doubts about it? I know that the general opinion in the West is that Iran is a dangerous country. The NEWS in Europe and the US tell us…
Iranian people in the western city of Marivan in Kurdestan province marked the beginning of New Iranian Year by holding Nowruz celebrations in their own traditional style. Mariwan also known as Qal‘eh-ye Marīvān – “Fort Marivan”; formerly, Dezhe Shahpur, also Romanized as Dezhe Shāhpūr and Dezhe Shapoor is a city in and capital of Marivan…
Thousands of Iranian people on Sunday morning attended a ceremony in Iran’s historical sites of Pasargadae and Persepolis in southern Iranian province of Fars to mark the beginning of New Iranian Year, Nowruz. Nowruz is an ancestral festivity marking the first day of spring and the renewal of nature. It was proclaimed as an official…
A festival of tulips flowers is underway in Park Mellat in the holy city of Mashhad, northeast of Iran. Photo: Tasnim Related posts: Photo: Iranians having fun at the beach Iranians celebrated Charshanbe-Suri Photo: Baluchestan of IRAN Beginning of New Persian Year in Pasargadae, Persepolis
