Tributes will be paid to the great Persian poet Sa’di Shirazi in a ceremony at his tomb in Shiraz, Fars Province on April 21 which is observed as National Sa’di Day. There are several programs to commemorate the world-famous Persian poet Sa’di. President Hassan Rouhani will attend the ceremony in Shiraz on April 20 and…
The largest bazaar in the Middle East. The world’s largest covered market. A UNESCO World Heritage site. That’s the Tabriz bazaar. Iranian carpets are renowned for their quality and style around the world. They truly are works of art, and also of great labor, many of them taking years at the hands of the nimble…
Street musicians are performing in Tehran to introduce their music bands or earning money. Although Tehran is not Iran, but without this great metropolis, which is the focal point of Iran’s transportation network and the center in which more than 40% of the nation’s economic activities takes place, it would not be possible to fully…
Flick through almost any travel magazine these days and you’re bound to come across an article hailing Iran as the next big destination. Prompting the spike in interest in the Islamic Republic is recent geopolitical wrangling in the shape of a nuclear deal with world powers that has ended some longstanding sanctions. But while the…
Figures show Fars province in general and Shiraz in particular were destinations of about 350,000 foreign tourists in the first 9 months of the fiscal year beginning March 21 2016. Fars province is a gem in the constellation of historical monuments of Iran with over 3,500 registered sites; having been settled in different historical periods,…
Iranian film ‘The Salesman’ on Sunday won the Oscar for best foreign language film, but director Asghar Farhadi skipped the Hollywood gala to protest a travel ban by US President Donald Trump. Farhadi initially said he would head to Hollywood for Oscars night, where his film — the story of two actors whose relationship turns…
Two prominent Iranian Americans, engineer Anousheh Ansari — the first female space tourist — and Dr. Firouz Naderi, director of Solar Systems Exploration at NASA, will represent Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi and his film ‘The Salesman’ at the upcoming Oscars ceremony, Farhadi’s publicist announced. Farhadi, whose ‘The Salesman’ is nominated for the foreign-language film Oscars,…
Iranian kamancheh player, Keyhan Kalhor, is a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s ‘Silk Road Ensemble’ that has won the Grammy for Best World Music Album. Cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma won a Grammy with his Silk Road Ensemble for ‘Sing Me Home’, an exploration of the musical connections across Eurasia, AFP reported. Player, composer and master of…
Iranian film ‘Life and a Day’, directed by Saeed Roostaee, will be screened at the New Directors section of the 40th Portland International Film Festival. The film chronicles the story of a family preparing for a wedding ceremony, but the situation gets complicated and tough as a result of some incidents, ISNA wrote. The bitter…
Recent excavations in the vicinity of Jahangir Dome in Eivan in Iran’s western province of Ilam proved the Sassanid origin of the architectural structures along the banks of Kangir River, said the supervisor of the excavation team in the region. Leila Khosravi added that research works were part of continued archeological studies in the Kangir…
