An initiative caIled “Cultural Corridor” is to be launched covering Chogha Zanbil, Shoshtar, and Susa, whereby certain listed buildings and ancient sites are earmarked for conversion to hotels and…
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A regional workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts opened Tuesday at the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Center for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)…
T he Department of Environment (DoE) has granted permission to a well-known circus to perform shows using animals including penguins, sharks and sea lions, imported by the circus owners, sparking…
Ten percent of car insurance revenue will be allocated to the ministry of health to purchase ambulances, member of the Majlis Health Commission, Hamid Reza Azizi Farsani said.
In a rare phenomenon, concurrent with the last month of autumn, blossoms were in full bloom in the bitter orange trees of Astara National Garden in Gilan Province.
With the protected areas of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province linked to the piped gas network, there has been a drastic reduction in fuel wood consumption and consequently forest…
There are more than 18 million people kept as slave laborers in the world, according to UN estimates. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day for the…
Reza Saber, Iranian researcher, head of knowledge-based Pars Nano System Company and faculty member of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, announced innovating “a cancer cells annihilator…
Iran has been conferred the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) award for achieving the first and most important Millennium Development Goal of reducing the number of people who…
The deputy director of nursing services at the ministry of health said new measures have been taken “to improve the conditions” for staff nurses. Mohammad Mirza-beigi said ‘’organizing and…
The volume of water in Tehran dams which currently stands at 384 million cubic meters shows a shortfall of 41 million cubic meters compared to the same period last year despite the precipitation…
A network of chain stores offering branded handicrafts are to be established across the country, public relations office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO)…
The holy city of Mashhad is to host the Islamic Countries’ Health Tourism Conference in 2015, announced Finance Minister Ali Tayyebnia, IRNA reported.
Lorestan is one province in the country which rattles at least once a day. The province in Zagros Mountains region straddles several faultlines and is prone to earthquake, said Reza Aryayi,…
People around the world Monday joined forces to show their support for those living with the AIDS virus, as well as those who have died from the disease, on the 26th World AIDS Day (Dec 1).
Lake Urumia water level has increased by 35 centimeters in the last 70 days, Mehr News agency quoted Hadi Bahadori, Western Azarbaijan deputy governor as saying.
So far much of the water…
The plan to assess mental health of kindergarten caregivers and managers will commence from the beginning of next year (starts March 21, 2015), said Arezoo Zokaeifar, managing director of children…
The flooded paddy fields of Sorkhrud Wetland in Mahmoud Abad county, Mazandaran Province, is especially beautiful in fall and winter, as they are home to migratory swans flying long distances from…
The reasons for differences in women’s issues are not ‘economic’ as often assumed, but rather “they are rooted in the views and mindsets towards women,” Deputy Interior Minister for Women Affairs…
The perpetrators of Saturday night’s acid attacks on a hospital manager were arrested, said Tehran Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Sajedinia. He said immediately after the attack, police…
A DoE official announced new measures for recruiting environment volunteers. At a meeting of the members of the High Council of Environment Protection, the issue of environment volunteers’…
Discussions regarding constructing new hotels with world class amenities have been going around ever since the government mentioned boosting tourism as a top priority in its economic plans. The…
Becki Enright is a British blogger who roams the world without a map, writing about misunderstood destinations and untangling cultural misconceptions. Having visited…
Alborz Natural Reserve will be established by the end of the Iranian calendar year (March 2015), ILNA reported. Concurrently, a comprehensive tourism plan for Alborz Province is also set for…
So far, 500 street children and their families in Tehran have been covered by health insurance. The plan seeks to extend free health insurance to all street persons and their families, says the…
