
TEHRAN – An educational event focused on stone carving and cutting will be held on Thursday evening, at the UNESCO-listed Persepolis. The event, which will feature hands-on workshops, is aimed at teaching traditional stone-working techniques to local communities while promoting the revival of handicrafts in the region. “The workshop will provide participants with practical knowledge

TEHRAN – The historical pigeon towers in Tiran-Karvan county, once used for collecting droppings as fertilizer centuries ago, are now in urgent need of restoration. On Wednesday, the head of the cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts office of Tiran-Karvan, Mohsen Mazaheri, stated that a budget of 20 billion rials (approximately $40,000) is required to preserve

TEHRAN – An archaeological team has initiated a comprehensive survey in southeast Iran as part of efforts to trace further Bronze Age settlements. Authorized by the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, the survey is being conducted on the historical region of Girdi, situated near the once-flowing Helmand River in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province. It

TEHRAN – The Iranian tourism minister has underlined the new government’s dedication to fostering peace, dialogue, and regional collaboration as pillars of tourism progress. Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri on Tuesday evening emphasized Iran’s ongoing efforts to showcase its cultural heritage and expand its diplomatic relations through tourism and cultural exchange. He made the remarks in a

TEHRAN – Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani underwent shoulder surgery in Nice, France Yazdani, nicknamed The Greatest, returned to the mat for the first time in eight months in June 2024. After winning the Asian Games in October, he had undergone shoulder surgery. Yazdani participated in the Ranking Series in Budapest in June to prove

TEHRAN – Iranian top flight football club have completed four new signings in the summer transfer window. Nassaji, who currently lay bottom of the 2024/25 Iran Persian Gulf Professional League (PGPL), have signed Alexander Merkel, Muntadher Mohammed, Mohamed Mamoun Eisa and Kevin Yamga. Merkel,32, is a Kazakh professional midfielder, who has signed for Nassaji from

TEHRAN – All the participants in the third meeting of the BRICS working group on Geospatial Technologies and its application have welcomed the proposal presented by the director general of the National Cartographic Center of Iran (NCC) to establish BRICS spatial data infrastructure (SDI). Hosted by Moscow, the meeting was held from September 16 and

During a ceremony on Tuesday, September 17, students in the first year of education, attended elementary schools in Tehran to start the first year of education. Some 16.5 million students will attend schools in the 2024-2025 school year, which will officially commence on September 22. Photo: ISNA / Alireza Masoumi منبع

TEHRAN –According to Web of Science data, over the course of a decade (from 2014 to 2023), Iran ranks either first or second in most fields of cognitive sciences among Islamic countries. The country ranks first in cognitive neuroscience, cognitive rehabilitation, and cognitive linguistic with 387, 156, and 30 documents respectively. It ranked second in