Badab-e Surt, seven colors springs
Badab-e Surt is a rare geologic place which attracts geology lovers to one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. It comprises a range of stepped travertine terrace formations that has been created over thousands of years as flowing water from two mineral hot springs cooled and deposited carbonate minerals on the mountainside.
‘The Silhouettes’ wins Karlovy Vary’s Docs in Progress award
The Silhouettes’, by Iranian filmmaker Afsaneh Salari, won the Docs in Progress award of the Eastern Promises industry section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czech Republic.
Iran’s Hyrcanian forests inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List
During the Friday’s session of the World Heritage Committee in Baku, Iran’s Hyrcanian forests were inscribed in UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
First specialized meteorite museum opens in Tehran
Iran’s first specialized museum for meteorites opened at Tehran’s Azadi Tower (Borj-e Azadi) on Tuesday, in a ceremony attended by a number of Iranian geoscientists, academia, and cultural officials
Iran attends 43rd UNESCO World Heritage Committee session in Baku
An Iranian delegation comprising seven members arrived in the Azerbaijani capital Baku late Monday to attend the 43rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
Iran’s ‘Beloved’ nominated at Estonia’s Pärnu filmfest.
Iranian documentary ‘Beloved’, directed by Yaser Talebi, has been nominated for Estonian People's Award at the 33rd Pärnu Film Festival in Estonia.
Iranian animation ‘Ballsy’ goes to Beirut HR Filmfest.
Short animated piece ‘Ballsy: Story of a Revolution’, directed by Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib, has made it into the screening program of 4th Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival in Lebanon.
11th Tehran Auction to be held on July 5
The 11th Tehran Auction will be held this Friday, with 80 classic and modern artworks by 60 artists going under the hammer at Parsian Azadi Hotel.
Video game “Dark Summer” on MKO’s reign of terror released
A computer game titled “Twilight: Dark Summer” on the assassinations and bombings by the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) in Iran during summer 1981 was released in Tehran on Tuesday.
Iranian writer says wars happen because of West’s fake definition of peace
Habib Ahmadzadeh, the author of the Iranian bestselling war novel “Chess with the Doomsday Machine”, has said that the reason behind the wars in the world is the fake definition of peace as presented by the West.