More than 630 people were injured after an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck western Iran near the border with Iraq on Sunday night. According to Tehran’s Institute of Geophysics, the quake struck 17 km west of the city of Sarpol-e-Zahab, 18 km from Qasr-e Shirin and 33 km from the city of Gilan-e-Gharb in […]

Road fatalities caused by traffic accidents occurred in urban areas have dropped by 6 percent during the first six months of the Iranian current calendar year (March 21- September 22) compared to the same period last year, Traffic Police chief said on Tuesday. “Over 80 percent of the road casualties in urban areas are motorcycle […]

A select of historical documents, photographs and handwoven rugs will go on display today at the UNESCO-registered Golestan Palace in downtown Tehran. The documents, which include international treaties and diplomatic reports, will be put on show for the first time, the palace’s website announced. The exhibit also features 40 pictures of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, […]

Over ten years ago researchers from the Bible Archaeology, Search & Exploration (BASE) Institute raised possibility of Noah’s Ark may be landing in Iran. Now, news by several media outlets broke that the institute has found strong evidence in a mountainous area in northern Iran, which may be remnants of the famed ark. “The BASE […]

Tehran is ranked second after Dubai in terms of tourism market size and share of the country’s GDP from the span of 2007-2017, according to the latest World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) report published in October. Based on the report, the travel & tourism contribution to GDP in the Iranian capital has become more […]

 Mashhad will host an international culinary festival from November 28 to 30. Exhibitors from various countries including Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, Malaysia and Georgia will be attending the event, ISNA reported on Tuesday. Some 50 stalls will be set up for the gastronomy festival, which will be held at Homa Hotel. […]

TEHRAN – Rundown areas constitute some 5 percent of the total areas in the capital, according to the statistics published in the Iranian calendar year of 1385 (March 2006-March 2007), head of the renovation of rundown areas organization affiliated to the Municipality has said. “Currently, over 1.2 million people live in run-down areas, amounting to […]

TEHRAN – Four natural sceneries in northwestern province of Hamedan are nominated for possible inclusion in Department of Environment (DOE) list as national nature monuments and wildlife refuges, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday. Alvand Mountain, a subrange of the Zagros Mountains located 10 km southern Hamedan city, and Sarab cave, which is millions of […]