Homa, Huma, or Homay-e Sa’adat (Homa of happiness) has a special place in the literature and culture of Iran; it is known that if his shadow falls on someone, the person achieves happiness, prosperity, and success. For this reason, statues of Homa have been placed on many columns of Persepolis, and in Persian literature, there […]
The Persian Empire was composing love tales about Korean princesses more than a thousand years before the first European adventurer reached Korea’s shores. The Kushnameh is a little-known narrative that has the potential to revolutionize how we see history. This is the tale about a Persian Prince and a Korean Princess. Historians have reexamined an […]
The 15th Tehran International Tourism Exhibition and the 35th Tehran Handicrafts Exhibition have started at the permanent international exhibition center in Tehran. This exhibition will run for 4 days until Tuesday, February 1, and those who wish to attend can do so from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. by following the instructions. During the event, […]
General manager of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts of Zanjan said: “France 24 Documentary Group, in cooperation with the Deputy of Zanjan Handicrafts, is making a documentary about Zanjan knives and traditional knife-making techniques in the historical market of this city.” Amir Arjmand said: “Zanjan is the center of handicraft knife making and the name […]
Bahmangan feast is one of the Iranian feasts that is held every year on the day of “Bahman-ruz” in the calendar of ancient Iran, which coincides with the second of Bahman, 22 January. In ancient Iran, every day was named after one of their archangels. Bahman is one of the Iranian Archangels According to the […]
Hakim Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi Tousi, commonly abbreviated as Ferdowsi, (Tous 940 – Tous 1020/1025) was a Persian poet and one of the world’s greatest epic poets. He is widely known as the author of the immortal Shahnameh or Book of Kings, the national epic of Persia, now Iran, and the greatest epic ever written by a […]
The director of Persepolis World Center said: An epigraph related to the late Sassanid period near the city of Istakhr in Marvdasht was discovered for the first time related to Zoroaster. According to the General Department of Public Relations and Information of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Hamid Fadai announced the discovery […]
The Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Handicrafts said: Foreigners can now easily obtain a tourist visa at Ayatollah Rafsanjani International Airport of Kerman. Ali Asghar Shalbafian in a meeting with private sector investors in the tourism industry of Kerman province said: “Fortunately, it is possible to receive Iranian tourist […]
By reading the title of this article, you may probably wonder if there are Persian colors in the World? In response, we must say that yes, in the world of colors, 9 colors carry the title of being Persian or Iranian. In every society and culture, every evocative color has an intimate connection with the […]
The list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Iran includes 26 historical and cultural sites, of which Iran is ranked ninth. Tchoghaznabil, Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, and Persepolis are the first sites registered as Iranian World Heritage in UNESCO. The current heritage of Iran in this list includes 26 historical and cultural sites, which […]