A law abolishing entry visa for Iranian and Iraqi tourists to Tunisia will take effect from today, 15 June, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that ordinary Iranian passport holders will be exempted from the entry visa to Tunisia as of June 15. This decision was made […]
On the verge of Handicrafts Week in 2024, Iran gears up to celebrate with a great number of projects set for unveiling on World Handicrafts Day. In a sideline meeting on Wednesday, the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts announced the opening of 144 projects in the handicrafts sector in honor of World Handicrafts […]
As this year’s UN Tourism deadline to submit applications for the best tourism villages evaluation draws near [April 24], Iran has nominated eight most qualified and Best Tourism Villages villages to vie for global recognition. On Saturday, Ali-Asghar Shalbafian, the deputy tourism minister, stated that the initiative proposed by the UN tourism organization, titled “Best […]
The International Day of Nowruz has been celebrated in the presence of representatives from Iran and 11 other Nowruz-celebrating countries at the UN’ headquarters in New York City. The ceremony of Nowruz was organized by Iran’s Representative Office to the UN, and was held on Wednesday. Iran’s permanent representative to the UN Amir-Saeid Iravani and […]
The head of Russia’s trade mission in Iran Rustam Zhiganshin said the first visa-free flights of tourist groups had started between Iran and Russia. “The first visa-free flights of Iranian tourist groups between Russia and Iran have begun,” Zhiganshin said as quoted by Sputnik. Iran and Russia signed an agreement on visa-free tourist travel in […]
The Deputy Minister of the Iranian Ministry of Cultural Heritage announced Saturday that Iran has become a founding member of the International Tourism Alliance of Silk Road Cities. Referring to the International Alliance of Silk Road Tourism Cities in 2023, Ali Asghar Shalbafian said that the alliance, which started its work on Friday was formed […]
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 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 […]
