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'France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands are respectively visitors of historical sites in Kashan,' Alireza Abdollah-Zadeh, official in charge of data analysis in Kashan said. A sum of 6,000 tourists from France, accounting for 37 percent of the total number of incoming tourists, visited Kashan in the said period.Tourists from …

According to the information center of the festival, the official selection for international live-action features competition includes 12 films as follows:1. Master SpyDirector: Robbert Hansen / Country: Canada – 20152. Fortune Favors the BraveDirector: Norbert Lechner / Country: Germany – 20163. Bel & Sebastian Director: Christian Duguay / Country: France …

To mark the day, symbolic funerals are held for the first Shia Imam (Taboot processions) in small and big cities, towns and villages mostly by Shia Muslims and mourning gatherings are held at Shia mosques and streets.Yaum-e-Ali is observed every year on 21st of Ramadan across the world including South …

Talking to IRNA, Abbas Raziji director and producer of the Iranian film ‘Cold Breath’ said the film would be screened in several cinemas across Europe.He said the late Kiarostami had played a key role in introducing the Iranian cinema to the world, Europe in particular. Raziji said the film is …

The memorandum of understanding has been signed between Yazd University officials and Montana’s Chief Executive Officer and Head of Business Development Lorenzo Nettuno, said the University on Saturday. According to the MoU, Montana has agreed to cooperate with the Iranian university in the center of the country to launch a …

“Sending the artworks of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art treasury section to the galleries outside Iran is not on the Ministry’s agenda,” said Reza Salehi Amiri, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.“I have always stressed upon not sending theses artworks to the-outside-Iran galleries since the beginning of my taking …

“Around two in the morning, a fire incident in Chitgar, west of Tehran, was announced and the firefighters were deployed there,” said Jalal Maleki, the Spokesman of Tehran Fire Department.“Part of the second floor of this residential tower was on fire which was put out through firefighters’ one-hour-effort and was …

RICHT Public Relations Office quoted head of the eighth season of archeological explorations in the historic City of Belqais in Esfarayen, Ahmad Nik-Goftar Tuesday as saying the houses with the stone foundation structure, adobe walls with plaster covering on the floor and thatched walls with a tiny layer of plaster …

The incident happened in mountainous region of Cabochon in Dagestan Republic in Caucasus region of Russia.An official from Dagestan Interior Ministry said that the bandits broke the enterance gate of the museum and stole existing valuable items in the place.The official said that around 160 valuable items, including King Nader's …

According to the Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT), head of the archeological team Habibollah Rezaei said due to crossing of the pipeline for conduit of oil products of the National Iranian Oil Company from Mazandaran Province to the eastern cities of Golestan …