Iranian cineastes on Dhaka Intl. Film Festival juries
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:19
Tehran Times
TEHRAN – Director Puran Derakhshandeh and her fellow Iranian film marketing manager Elaheh Tahai have been selected as members of the juries for different categories at the 21st Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh....
Saudi Arabia lifts restriction on hajj pilgrim numbers
Monday, 09 January 2023 18:54
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia will not impose limits on the number of pilgrims for this year's hajj, media reported a Saudi minister as saying on Monday, after thr...
Iran, Libya discuss expansion of cultural cooperation
Saturday, 07 January 2023 20:06
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili in a meeting with his Libyan counterpart Mabrouka Toghi Othman on Saturda...
TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – Located in Ahar in the East Azerbaijan Province of Iran, the Shivar mountain (Kūh-e Shīvar) has a height of more than 2,000 meters....
Mehr News Agency - Opening ceremony of 13th Ammar Film Festival in Shiraz
Thursday, 05 January 2023 14:30
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – The opening ceremony of the 13th Ammar International Popular Film Festival was held at Shahcheragh Holy Shrine with the remembrance of the martyrs...
“King of the Seven Climes” rules over Iranian bookstores
Wednesday, 04 January 2023 15:50
Tehran Times
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of “King of the Seven Climes: A History of the Ancient Iranian World (3000 BCE-651 CE)” has come into Iranian bookstores....
Mount Damavand is the highest peak in Iran and the highest volcano in Asia.
Travel tips
Things to Know Before Trip One of the most important things to remember is that Iranians aren’t Arabs, they’re Persian. They speak Farsi (and other dialects), not Arabic, and some people might feel offended if you great them with Arabic words.