Germany, Italy and France send most tourists to Iran TEHRAN – Most of the tourists applying for the visa to visit Iran come from Germany, Italy and France, the head of the Iranian travel association Ebrahim Pourfaraj said on Thursday. “Not taking into account religious tourists [visit sacred shrines], Europeans rank first among the […]
Tourism serves as ‘a bridge between nations’, Rouhani says TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has said tourism and tour guides serve as bridges between nations and links between different cultures and civilizations. “The era of the building wall between the nations is at an end,” said Rouhani, the opening ceremony of the 17th World […]
Iran ready to cooperate with Muslim countries in medical science Health Desk Iran is ready to work with Muslim countries in medical science and transfer the expertise in this field, said Minister of Health and Medical Education. Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi said at the Mashhad 2017 ceremony to mark the investment of the city as […]
IRANFriendly Face,Open Arms,Ancient Culture Timeless Charms 306 tour leaders from 45 countries at the 17th ‘WFTGA ConventionThe ceremony officially opened in Tehran WITH attending Iranian President Mr,Rohani.
“What are they waiting for?” I ask a spice seller, pointing at the long queue zigzagging down the street. “Moslem restaurant. Best tah-chin of Tehran,” he replies proudly. In Farsi, tah means bottom, while chin suggests the idea of layering; tah-chin is the unpretentious, crusty rice layered with chicken that has absorbed every last drop […]
When I was 12, I went to a boarding school in Nishapur, north-eastern Iran, adjacent to the garden where the poet and scientist Omar Khayyám is buried. A part of the garden could be seen from our classroom window and the splashing sound of water, flowing down from a water tank amid the plants, was […]