TEHRAN – The Tehran Municipality has launched a series of Golab-Giri (traditional rosewater distillation) festivals across the capital, bringing a fragrant slice of Iranian cultural heritage to urban audiences.

According to Amir Ghasemi, head of the Tourism Headquarters of Tehran Municipality, the initiative is part of a broader effort to boost

TEHRAN--Mohammad-Jafar Kabiri, CEO of the Kish Free Zone Organization, during his one-day visit to Russia’s Republic of Dagestan, met with local officials, talked and studied ways of promoting tourism cooperation between Kish Island in southern Iran and Russia, IRNA quoted the Public Relations Department of Kish Free Zone Organization as saying on

TEHRAN--The Director General of Ilam Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department said, “We seek to turn Ilam embossed kilim into a global item.”

Farzad Sharifi told ISNA that the embossed kilim is the most prominent and authentic product of the indigenous industries.

Over 3,000 square meters of kilim are produced by Ilami weavers, he said,

TEHRAN--Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi suggested to name 2026 as “Year of Cultural and Tourism Cooperation Between Iran and China,” which was welcomed by Gao Zheng, director-general of the Bureau of International Exchanges and Cooperation of the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Speaking on the sidelines of the