TEHRAN – Five elements, traditionally practiced in Iran’s Zanjan province, have been inscribed on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

The skills of making indigenous dolls, kilim carpets, flatbread, and local dishes are among the elements added to the significant list, CHTN reported on Saturday.

The Ministry of Cultural Heritage,

TEHRAN – A new courtyard is being built for the Sheikh Safi al-Din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil, northwest Iran. 

The province’s tourism directorate purchased some pieces of land on the north side of the ensemble to make room for a new courtyard, a local official has said.

With the completion of the project, more travelers and tourists

TEHRAN – A total of 46 tourism-related projects are currently underway across the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.

An investment value of 11 trillion rials ($36.7 million) has been channeled into the projects, Mojtaba Mirhosseini explained on Saturday.

The projects are expected to create more

TEHRAN – A cultural heritage researcher has stumbled upon a stone column base, estimated to date from the Sassanid era (224–651).

The stone artifact was found accidentally in the village of Faruq, Marvdasht county, Fars province, southern Iran.

“I was taking pictures of historical monuments in the village of Faruq when a piece of stone attracted my a