The attack occurred during the Iran-Iraq war, which had begun in 1980 with Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Iran. The U.S. government backed Saddam, and sent warships to the Persian Gulf to support the Iraqi war effort. 

One of those warships was the USS Vincennes which, on 3 July 1988, fired two missiles at Iran Air Flight 655 while it was making a

TEHRAN – On Thursday, an outdoor festival dedicated to the local food of Qalif-Chal was held in Jajarm, North Khorasan province, Jajarm’s tourism chief has said.

“The festival, which was the first of its kind in the region, aimed at introducing local food and promoting gastronomy tourism,” Hadi Mohammadpur said on Saturday.

Qalif-Chal is a

TEHRAN – On Friday, a host of nature lovers and cultural heritage and tourism officials of the northern province of Gilan celebrated the third registration anniversary of Hyrcanian Forests on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

In July 2019, Hyrcanian Forests (also known as Caspian Forest) was named a UNESCO World Heritage during the 43rd session of

TEHRAN - A selection of six cultural elements practiced in Alborz province has been added to the list for Iran’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts declared the inscriptions in separate letters it submitted to the governor-general of the province, CHTN reported.

The skills of making