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The Director General of the Department of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts in East Azerbaijan Province announced the weaving of the most luxurious Quranic rug in the Islamic world in the city of Tabriz, northwest of Iran.Ahmad Hamzazadeh said: This…

Imam Ali Airport, peace be upon him, was officially opened on the island of Greater Tunb, and the first flight route between the capital, Tehran, and the island in southern Iran was inaugurated.During the opening ceremony, the Civil Aviation Organization,…

Iranian media confirmed the start of the railway link project with Iraq by clearing the track through dispatching mine-clearing experts, at a financial cost of about 120 million US dollars.The Ministry of Roads and Urban Reconstruction stated in a statement,…

The Iranian government spokesman announced the launch of a railway linking project between Iran and Iraq by next month, after a delay of 20 years.The spokesman said that the Minister of Roads and Urban Reconstruction presented during the meeting a…

Sources said that an Iraqi proposal to establish an international road linking the holy city of Mashhad, Iran, to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, passing through the holy city of Karbala in Iraq, was welcomed by Iranian and Saudi officials, during…

Cyclone Shaheen hit south-eastern Iran’s Chabahar port in the impoverished Sistan and Baluchestan province overnight.Schools in the main cities of Chabahar, Konarak and Dashtiari were closed before the storm hit.Cyclone Shaheen was formed from the remnants of Cyclone Gulab, which…

A group of Iranian citizens are making their way towards the holy city of Karbala on foot to commemorate the largest religious gathering in the world – Arbaeen.According to sources, the Ansar al-Hussain Procession has reached Khuzestan, Iran’s southwestern province…

The Presidency of the Center for the Remembrance of Arbaeen announced Iran’s readiness for its pilgrims to participate in this year’s Arbaeen ceremonies.The head of the committee, Hamid Ahmadi, said in a statement, “The Iraqi people are keen on the…

For the sixteenth day, Iranian pilgrims are continuing their walk on foot towards Karbala to participate in the Arbaeen Pilgrimage.Iranian local media, followed by Shia Waves, stated that the procession of Ansar al-Hussein, peace be upon them, started from the…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, called on the Iranian authorities to stop all forms of repression of protesters, and to release the minors and women detained as a gesture of good will.The organization said in a statement, received by…