Iran, Iraq agree on weekly dispatching pilgrims by train
Monday, 12 August 2024 12:04
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – An official at the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, known as RIA, announced that Iran and Iraq agreed to dispatch pilgrims weekly by Tehran-Karbala combined train after Arbaeen rituals....
Iran-Armenia handicraft, tourism, culinary festival kicks off
Saturday, 10 August 2024 13:01
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – The third edition of NAVASARD Festival started between Iran and Armenia themed “Culture, Tourism, Culinary, and Handicrafts”....
Example of Hussein to inspire people to seek religious life
Saturday, 10 August 2024 08:24
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) –Commenting on Arbaeen pilgrimage and Imam Hussein's sacrifice in battle of Karbala, Prof. Charles Taliaferro said, "My own prayer is that the examp...
Documentary about Iranian calligraphy to premiere in Russia
Thursday, 08 August 2024 17:41
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – TV BRICS International Media Network will be the first to show the documentary film "Noqte" about the art of Iranian calligraphy, shot in Iran and...
TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH) is the fifth Imam of the Shiites, symbolizing the quest for truth through his behavior and moral characteristics, ak...
Mehr News Agency - Quzlu; historical stepped village in Zanjan
Sunday, 04 August 2024 10:07
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Quzlu is a historical stepped village in Qoltuq Rural District, in the Central District of Zanjan County, Zanjan Province, Iran. The village is f...
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) – The Iranian short film "Sheep; Two-legged Animal" has entered the competition section of the São Paulo International Short Film Festival....
Mehr News Agency - Commemoration of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran
Friday, 02 August 2024 07:56
Mehr News Agency
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) – The mourning ceremony of "Dear Guest of Iran" was held in Tehran in commemoration of the martyr Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau o...
Mount Damavand is the highest peak in Iran and the highest volcano in Asia.
Travel tips
Things to Know Before Trip One of the most important things to remember is that Iranians aren’t Arabs, they’re Persian. They speak Farsi (and other dialects), not Arabic, and some people might feel offended if you great them with Arabic words.