TEHRAN–Kerman province’s tourism department has implemented initiatives to improve tourist amenities in the UNESCO-registered Maymand, which has long been an amazing place for troglodytes in southern Iran.

“200 billion rials (some $690,000) was spent to help improve the tourism infrastructure in Maymand,” CHTN quoted the provincial tourism chief as

TEHRAN–The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways plans to continue operating the Tehran-Karbala passenger train service until the end of the current Iranian year 1401 (ends in March 2023).

Until the end of the year, the Tehran-Karbala passenger train will be in operation, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways has said.

The train route was

TEHRAN–Handicrafts businesses across the southwestern Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad province have received financial support, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.

Some 170 billion rials ($567,000) in loans were paid to 140 handicraft artisans of the province, Mohammad Kazem Rahmani explained on Monday.

This amount of money is expected to

TEHRAN–A team of Iranian archaeologists has unearthed portions of an ancient Sassanid structure during its excavations in the Davudabad region of Markazi province.

“We have found the entrance and walls of a Sasanian building following one month of excavation,” ISNA quoted archaeologist Mohammedreza Nemati as saying on Monday.

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