TEHRAN – Restoration work has commenced on the Seljuk era (1037–1194) Jajrud arch bridge near capital Tehran, a local tourism official has said.

Various sections of the bridge including its deck, pillar, and foundation are being restored and reinforced under the supervision of cultural heritage experts, Somayyeh Khakpur explained on Monday.

The

TEHRAN – Iranian woman weightlifter Elham Hosseini claimed the bronze medal in the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Sunday night.

She managed to lift 223kg in total with 100kg in the snatch and 123kg in the clean and jerk.

Gold medal went to Turkish lifter Dilara Narin (99-130-229).

Kazakhstan’s Aisha Omarova won the silver (98-128-226).

More than 4,000

TEHRAN – A Persian translation of American children’s writer Vincent Kelly’s book “All People Are Beautiful” has come to Iranian bookstores.

The book has been published at Sima-ye Sharq publishing house with its original illustrations by Cha Consul. Nazanin Sudalizadeh is the translator of the book, which was first published by Greater You Books in

TEHRAN ––A team composed of Iranian and Italian cultural heritage experts has completed documentation of relief carvings situated on an ancient site in southwest Iran.

The follow-up project has completed a previous three-year professional work of laser-scanning that Iranian experts in close collaboration with their Italian counterparts commenced in