TEHRAN—A recent torrential downpour has washed away soil from the top of a subterranean public bathhouse in southern Iran.

“Heavy rains caused the ground to subside and reveal the roof of a large bathhouse in the town of Anar in Kerman province,” ISNA quoted an archaeologist as saying on Monday.

“Constructed some 160 years ago by the order of M

TEHRAN – Iran has always been home to avid storytellers who use that powerful medium to take us to the past, to the future, or to exotic worlds filled with new sights, sounds, smells, and feelings.

Pardeh-khani (literally, "reading aloud from the screen/from the curtain"), is one of those skills through which storytellers give life to illustrations

TEHRAN—A tourism official has said Niasar’s Chahar-Taq, which is an ancient square-shaped brick room surmounted by a domed roof, is an exemplar of fine architecture in the time of Sassanids.

“Niasar’s Chahar-Taq (Chahartaq) is a clear example of architectural knowledge and construction technology in the Sassanid period, and people feel responsible f

TEHRAN – In a move that contradicted its stated policy of returning to the 2015 Iran deal, the Biden administration imposed new sanctions against Iran allegedly targeting foreign firms facilitating Iranian oil sales. 

The sanctions came at a time when the Biden administration, while refraining from making political decisions to conclude talks over