TEHRAN – On Monday, an exhibition of rings embossed with various traditional motifs opened to the public at the headquarters of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts in Tehran.

The three-day exhibition features 300 rings that bear intricate engravings, IRNA reported.

The personal ornamentations are handcrafted using an

TEHRAN – Collections of ancient rock engravings have been discovered in a mountainous area south of Mashhad, northeast Iran.

“Four groups of ancient petroglyphs have been discovered and documented,” IRNA quoted a local official in charge of cultural heritage protection as saying on Tuesday.

The petroglyphs depict various motifs such as rams,

TEHRAN - Holidaymakers have made some eight million overnight stays in hotels and guest houses of the touristic Mazandaran province during the first three weeks of the summer.

A total of 7,979,076 overnight stays have been registered by the hotels, guest houses, ecolodge units, traditional lodging houses, apartment hotels, and tourist centers

TEHRAN – Kazakhstan has decided to exempt Iranian nationals from needing an entry visa for a stay of up to two weeks in a move to support tourism.

From July 8, Kazakhstan has introduced a unilateral visa-free regime for up to 14 days for Iranian citizens, the Astana Times reported on Monday.

Moreover, the privilege has been granted to citizens from