TEHRAN – Little archaeological work has been carried out at the Jameh Mosque of Urmia, as experts believe the mosque in northwest Iran bears cultural heritage from various eras.

“Structures discovered in the previous rounds of excavation should be reviewed in terms of chronology and function,” archaeologist Said Sattarnejad said on Wednesday.

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TEHRAN - The past month has been an eventful and appalling time for millions of Muslims around the globe. The Islamic world was shaken on a Wednesday morning in June when an Iraqi man living in Sweden was granted permission by the government to insult the religious beliefs of 1.8 billion people.

The man desecrated the holy Quran by tearing, kicking

TEHRAN – An Iranian researcher specializing in Sassanid bas-reliefs believes that a recently recovered relief from the UK depicts a prince or a man of royal blood, not a soldier.

“The ribbon behind the Sasanian man's head suggests that he is a prince and from the royal family. In particular, he may be one of the children of Bahram II,” IRNA quoted S

TEHRAN – Iran defeated Pakistan 3-2 (25-20, 25-27, 25-18, 21-25, 15-11) on Wednesday to win the first edition of the Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Boys U16 Volleyball Championships.

The inaugural edition of the Championships was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from July 14 to 19, with nine teams comprising five men’s and four women’s tea