TEHRAN –A huge winter festival was held in the northwestern Iranian city of Maku in West Azarbaijan province last week, IRNA reported on Tuesday. 

The festival aimed at promoting the cold region as a destination for winter tourists, the report added. 

The festival featured skiing and climbing, building snowman, and tube riding among other activities.

TEHRAN –An ancient stone grave has recently unearthed near the Caspian Sea, northern Gilan province, the provincial tourism chief has said. 

The discovery of the ancient grave has surprised archaeologists since it could push back the history of the province by millennia, Vali Jahani explained on Tuesday. 

The remains of the grave have been found in

TEHRAN - Iranian football expert and former coach of Foolad team, Majid Jalali, believes that the Khuzestan-based team should avoid any mistakes against their rivals in the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League.

Foolad kick-started their AFC Champions League knockout campaign with a win against Saudi Arabian Al Faisaly 1-0 on Monday.

The Iranian

TEHRAN –The Iranian police have recently arrested three illegal excavators and antique smugglers in the ancient city of Seymareh, western Ilam province, the provincial tourism chief has said.

The accused people were traced and finally arrested after police received reports from cultural heritage aficionados about their misdeeds, CHTN quoted Farzad