TEHRAN – The first phase of a restoration project on a Qajar-era (1789-1925) Ab-Anbar (cistern) in Chenaran county in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi has come to an end, a local tourism official has said.

A budget of 700 million rials ($1,750) was allocated to the project, Mohammad Taherian explained on Friday.

The project involved

TEHRAN – The west-central city of Hamedan will become a hub for children’s tourism, an official with the city’s municipality has said.

There is a plan to develop Hamedan into the country’s hub for children’s tourism, Amir Fathian explained on Friday.

With its 250-hectare park of Ekbatan, Hamedan will become a child-friendly vacation destination, the

TEHRAN – Mahathir Mohammad, the former Malaysian prime minister, has visited the Iranian embassy in Kuala Lumpur to participate in the ceremonies marking the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, IRNA reported on Saturday.

In addition to the 97-year-old Mahathir, the Malaysian parliament speaker, health minister, deputy economy minister and a

TEHRAN - The village of Alasht in Savadkuh, Mazandaran province, is famous for its Jajim weaving. For centuries, it has been a tradition that daughters learn from their mothers, and has been passed down from one generation to the next.

Jajim is a type of floor covering that is between thick fabrics and “Palas” (a type of coarse fabric) in terms of t