TEHRAN - Deputy head of Isfahan province’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department said tourist stay in the ...

TEHRAN - Authorities in Isfahan plan to conduct a comprehensive study to assess the extent of land subsidence at the ...

It would be another two centuries before Isfahan would rise again, under the reign of Shah Abbas I, the greatest ruler of the Safavid Empire (1501-1722 A.D.). Cruel as Russia's Ivan the Terrible ...

Built by Shah Abbas I the Great at the beginning of the 17th century, and bordered on all sides by monumental buildings linked by a series of two-storeyed arcades, the site is known for the Royal ...

Located in the historic centre of Isfahan, the Masjed-e Jāmé (‘Friday mosque’) can be seen as a stunning illustration of the evolution of mosque architecture over twelve centuries, starting in ad 841.

The stakes could hardly be higher for Araqchi, the scion of an Isfahan bazaar family who joined Iran's 1979 ... Inspired by the ousting of the U.S.-backed Shah's dynastic regime and the promise of a ...

The signing ceremony was held with the participation of Isfahan Mayor Ali Ghassemzadeh and Mayor of Kazan city Ilsur Metshin. The signing ceremony of the sisterhood agreement between the cities of ...