Iran’s second-largest city of Mashhad is set to host a key gathering of notable women journalists working for alternative media platforms from across the globe in late September.

Martyr Morteza Avini managed, through his creative and thought-provoking cinematic works, to establish a new method of cinema in line with the political vision of the Islamic Republic

UNESCO has decided to add Iran’s historical caravanserais to its list of world heritage sites.

Iranians have joined in signing the "largest" petition against the desecration of the Muslim Holy book of Qur’an after the repetition of blasphemous acts in Western countries.

Iran has invited Saudi Arabia to join the Islamic Republic in a proposed initiative for the global registration of the “intangible cultural heritage” of Iftar.

Traditionally, poetry was Iran’s most valued cultural export. But, since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the country has caught the imagination of the world with its cinema.

Iran is to host 150 luminaries from across the Muslim world in the 5th Mustafa Prize ceremony next month.

Abu Rayhan al-Biruni was an icon of Islamic Civilization who explored various religions, beliefs, rituals, customs, philosophies and sciences to build perspectives on human growth throughout history.

Iranians observe August 27 as the ‘Day of Pharmacy’ to pay tribute to Abu Bakr Mohammad ibn Zakariya Al-Razi, one of the greatest Iranian physicians, mathematicians, philosophers and alchemists.

Ibn Sina, an Iranian genius known in the West as Avicenna, was an eminent philosopher, physician, mathematician, astronomer and scholar, widely recognized as the “father of modern medicine”.