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This year October 11 is honored as Hafez Day in Iran to commemorate Shams al-Din Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi, better known as 'Hafez', the 14th-century lyric poet of Persian classical literature. Shams al-Din Mohammad was born sometime between the years 1310-1337, in Shiraz, in Fars province, the city which is known as the city of love, poetry, an ...

Iran marks National Day of Rumi, greatest mystical poet

Mehr 8 in the Iranian calendar corresponding with September 29 this year is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the pr ...

Iran ranks 10th at UNESCO world heritage registration list

Iran is ranked 10th regarding the number of historical monuments and sites registered in the UNESCO world heritage list. The director of the World ...

Who is Imam khomeini

In the year 1902 a child was born in Iran who later on changed the destiny of a nation and that of the Muslim World by his divine uprising. He led a r ...

Iran marks National Day of Ferdowsi, father of modern Persian language

By: Zahra Mirzafarjouyan: Ordibehesht 25 in the Persian calendar corresponding with May 14 is National Commemoration Day of the renowned poet Ferdowsi ...

Iran marks National Day of Omar Khayyam; Persian poet, polymath

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan : Today is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the great Persian poet, astronomer, writer, and ma ...

“Nahid 1” telecommunications satellite to be sent into orbit this year: official

Head of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari said on Sat. that “Nahid 1” telecommunications satellite will be sent into the orbit in the current ...

Six contracts inked for producing COVID-19 vaccine: VP

Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said on Sun. that six contracts were concluded with knowledge-based companies in the field of ...

Iran marks National Day of Saadi Shirazi, the Master of Speech

Today is the National Commemoration Day of the renowned Persian poet Saadi Shirazi, born in Shiraz around 1200 and died around 1292. Abu-Muhammad M ...

Seminar in remembrance of great Iranian poet Ferdowsi and Khayyam ( video )

Iranian great poets Hakim Abol Qasem Ferdowsi Tousi and Omar Khayyam were among the greatest litterateurs in the world history and Iran is considered ...