Iranian Architecture

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 overthrew the Iranian monarchy and installed a clerical regime that upset centuries of Shia clerical tradition regarding politics. Traditionally, the Shiite clergy had refrained from exercising formal political or executive power in state institutions. the Supervision of the lawyer, the core tenet of clerical rule …

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration envisions a near total rollback of some of the most stringent Trump-era sanctions imposed on Iran in a bid to get the Islamic Republic to re-comply with a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, according to current and former US officials and others familiar with the subject. …

TEHRAN – The caravanserais in the city of Miami, known as Iran’s “caravanserais” country, are being prepared to be evaluated by UNESCO for inclusion on the World Heritage List. “Today, the state of the caravanserais in the city of Miami was inspected for the presence of a UNESCO representative, IRNA …

Teresa Ham died of a brief illness unrelated to COVID on April 2, 2021. Teresa was born in Savannah, Georgia on October 20, 1943 to Pickney and Velma Newman. Teresa is remembered in the Alamogordo community not only for her work at the Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, but also …

TEHRAN – Sarab-e Qandil (literally meaning “frozen spring”), is one of the many landforms in southern Iran, which can still bear untold stories. Its isolation from busy roads could explain its excellent state of preservation: it was not accessible to vandals. Located near the modern city of Kazerun in the …

TEHRAN – Iranian architect Nima Keivani has been selected for the jury of the second edition of the LOOP Design Awards. The LOOP Design Awards are organized every year by the LOOP company in Portugal. The LOOP Design Awards strive to become one of the most prestigious and recognized awards …

Tehran – On Monday, a tower-mounted clock, which Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom presented to Naser al-Din Shah in the 19th century, resumed operation in downtown Tehran. “The repairers of the clock and its bell say it took 18 months to overhaul them,” ISNA reported. In the 19th century, …

Iranian officials on Sunday confirmed an “incident” at Natanz, an underground facility where uranium enrichment takes place. “Fortunately, the incident did not cause any human injury or leakage,” said Behrouz Kamalvand, spokesman for the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI). “The causes of the accident are under investigation and more information …

Vienna, here we are – again. Six years after world powers concluded their negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program in Austria’s capital, diplomats are talking to each other again in the stucco-clad ballrooms of otherwise nearly deserted five-star hotels. Yet despite the refined setting, the talks won’t be a waltz in …

There is evidence that the construction of the public baths dates back to the Seljuk dynasty, while some historians believe that what we now see as Sultan Amir Ahmad Hammam was in fact built during the reign of the Qajar kings on the ruins of an old public bath. The …