Mount Damavand, located in the Alborz range, is the tallest volcano in Asia and one of the most iconic natural landmarks in Iran. With an impressive elevation of 5,671 meters (18,606 feet), Damavand ...

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Iran is observing a national day of mourning for victims of the train disaster which killed at least 295 people in the country's north-east. Revolutionary Guards have cordoned off the area near the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A commercial rail route connecting China to Iran was formally brought into operation after the first Chinese cargo train unloaded in a dry port near Tehran. The cargo train ...

I was to join the Golden Eagle Danube Express on its inaugural journey from Tehran to Budapest — the first time the Iranian authorities had permitted a European luxury train to operate in the ...

Why it's incredible: The landscape looks crumpled and folded from above. Iran's folded rocks are rugged mountain ridges and valleys to the southwest of the Caspian Sea. They are an extension of ...