As the largest Shiite Muslim power, Iran also hosts a steady stream of religious pilgrims, many from neighbouring Iraq, to its ancient shrine cities of Mashhad and Qom.

Ali-Shalbafian, the Iranian deputy tourism minister, launched a huge water park in the course of his stay to Yasuj, the capital of Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad area in …

After the first symbolic flight from Tehran to Cairo, flights from Iran will use Iraq as an intermediary until the Iranian consulate in Egypt opens.