Azarbayjan-E Bakhtari, Iran News

Mona Mahmudnizhad was an Iranian Bah' who, in 1983, together with nine other Bah' women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz , Iran because of her membership in the Bah' Faith .

World-renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami will direct a video of "The Shams of Tabriz Opera" in the near future.

A supporter of moderate cleric Hassan Rohani gestures with a picture of him as she celebrates his victory in Iran's presidential election on a street in Tehran June 15, 2013.

People celebrated the victory of president elect Hassan Rohani in the streets of Tehran and other major cities .

People celebrated the victory of president elect Hassan Rohani in the streets of Tehran and other major cities including Bandar Abbas, Gorgan, Isfahan, Mashhad, Kerman, Qom, Shiraz and Tabriz.

Islamic Republic News Agency IRNA, Iran June 15 2013 Ethnic groups vote "actively" in Iran's election Ethnic Armenians and Assyrians living in Iran's East Azarbayjan Province are voting "actively" at a polling station in the city of Tabriz, the Iranian IRNA news agency has reported.

Two Iranian companies have manufactured equipment for Tabriz Oil Refinery's gasoline production unit as a German company has not met its obligation to provide equipment due to international sanctions, the Mehr News Agency quoted the refinery's managing director Adel Nejadsalim as saying.

TEHRAN International news agencies around the world kept a close watch on Friday's presidential poll in Iran and reported high voter turnout in an election where over 50 million people were eligible to cast ballots.

Iran is a quite special country for cartoon and cartoonists. For example the exaggerated sculpture in Meshkin city are the oldest known cartoons in the world, and earthen wares and bowls with specific theme and cartoon can be found in the Museum of Azerbaijan.

YEREVAN, June 12. /ARKA/. South-Caucasus Railways CJSC Acting CEO Sergey Valko calls on residents of railway-adjacent territories to observe safety rules on railway crossings.

On Friday, June 14, Iranians will go to the polls to elect a new president for a four-year term.

Female supporters of the Iranian Presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, a former Iran's nuclear negotiator, attend a campaign rally at the western city of Sanandaj, Iran, Monday, June 10, 2013.

Hand-picked to a man. That's what you can say about the "candidates" for Iran's presidential election this week.

Presidential candidate Saeed Jalili says cynicism is a serious threat because it undermines the country's strengths and weakens national resistance and resolve.

Iran has announced the inauguration of the northern tunnel of Tehran-Tabriz underground railway, Fars news has reported.

What is important to recognize about Persian miniatures is that they were intended primarily to be book illustrations without any intention of showcasing the artist's creative abilities Persian miniatures are usually considered the best miniatures of all the small paintings produced in Middle Eastern countries.

It should be stressed that researcher at the Nizami Institute of Literature and scientist-orientalist Khalida Khalid and her assistant Shamhal Huseynov were arrested in Tabriz on April 30 by the employees of the Iranian Ministry of Information, Security and Intelligence, the Iranian media reported earlier.

The Iranian presidential election is scheduled to take place on June 14, 2013. Current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not eligible to run, due to term limits.

Researcher at the Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences Khalida Ismailova and her driver Shamhal Huseynov detained in Iran have not yet been transferred to the Consulate General, the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Tabriz said on Monday.

The US government has slapped sanctions on Iran's petrochemical industry as part of its efforts to intensify the squeeze on Tehran's economy.