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Iran’s ‘The Sprayer’ wins at Italian festival

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U.S. returns 30 stolen antique artworks to Cambodia

The United States returned 30 stolen works of art and antiquities to Cambodia that had been looted from the Southeast Asian nation, including from an ancient Khmer city, and illegally trafficked around the world for decades.

Iran’s sculptor Aqeli to hold solo exhibition

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Iran implementing 2,500 tourism projects

A senior official in Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Ministry said that there are 2,500 tourism projects worth $21.4 billion under implementation in Iran.

London’s Horniman Museum to return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

London’s Horniman Museum said it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques known as Benin Bronzes, looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897, to the Nigerian government.

Minister commemorates narrators, reporters of Islam’s grandeur

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Tehran’s Azadi Tower lit with Ashura paintings

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Muslims in Iran, other countries mark martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH)

Millions of Muslims in Iran and across the world on Monday marked the great tragedy of Ashura when Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Imam of Shia Muslims, and his faithful companions were martyred in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE.

Multi-purpose cultural complex to be launched in Khorasan Razavi Province

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Barriers around Kaaba removed after two years as new Umrah season begins

Saudi Arabia decided after two years to remove the preventive barriers around the Holy Kaaba, allowing worshippers to once more touch the house of Allah.