TEHRAN (ISNA)- Mayors of Tehran and Budapest signed an MoU in an official ceremony, making them sister cities. The MoU is a beginning point for joint cooperation between Iran and Hungary in tourism, economy, energy and culture, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said in the ceremony attended by Budapest Mayor Istvn Tarls. Twin city agreement ...

The third luxury tourist train carrying European, American and Asian visitors has rolled into Iran on an odyssey from Budapest, an official said on Thursday. The Golden Eagle Danube Express crossed the Razi crossing point on the Turkish border at 11:30 hours local time, provincial railroad CEO Hassan Mousavi said. They are traveling in two eastbound ...

TEHRAN, Iran While many Americans view Iran as a shadowy and perhaps even dangerous place to travel, others see the opportunity for a vacation. Officials in Iran have heralded the maiden voyage of the first private passenger train to travel from Europe to the Islamic Republic as part of a wider tourism boom in the country. However, with tickets going ...

TEHRAN - A luxury train filled with Western tourists pulled into Tehran on Monday, after an almost two-week journey from Budapest taking in Iranian cities that reportedly cost up to $31,000 a head. Around 70 passengers, mostly from Britain and Australia, visited the cities of Isfahan, Shiraz and Yazd before reaching the Iranian capital where the travellers ...

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[caption id="attachment_121511" align="alignright" width="179"] A train engineer looks out of a historic steam locomotive as it pulls a Tehran-bound train into Nyugati Terminus in Budapest, October 15, 2014.CREDIT: REUTERS/LASZLO BALOGH[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) A luxury train with some 70 foreign tourists on board arrived in the Iranian capital ...

[caption id="attachment_122669" align="alignright" width="185"] A steam engine pulls the Golden Eagle Danube Express after its departure from Budapest on 15 October, en route to Tehran. Photograph: Zoltan Mathe/EPA[/caption] First private train heads for Tehran with 96 passengers from 14 countries A long-distance luxury train, operating in the style ...

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[caption id="attachment_121511" align="alignright" width="182"] A train engineer looks out of a historic steam locomotive as it pulls a Tehran-bound train into Nyugati Terminus in Budapest, October 15, 2014.CREDIT: REUTERS/LASZLO BALOGH[/caption] (Reuters) - A luxury train connecting the capitals of Hungary and Iranleft Budapest for the first time ...