Tehran super busy traditional market is closed on Friday holiday. The maze of bustling alleys and the bazaris (shopkeepers) that fill them make a fascinating, if somewhat daunting, place to explore. Traders have been hawking their wares on this site for nearly 1000 years, but most of what you see today is less than 200…
Iran and an international consortium led by the French energy giant Total SA has signed the agreement in principle to develop phase 11 of the giant South Pars gas field. The 4.8 billion-dollar deal signed under the Islamic Republic’s new oil-contract framework is the first major agreement reached between Tehran and foreign energy companies following…
Golestan National Park in north east of Iran is one of the most beautiful natural resorts during autumn with colorful trees creating magnificent landscapes. Golestan National Park is one of Iran’s largest, oldest and finest national parks. Situated in the north-east of Iran, inland from the south-east corner of the Caspian Sea, its 92,000 hectares…
South Khorasan province is the Land of Red Jewels in Iran. In autumn, its strategic products are picked up one by one from the heart of desert and are dispatched to different parts of the country. Red Pearl is the trade name of pomegranate, which grows in the desert in Ferdows city, with 30 tons…
The Lake Urmia in Iran’s West Azarbaijan province turned red as the result of an environmental phenomenon known as the “red tide”, that is actually the result of an algal bloom, an event in which marine or fresh water algae accumulate rapidly in the water. It produces oxygen radicals which can damage fish gills, possibly…
Arasbaran Protected is the 9th Biosphere Reserved in Iran (East Azerbaijan Province) which covers an area of 78560 hectares with a circumference of 134 km. The altitude varies from ca. 256 m in the northern part to 2896 m which is the highest elevation in southern part of the area. Due to the importance of…
Sangan, a district of Iran’s Razavi Khorasan province, homes Middle East’s biggest source of iron ore with a density of 63 percent. Related posts: President Rouhani discusses consolidation of ties with world leaders in New York+Photo Iran gas pipeline to Iraq /Photo Finland President in Tehran+Photo Platform 20 of South Pars oil field on its…
Iranian women football match held in Shiraz between Zowb Ahan of Isfahan and Banovan Qashqaie of Shiraz in Hafeziyeh Stadium. Woman football matches ended 5-0 to Qashqaie team in Shiraz. The Iranian girls played football and futsal with hijab (islamic cover). Also Iranian girls participated in Olympic gams and international championships with hijab in Volleyball,…
The historic Kandovan village located in northwest Iran is filled with scenic troglodyte homes in the shape of stony ice-cream cones which are still inhabited. The village, situated near the city of Osku in East Azarbaijan Province, epitomizes genuine manmade dwellings that have been carved out of substantially eroded rocks. As to its shape and…
The photo shows barberry harvesting in South Khorasan province. Iran Barberry Barberry can grow to be a fairly large shrub. The thorny shoots are found growing wild in Alborz mountains amplitudes and other parts of Iran. Ruby is the name given to a seedless barberry which is cultivated in Qaenat and emerges from an erect…
