The world’s largest underground habitat of blind fish has been discovered by Iranian and German researchers in Western Iran.

Called the jewel of tourism industry in western Iran, the freshwater wetland of Zrebar (also known as Zaribat and Zirewar) is located in Kurdistan province in Western Iran.

The Qeshm Global Geopark in southern Iran and the Dunhuang UNESCO Global Geopark in the City of Dunhuang in China’s Gansu Province have signed a sisterhood and cooperation agreement.

Hachaqiyeh is a summer countryside near the city of Choubar in the northern province of Gilan, known for its pristine, stunning nature.

Azgan wetland, also known as Qaroon wetland, is located in the foothills of Periz mountain in Lorestan province, west of Iran.

The Zonuzaq village in Iran boasts a unique architecture as the yard of a house above serves as the roof of the house below.

Iran annually marks the National Day for the Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah on August 31, a day which was named so in 2007 at the request of Iranian wildlife experts.

Marun is an embankment dam on Marun river, 15 kilometres to the north of Behbahan in Khuzestan province, south-west of Iran.

The Perseids meteor shower is an annual event that happens in mid-August, stunning sky-gazers across the world.

As the level of water has decreased in the Steel Lagoon near the northern Iranian city of Astara, domestic cattle and water buffalos that live beside the region’s swamps and rivers find the lake suitable for bathing.