Some 10,000 flamingos that migrated to Urmia Lake months ago have delayed flying off to their next destination due to favorable weather and environmental conditions around the lake, as well as adequate food supply.
Over 30 groups of artists gathered in Iran’s eastern province South Khorasan to build and display their salt statues in a national festival held in the past weekend.
Ardabil is an attractive region located in northwestern Iran, bordering the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Iranian provinces of East Azarbaijan, Zanjan, and Gilan.
Iranian families went for a picnic at parks or in the countryside on Sunday to mark Sizdah-bedar, an ancient festival in celebration of the 13th day of spring, which is an official holiday in Iran known as the Nature Day in the calendar.
Interesting scenes have been created following the sharp decline in temperature within the past days that has frozen parts of the lake of the Mahabad Dam in West Azerbaijan province.
Every spring, migratory starlings head to Russia and end up in Aral Sea; however, they won’t arrive in there this year as they die on their way across Iran.
Heavy snowfall and rainfall affected some 28 provinces, mainly in northern and western parts of Iran, on Monday with temperatures plunging to below zero.
