Nature and Wildlife

One of the most important environmental activities this year will be organizing and holding the Green Film Festival, says head of Iran's Department of Environment.

Oshtoran Kuh is a massive sub-range of the Zagros mountain chain. It is located in Lorestan province, about 500km from Tehran.    

The surrounding waters of Iran's Kish Island are habitats for hawksbill and Green turtle species. Hawksbill turtles come to Kish waters for egg-laying largely...

Paragliding as a recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders is widespread all over Kermanshah province.    

 Beautiful nature of north-western city of Zanjan in the early days of spring.    

 A festival of tulips flowers is underway in Park Mellat in the holy city of Mashhad, northeast of Iran.    

United Nations Resident Coordinator in Iran Gary Lewis said that one of the main UN and UN Development Program's priorities in 2016 and 2017 is co-operation with Iran in the field of the environment.

Every year, a man covers the edge of the pavement, planting tulips all along Zarafshan Street in Shahrak-e-Gharb, Tehran, as a memorial to his late mother. This year the pavement became a tourist destination with 30,000 tulips.

The Recycling​ Park here in the Iranian capital is ​made of disposable materials. In this park, statues of animals are built using dry residues​ and waste materials.

Heavy snowfall on Monday broke down some of the trees in the streets and in various parts of the city of Tabriz, in East...

The Shahid Abbaspour Dam is a large arch dam providing hydroelectricity from the Karun River; it is located about 50 kilometers northeast of Masjed Soleiman,...

Sounds similar to gunshots can be frequently heard when such volcanoes are active. The mud volcano in Chabahar is 20 m in height.

Zarrin Rood limestone cave, one of the most beautiful caves ever discovered, is located in Zanjan province. The following images have been released by Mehr News...

Sunset in Abadan, Khuzestan province, is so amazing and beautiful depicting the beauty of nature in the region. The following images have been released by...

The coral-rimmed, oval-shaped Island of Kish off the southern coast of Iran shines a fiery orange in the sunset, creating a unique and fascinating...

A festival is held in villages Jarreh and Baladeh villages in Kazeroun, Fars Province every year. Amaryllis farms in Kazeroun cover 70 hectares of land...

Dasht-e Loot is a desert in southeastern province of Kerman, Iran. It is the world's 25th biggest desert. The surface of the sand there has been measured...

The picturesque waterfall cascades down 30-meter rocks in the northwestern province of Ardabil, Iran.    

Located 24 km from Ardebil in eastern slope of Sabalan Mountain, Sardabeh waterfall has near 15 meters height with strong smell of sulfur and...

The snow-coated desert draws local and foreign visitors in the winter.

The likelihood of the lake's drying up a few years ago caused a flurry of activities to save it, but it is still in anything but ideal conditions.

Bushehr on the Persian Gulf is the 17th largest Iranian province.

Kaboud-val, which is six meters in height, is Iran's largest full-moss waterfall.

Every corner of the desert is home to archeological sites dating back to the fourth millennium B.C. and the Islamic.

The scenic beauty of the park in autumn is awe-inspiring.