Nature and Wildlife

New picture of Iranian cheetah cub goes viral

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A picture of Iranian Asiatic cheetah cub Pirouz shows he has grown well and seems to be healthy.
Nature and Wildlife

Single surviving West Siberian crane, Omid, migrates back to Iran for winter

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The single surviving West Siberian crane, Omid (Hope), flies thousands of kilometers back to Iran for the 15th consecutive year to spend the winter in Fereydoonkenar in the Iranian northern province of Mazandaran.
Nature and Wildlife

Iranians observe last solar eclipse in 2022

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People across Iran observed on Tuesday afternoon a partial solar eclipse, which was the last of its kind in 2022.
Nature and Wildlife

Video: Iranian Asiatic cheetah Pirooz alive and kicking

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A new video footage of Asiatic cheetah cub Pirooz, who was born in captivity over five months ago in the Iranian capital Tehran, was released on Monday, following rumors that the cub had been kidnapped.
Environment

Rare Persian leopard spotted in Iran’s Jiroft

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A scarce Persian leopard on the UN’s endangered species list has been caught on camera in a protected area in southeastern Iranian city of Jiroft, an official has confirmed.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Soleyman Tangeh Dam, spectacular resort in Mazandaran Province

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The Soleyman Tangeh Dam is located some 45 kilometers southwest of the city of Sari, the capital city of Mazandaran Province in northern Iran, and near a village named Afra Chal.
Nature and Wildlife

Surviving Persian cheetah cub turns 77 days old

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After the death of two of the three Asiatic cheetah cubs born in captivity in Iran, the third sibling is almost out of the woods and is 77 days old now.
Environment

Heated debate erupts in Iran on how to address increasing street dogs

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The recent tragic deaths of two children in separate attacks by stray dogs in the Iranian city of Qom has triggered calls among the public as well as in the Iranian Parliament and City Councils for legislation on tackling the dangers of free-ranging urban dogs.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Gorgeous sunflower fields of North Khorasan Province

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Sunflower fields are among the tourist attractions that catch the eyes of any visitor to the North Khorasan Province.
Nature and Wildlife

Car collision kills brown bear cub in Iran’s Karaj

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A brown bear cub has died after reportedly sustaining wounds in a collision with a vehicle in Iran’s Karaj near the capital Tehran.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Attractions in Nour County

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Nour County is one of the must-see places in Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran. Parts of the region are home to the central Alborz mountain range, which is covered with trees and dense vegetation.
Nature and Wildlife

Iran tourism: Shimbar plain a jewel in southwestern Iran

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Shimbar or Shirin Bahar plain is the border between the southwestern Iranian provinces of Khuzestan and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari.
Nature and Wildlife

Anzali Wetland, habitat of swamp tulips

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Anzali Wetland is in Iran’s northern Gilan Province near the port city of Bandar Anzali.
Nature and Wildlife

Surviving Iranian cheetah cub Pirooz, hale and hearty

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Following the death of two of the three Asiatic cheetah cubs born in captivity in Iran, the Department of Environment says the third cub is out of the woods and is not at risk of death.
Nature and Wildlife

Iranian port city of Bandar e Khamir registered as wetland city

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Bandar e Khamir in southern Iran has been registered as a wetland city of the world along with 24 other cities from 13 countries. That’s according to the Iranian port city’s mayor, Javad Mahmoudi.
Nature and Wildlife

Deer footprint fossil 10mn years old spotted in west Iran

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A deer footprint fossil dating back some 10 million years has been discovered in western Iran.
Nature and Wildlife

Storks return to Marivan, Kurdistan Province

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Storks are among the migratory birds that migrate to the southern warmer areas when the winter begins in the northern latitudes.
Nature and Wildlife

Iran nomadic tribes start migration ahead of summer

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In Iran’s East Azerbaijan, nomadic tribes start migrating from Kishlak (wintering place) to Yaylak (summer highland pasture) from mid-spring and end it toward the end of the summer.
Nature and Wildlife

Iranians begin harvests of borage flowers in northern mountains

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The mountainous areas and margins of the roads in Iran’s northern Mazandaran Province have been covered by red and purple flowers these days.
Nature and Wildlife

Spring on road to Prophet Khaled

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When spring begins, colorful wild flowers fill the plains and pastures north of the city of Gonbad Kavous and along the shrine of the Prophet Khaled ibn Sinan (Prophet Khaled). The region, in Iran’s northern province of Golestan, is unique thanks to its beautiful and gorgeous green hills and its tranquility.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Talesh, an ancient civilization in the heart of pristine nature

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Talesh, a county in Iran’s northern Gilan Province, is a marvelous region full of pristine natural beauties, with a history that dates back thousands of years and tells of a great civilization and of hardworking people.
Nature and Wildlife

One cub of Iranian cheetah triplet dies of lung deficiency

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One of the three cubs of cheetah named “Iran” has died. The cubs were born several days ago at the Touran Wildlife Refuge in the Semnan Province east of Tehran.
Nature and Wildlife

Vet: Triplet of Iranian cheetah doing fine

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A vet in charge of a program in Iran to breed Asiatic Cheetahs says the three cubs of a female named “Iran” are healthy and are doing fine.
Nature and Wildlife

Iranian plain abounds with snake’s head flowers

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Fritillaria, more commonly called snake’s head or leper’s lily, is one of the most unique plants local to Iranian mountains. A genus of spring flowering herbaceous bulbous perennial plants in the lily family, it is bell-shaped and bends downward, hence its name in Persian Laleh Vazhgoon (upside down tulip).
Tourism

Iran tourism: Qasr-e Qand, Green jewel of Balouchestan

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In his book “Balouchestan and its Ancient Civilization”, Iranian writer and poet Iraj Afshar quotes Etemad al-Saltaneh as saying, “Qasr-e Qand is in fact the capital of all Makran (the coastal region of Baluchistan); it is home to a strong fortress, is on a high hill, and is the residence of the ruler".
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