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Azmighan Village: A Picturesque Tourist Attraction in NE Iran

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Villages are the best destinations where one can directly get a sense of culture and traditions. Each village in every corner of the world has special features which draw tourists and visitors.

Iran, too, is home to some of these settlements which bring together an amalgamation of scenic beauty, architectural marvels and rich history to display picturesque scenes.

Now, we would like to take you to one of the most beautiful villages in northeastern Iran. The Azmighan village in South Khorasan province is nestled in the middle of a desert. Located some 1km above sea level, the village is one the most picturesque tourist attractions in the area.

Sixty-eight families with a total of 223 members live in Azmighan. Like other desert homes, their houses are made with mud bricks, earth and wood. In local vernacular, Azmighan means a place to have fun and enjoy oneself.

Azmighan Village: A Picturesque Tourist Attraction in NE Iran

 

Scenic Beauty in Middle of Desert

Azmighan is the only place where you can see both dates and rice grown together. The village has two regions: a hot and dry region where rice is grown, and a hot and humid region where they grow rice.

Azmighan is different from other desert villages as permanent rivers flow through it. Water, the key element of life, exists in Azmighan, giving the village a green and humid face.

Tourist Attractions

Among the most important tourist attractions in the village are a waterfall and diverse flora, including a 20-metre-tall fig tree which is 300 years old.

One of the tourist attractions of the village is Takht-e-Aroos, literally translated as “The Bride’s Bed.” It is a big white rock lying on a river bed at the bottom of a valley. The rock looks like a bed when seen from above as water keeps flowing on its both sides.

Azmighan Village: A Picturesque Tourist Attraction in NE Iran

 

Another tourist attraction is a shrine which is said to be the final resting place of a nephew of Imam Ali, the first Shiite Imam. The mausoleum lies on high ground overlooking the village.

People are deeply attached to the holy shrine. Every year, up to 10,000 pilgrims reportedly visit the mausoleum.

Among the historical attractions of Azmighan are old homes in the vicinity of the village. Some of them are used as warehouses or barns now.

Azmighan Village: A Picturesque Tourist Attraction in NE Iran

 

Leisure Activities in Azmighan

  1. Taking a walk through the alleys running through gardens
  2. Desert touring
  3. Taking photos
  4. Taking a dip and having a massage

 

Don’t be surprised! It is right that Azmighan is located in the heart of a desert, but it can be a suitable place for having a dip, swimming and diving. If your feet need some rest, you can put them in water for tiny fish to come and give you an enjoyable massage.

Iran Ready to Help Preserve Iranian Ancient Sites in Iraq

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Abdolmalek Shanbehzadeh, the Director General of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department of Ilam in western Iran, has underlined that the department is ready to offer technical services to Iraq for preserving and restoring some Iranian ancient sites like Solomon Hill, Baksayeh Hill and Chaharriz which used to located in Iran but became parts of the Iraqi territory following the 1975 Algiers Agreement.

He went on to say the three historic sites had been registered at the list of Iran’s national heritage sites more than eight decades ago.

The fate of the historic sites is now unclear, he noted, adding that the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department of Ilam has already started correspondence with the Iraqi side to establish cooperation to preserve the sites.

“During a technical meeting which is expected to be held between Iranian and Iraqi delegations in Iran, the two sides will discuss ways to start their cooperation in preserving the sites,” he noted.

Shanbehzadeh also added in addition to the mentioned sites, there are three other ancient sites in Iraq which have been registered as an Iranian national heritage.

“Shirvan Hill, Lalar Hill and the historic city of Simreh are the three Iranian national heritage which are located on the Iraqi side after the demarcation agreement between Iran and Iraq,” he said.

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

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IFP Editorial Staff
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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 5

The top story in almost all papers today was the recent UN Security Council meeting on the Iran protests, which was held at the request of the US, but led to the isolation of Washington. The Friday meeting turned into a tribune for the member states to express their support for the Iran nuclear deal and to call for avoiding interference in Iran’s domestic affairs.

Several newspapers also covered the remarks by former IRGC chief-commander Mohsen Rezaei about the role of an Erbil-based “operation room” headed by a CIA agent in the recent unrest in Iran. Rezaei says Saddam Hussein’s brother-in-law and representatives of Saudi Arabia and the MKO terrorist group also attended the Erbil meetings where the unrest in Iran was orchestrated.

The above issues, as well as many more, are highlighted in the following headlines and top stories:

 

19 Dey:

  • Conservative Analyst: Those Who Call for Rouhani’s Resignation Serving Rioters’ Interests

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Abrar:

  • Georgia’s Saakashvili Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
  • Global News: Representatives of France, UK, Netherland, Sweden Didn’t Condemn Iran

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Aftab-e Yazd:

  • IRGC General Rezaei: Saddam’s Brother-in-Law behind Recent Riots in Iran
  • Story of 10-Year-Old Iranian Genius
  • Hossein Ataei Has Received Invitations from Tesla, Volvo

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Arman-e Emrooz:

  • Basij Forces to Start Regular Patrols

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Asrar:

  • IRGC General Rezaei: Erbil-Based Meeting behind Recent Unrest
  • Iran’s Gas Exports to Georgia Not Cancelled: Official

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Ettela’at:

  • CNN: UNSC Meeting Led to US Isolation
  • Global Coverage of UNSC Meeting on Iran Protests
  • Bin Salman Holds Emergency Meeting after Yemeni Missile Hit Najran
  • Rouhani’s Gov’t Can’t Do Miracles: Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Iran:

  • “Extraordinary” Isolation of US
  • UNSC Rejects White House’s Request to Support Iran Unrest
  • Tillerson: We’ll Try to Revise JCPOA, Keep US on Board

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Javan:

  • US Suffers New Defeat with Its Stupid Mistake
  • Majority of UNSC Member States Refuse to Support US on Iran
  • Parliament: Gov’t Has No Correct Understanding of House Market

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Jomhouri Eslami:

  • US Suffers New Defeat in UN Security Council
  • South Pars Gas Field to Supply 85% of Iran’s Natural Gas: Official
  • UN Official: Situation of Yemenis Similar to Doom’s Day

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Kayhan:

  • Rioters Even More Wicked than ISIS: Kayhan Chief
  • Economic Woes Once Again Sidelined
  • Advocates of Reformism Looking for Freedom of Rioters!
  • Lessons to Be Learned from Pakistani FM
  • US Always Betrays; We Made a Mistake by Trusting US

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Khorasan:

  • Parliamentary Commission Rejects Increase in Fuel Prices in New Budget

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Resalat:

  • Ayatollah Nouri Hamadani: Officials Should Try to Localize Cyberspace
  • Academic: Next Sedition Based on Frustrating People, Introducing Gov’t as Incompetent
  • Tillerson: More Sanctions to Come against Iran
  • US Won’t Change Hostile Stances Even with Tens of Other JCPOAs: Cleric

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Shargh:

  • Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi Hospitalized in Germany, Visited by Professor Samii
  • Solution for Protests: 16 Reformist Political Figures Issue Statement

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

Sobh-e Now:

  • Return of Calm Thanks to Champions of City
  • Police Praised for Great Handling of Street Riots
  • White House’s New Scandal
  • CNN: US Accused in UNSC of Interfering in Iran’s Domestic Affairs
  • Shiites to Be Forced to Immigrate from Bahrain

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 7

 

“Berlin, Rome to Display Items on Loan from Iranian Museum”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Photo of Paul Gauguin's Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut, which is kept in Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts

Director of Iran’s Museum of Contemporary Art Ali Mohammad Zare says items on loan from the museum are to be displayed at exhibitions in Rome and Berlin.

He noted that the necessary arrangements are being made to lend the items to Germany and Italy as the two European countries have been willing to set up an exhibit to put on show items from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts (TMoCA), reports the Persian-language Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

“We want to show to all people of the world that the contemporary Iran is a treasure trove of artistic works,” he said.

“Many other nations know Iran by its past and are not that much familiar with our contemporary era, and we believe when artists and famous people visit our treasure trove and see what invaluable items are kept in our museum, they will be eager to learn more about our history,” he said.

“If it is finalized, we will, for the first time, be witnessing an exhibition of Iran’s modern and contemporary art being held in two European capitals,” said the official.

He predicted the exhibit will draw more than one million visitors, including authors, artists, film-makers and visual artists as well as European intellectuals.

“The visitors’ view of Iran will change as they see Iranian works of art and compare them with Western, European and American works,” said Zare.

Talks between the two European capitals and Tehran to open the exhibitions had initially broken down due to certain concerns in Iran over the transfer of the treasure to Europe.

Iran was worried that the pieces of art might be confiscated in Europe due to possible problems caused by the US sanctions.

Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts was founded in in Tehran in 1977. Significant and precious items of modern art are on show at the museum.

New Quake in Iran’s Kermanshah Wounds 21 People

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IFP Media Wire
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New Quake in Iran's Kermanshah Wounds 21 People

The quake occurred in Iran’s western town of Sarpol-e Zahab, around 320 miles west of Tehran, in Kermanshah Province at around 06:52 pm local time on Saturday.

According to the Seismological Center of the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the epicenter of the quake was about eight km deep.

The quake left 21 people injured in rural and urban area.

Officials have dispatched search and rescue teams to the quake-hit areas.

Earlier in November, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck western Iran, killing more than 600 and injuring more than 9,000.

Sarpol-e Zahab suffered half of the temblor’s casualties.

Iran, which sits on several geological fault lines, is prone to earthquakes and suffers a quake per day on average.

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam in south Iran and killed 26,000 people in 2003.

“Erbil-Based Operation Room behind Recent Unrest in Iran”

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Speaking in a ceremony on Saturday, Rezaei said the recent unrest in Iran was masterminded by an operation room established a few months ago in the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Erbil.

“The room worked under Michael D’Andrea, the head of the CIA’s Iran operations,” he added, according to a Farsi report by the Khabar Online news agency.

“The meetings of the operation room in Erbil were attended by Saddam Hussein’s brother-in-law, the chief of staff of Saddam’s son, and a number of representatives from Saudi Arabia and Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group,” he said.

Rezaei underlined that that the Expediency Council has also received and is investigating reports of the presence of a representative from the United Arab Emirates in the room.

Rezaei, who used to be the IRGC chief-commander in the 1980s, said the operation room drew on the social media to launch its project to create unrest in Iran in late December.

“Through the first phase of their project named Surefire Convergence Strategy, the operation room organizers thought they could take the control of Iranian cities. They planned to smuggle weapons into Iran in the next phase to prepare the grounds for further killings in Iran with the aim of convincing the international community to impose new sanctions on the country.”

“On the other side, the MKO terrorist group was expected to ask for the help of European countries to enter Iran to undermine the security of our country,” he noted.

Rezaei also said the political, defence and security commissions of the Expediency Council are expected to explore the recent unrest in Iran and the enemy plots to take advantage of it in separate reports to the council.

Last week, a number of peaceful protests over economic problems broke out in several Iranian cities, but the gatherings turned violent when groups of participants, some of them armed, vandalized public property and launched attacks on police stations and government buildings.

30 Iranians Missing after Ship Collision Off China

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The missing are all from the tanker, which spilled oil and was floating while still burning early Sunday, said Chinese maritime authorities, who dispatched police vessels and three cleaning ships to the scene.

The South Korean coast guard also sent a ship and an airplane to aid the search effort.

The Panama-registered tanker was sailing from Iran to South Korea when it collided with the Hong Kong-registered freighter CF Crystal 160 miles from shore late Saturday, the Ministry of Transport said.

The 21 members of the Crystal’s crew — all Chinese nationals — were rescued, the ministry said.

It wasn’t immediately clear to Associated Press what caused the collision.

 

Iran Pursuing Issue through Embassy, Consulate

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Hassan Qashqavi later announced that Tehran is seriously pursuing the fate of its citizens through the Iranian embassy in Beijing and the country’s consulate in Shanghai.

The Iranian diplomats in China are in contact with Chinese officials, he added.

Iran’s Hamadan Province Blanketed in Snow

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Here are Mizan’s photos of the winter snow in Hamadan province:

Instagram Unblocked in Iran after End of Unrest

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The restrictions on Instagram were gradually lifted on broadband connections in many parts of Iran as of Thursday, but it was unblocked for those using their mobile phones’ internet across the country on Saturday.

This comes as Telegram messaging app is still blocked in Iran following the recent unrest. Officials have vowed to open it as well as soon as possible.

Last week, Iran imposed “temporary” restrictions on Telegram, which is an extremely popular messaging app in Iran, after the messenger refused to block a channel that promotes violence and riot in the Islamic Republic.

Telegram had actually closed the anti-Iran channel, named Amad News, for encouraging people to violence after a top Iranian official’s request. The channel, with over 1.3 million followers, was blocked by Telegram after it tried to provoke Iranian people to use violent actions against the Islamic Establishment amid the recent protests.

However, Amad News started its operation in a new channel, and Telegram refused to remove the new one, claiming that the new channel has not yet violated Telegram’s Terms of Service. This prompted the Iranian government to restrict Telegram temporarily until peace is restored to the country.

Iranian ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi later declared that Telegram would not be unblocked unless it removes the “terrorist” channel; however, due to the huge number of Iranian people doing business with Telegram, including hundreds of start-ups, the messaging app is expected to be unblocked in the coming days as well.

Qatar to Invest in Tourism Industry of Iran’s Kish Island

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IFP Editorial Staff
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During the meeting, the Iranian and Qatari delegations conferred on ways to make investment to boost tourism industry in Kish, which is set to cooperate with Doha in hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022.

The meeting was attended by a number of Iranian officials in tourism industry including the tourism and investment deputy chiefs of Kish Free Zone Organization as well as the CEO of Kish Air and the chair of board of directors of Petrosazeh Kavian Company, a Farsi report by Khabar Online said on Saturday.

The participants also discussed possible ways to enhance cooperation between Qatar Airways and Iranian airlines.

The Qatari delegation made the visit to Iran with the aim of exploring Kish Airport’s infrastructures as well as the required conditions for hosting Qatar Airways flights.

Exploring the current conditions for constructing new hotels in Kish and creating new infrastructures in Kish Airport are among other priorities of the Qatari delegation during their visit to Iran.

Head of Qatar’s Hotel Owners Association Sheikh Nawaf Al-Thani is expected to visit Kish Island in the near future at the official invitation of Iranian officials.

During his visit, the Qatari investor will explore the island’s condition for construction new hotels and making investments in other related fields.

In the wake of tensions erupted between Qatar and a group of Persian Gulf states headed by Saudi Arabia in June 2017, many Qatari tourists have decided to spend their weekends in the Iranian island of Kish.

Since then, Saudi Arabia has led close allies such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain in imposing a harsh trade and transport boycott against tiny, gas-rich Qatar, accusing it of financing terrorism and seeking better ties with Iran. Qatar has vehemently denied the accusations, countering that its Arab rivals are seeking to curtail its sovereignty and reign in its influential television channel Al Jazeera.

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