Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province

Lordegan heights, surrounded by oak forests with numerous fountains, look just like heaven during May.

The arrival of spring in Iran has given spectacular scenery to Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in the country’s west and West Azarbaijan province in the north-west, among others.

The Persian New Year or Nowruz is celebrated in a wide range of ways in different cities of Iran as there are many different ethnic groups and a great cultural diversity across the country. However, there are also some Nowruz customs that are the same among all the people living in Iran.

Wool felt products of Iran are very welcomed by Western countries as they have medical and industrial use besides being a handicraft.

Autumn is known as the season when the leaves fall down and the nature dies before being born again. It is also seen as the time of plenty, a time for hard work, and a time when we wistfully watch the year fade into winter.

Zardlimeh Waterfall is an outstanding beauty located in Zagros Mountains in Iran’s Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province.

Upside-down tulip is a special type of fritillaries mainly found in the Zagros Mountain range in western and southern Iran.

“Briz” in the Bakhtiari language means “to fry”, and “Ab Briz” means meat cooked and fried in its own stock. The word has been abbreviated as “Abriz,” also known as “Owriz.”

A group of women in Iran’s Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province have built a 5-kilometre road to a remote village by doing tough jobs like operating cranes, graders, trucks, and tractors.

Iran’s Chaleshtar castle is a magnificent work of art merging the European architecture with Iranian Qajar era designs. The castle hosts stone pillars with spectacular salient designs and wall paintings.

Fars News has published photos of the farmers in a village in Western Iran who have started harvesting pomegranate.