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Tourism

Iran Tourism: Flower and Bird Museum of Shiraz

Fatemeh Askarieh -
One of the places that has recently been added to the tourist attractions in Shiraz, the capital city of the southern Iranian province of Fars, is the Flower and Bird Museum of Shiraz.
Environment

Official: ‘Iran burning mazut in 14 power plants’ as major cities suffer from air pollution

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A Health Ministry officials says 14 Iranian power plans currently burn mazut, a low-quality fuel oil that negatively affects the quality of air.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Akhlamad Frozen Waterfall in Khorasan Razavi

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The Akhlamad tourist resort is in the city of Chenaran, some 80 kilometers northwest of the Iranian city of Mashhad.
Incidents

200 people injured, 500 homes damaged as magnitude 5.4 quake jolts NW Iran

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Officials say at least 200 people have been injured and around 500 homes sustained damage in a magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck an area near the city of Khoy in Iran’s northwestern province of West Azarbaijan.
Environment

Iran records nearly 21k deaths caused by air pollution annually: Official

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An Iranian health official says the country registers 20,800 fatalities caused by air pollution in 27 cities every year, a figure that accounts for 12.6 percent of the total death toll.
Urban

Heavy snow blankets Tehran 

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Heavy snowfalls on Sunday caught urban service authorities unawares and icy roads slowed the traffic across the Iranian capital.
Tourism

Iran tourism: East Azarbaijan’s beautiful nature

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Azarbaijan-e-Sharghi (East Azarbaijan) Province of Iran was called Azarbaijan-e-Khavari before the 1979 Islamic revolution. Both Khavari and Sharghi are Persian words for East or Eastern.
Environment

Picturesque foggy forests in northern Iran

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The proximity to the Caspian Sea and the Alborz mountain range are considered to be the main reasons for the survival of the forests in the northern part of Iran.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Karaftu Cave, a major historical sight in Kurdistan Province

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Karaftu Cave is a mysterious and wonderful cave in Iran that is located 67 kilometers off the city of Divandarreh in Iran's Kurdistan Province.
Religion

Armenian-Iranians celebrate Christmas, Baptism of Jesus

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Armenian-Iranians, who follow the Christian faith, have participated in celebrations to mark Christmas and the Baptism of Jesus.
Environment

Watch popular cheetah cub Pirouz preparing to sleep in good health

Golrokh Askarieh -
A new video emerges of highly popular Iranian cheetah cub Pirouz preparing to sleep at night, soothing fresh concerns over the eight-month-old’s health conditions.
Local

Iranian MP warns of “water war” within next 10 years

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The vice chairman of the Iranian parliament’s agriculture, water, natural resources and environment commission has issued a stark warning about the consequences of the drying up of underground water resources in the country.
Urban

Official: Iran burns mazut as alternative fuel in 14 thermal power stations

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A senior environmental official says Iran burns highly-polluting mazut as alternative fuel in 14 out of 16 thermal power stations across the country, but that is not the root cause of severe air pollution in metropolis like Tehran.
Urban

Iran’s capital gets fresh snowfall amid air pollution

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Residents of Tehran woke up to fresh snowfall on Thursday as the Iranian capital continues to grapple with unhealthy levels of air pollution.
Cinema

Renowned Iranian actress, Alidousti, released from prison

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Famous Iranian actress Taraneh Alidousti who was recently jailed for “supporting counter-revolutionary groups”, has been released on bail.
Local

Iranians mark 3rd anniv. of Gen. Soleimani’s murder by US military

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Large groups of Iranian mourners gather at the burial place of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the US in early 2020, to pay tribute to the iconic anti-terror commander on the third anniversary of his martyrdom.
Sport

Iran’s footballer Taremi ranks 4th in top scorer ranking in 2022: UEFA

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Striker of Iran’s national soccer team and FC Porto club, Mehdi Taremi, is among the top scorers for his club and country in 2022.
Religion

Christians in Iran celebrate New Year at Tehran church

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Iranian Christians celebrate 2023 New Year at the Saint Sarkis Cathedral, an Armenian Apostolic church, in the capital, Tehran.
Sport

Iran’s Kurash lady crowned world’s best female player of year

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Iranian Kurash player Fatemeh Barmaki has been crowned as the world’s best female athlete of the year 2022 in her sports category by the International Kurash Federation.
Environment

White Bridge, in southern Iran hosting migrant birds

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Each year, with the beginning of the cold season, more than a million birds migrate to the rivers, wetlands and ponds of Iran’s Khuzestan Province from all over the world to spend the winter there.
Nature and Wildlife

Watch Persian leopard cub playing with mom in Iran’s northern heights

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A Persian leopard cub has been caught on camera playing with his mom in the mountains of Iran’s northern Mazandaran Province.
Architecture

Where is the oldest human settlement in Iran?

Fatemeh Askarieh -
The results of recent excavations conducted jointly by Iranian and French archeological teams at the Qal-e Kord Cave in the city of Avaj, in the northwestern province of Qazvin, show the cultural deposits in the vicinity of the cave are more than 400,000 years, making it the oldest human settlement discovered in Iran.
Healthcare

“600k people die of exposure to tobacco smoke in Iran each year”

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The head of the Secretariat of Iran’s National Tobacco Control Headquarters says 600 thousand people die each year because of exposure to tobacco smoke also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).
Local

Iranians hold mass funeral for unidentified martyrs

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The Iranian people hold a funeral procession for 200 unidentified martyrs who fell during the eight-year Iraqi-imposed war on Iran in the 1980s.
Local

Former Iranian footballer Ali Daei criticizes removal of wife, child from Dubai-bound flight

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Iran’s former footballer Ali Daei has criticized a move by authorities to return his wife and child to the Iranian Island of Kish while they were en route from Tehran to the United Arab Emirates.
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